The Official NBA Season Thread: USA Setting Up for a SFA

[lovehateself]

thats it ...
lucky it wasnt over 40

 

[MVP]

Meh

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[DLF]

Sooo…wonder what the race to be righteous looks like.

We are going to see reporters and media personnel saying “Justice was served” and “his actions were dispiciable and disgusting” and he deserved more.

The race is on.



Shoulda been 10 games.

 

[WASPS ANDD ASPS]

Without pay?

 

[DLF]

Without pay?

Yea

 

[bhzmafia14]

Glad that’s finally over. Early December return and hopefully a refreshed, humbled Ja

 

[dasitmane]

25 is still triple what the first suspension was. Considering he wasn't actually charged with anything that seems about right. Hope he gets his **** together from now on.

 

[allergic2broke]

Glad that’s finally over. Early December return and hopefully a refreshed, humbled Ja

Good luck.

 

[ballinsam23]

I think thats a solid amount. Definitely a fair warning.

 

[pmatic]

That's about the appropriate length of suspension, I think.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Didn’t expect more than 25. Hopefully he comes back and moves differently

 

[Mark Antony]

Wait just MJ's stake is valued at 3 Billion?

 

[art vandelay]

That’s actually not bad, it could’ve been worse, I am just curious what the conditions are…..

 

[MVP]

 

[Zo gif]

Double it

 

[CJMcfly26]

Look happy for Ja. But let that been Draymond hell Charles Oakley, Vernon Maxwell, Rasheed Wallace. Would’ve been out the league. Am I lying???????

 

[pmatic]

 

[nick.]

 

[ballinsam23]

NBA gave Ja house arrest too. Wild

 

[storm2006]

Announcement

As multiple people in here have stated, I think 17-18 games to ensure he is ineligible for any postseason accolades seems like the minimum and also the right amount. That is a true "punishment". He still may play less than 65 games even if they give him 10 but from the perspective of Adam Silver, making an All-NBA talent ineligible for any awards shows that league and governors are serious about non-legal off the court matters while not going over the top. That should scare some players straight because we know how much money a lot of these guys have riding on those All-NBA selections.

For reference - 17-18 games should put him out until right before Thanksgiving and 30 is right before Christmas.

TBH I wouldn't be surprised if the Grizzlies FO/Management knew already for the purposes you mentioned but the league (and obviously team) haven't gone public yet. There may be something out there debunking that possibility, though.

But yeah, I think Friday, the day after the parade makes the most sense for a media announcement.

Friday announcement
17-18 minimum

The league got this one right. Now we can focus on FA f'ery and the draft. Anti-climactic as hell

But apparently the suspension has stipulations that if he does not meet that it could be longer

 

[art vandelay]

Gonna sound crazy, but maybe the Griz should reconsider letting DB walk. Reason I say that is because they held it down before while he was out

 

[MVP]

Who was it that was saying Ja's boy set him up?

I would imagine one of the conditions is for him to drop these goofy dudes around him.

 

[Peep Game]

 

[art vandelay]

NBA gave Ja house arrest too. Wild

Wait what