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Originally posted by abaici
It appears the Indiana Pacers will pay a heavy price for Friday's embarrassing melee.
Ron Artest has been suspended for the season, while teammates Stephen Jackson received a 30-game suspension, and Jermaine O'Neal, a 25-game suspension, ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Insider Chad Ford have learned.
"The penalties issued today deal only with one aspect of this incident -- that of player misconduct. The actions of the players involved wildly exceeded the professionalism and self control that should rarely be accepted from NBA players," commissioner David Stern said in a statement Sunday.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1928540
Well, he will have plenty of time to promote his rap CD  . He deserved this. Hopefully, he'll have time to think about his actions in the past. Maybe, some anger management classes??
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Wow...season for Artest, 25 for O'Neal? Seems a bit in excess to me.
Anyone know how the appeal process works in the NBA? I know in MLB that players don't serve the suspension until the process is over, and 99% of the time suspensions are reduced. I could see appeals coming if the NBA is anything like that.
Either way, I see Billy Hunter and the player's union filing grievences ASAP.