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Opinions on the Antonio Davis incident?

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methomps

methomps

an imbecility, a stupidity without name
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2298096

The NBA suspended him 5 games (loses close to $700,000 in salary). I think it's a pretty crappy move by the league. The man was going to protect his wife. He wasn't running wildly like Artest. He looked very calm and composed.

No reasonable suspension is going to deter players from coming to the aid of family. I know the NBA wants to look stern on the issue of players entering the stands, but this just makes them look inflexible and cold
 
I can understand the leagues position especially in light of the situation in Detroit last year. However, I can't blame Davis for what he did, I'm pretty sure almost anyone would do what it takes to defend family. It sucks for Davis but it's only five games but he did what he had to do.
 
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That fan had no respect for Davis's wife. In the interviews of other Chicago fans, that guy was being a jerk off. His character prevails in the fact that he is suing for over a million dollars for slander and being "assaulted". LOSER
 
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Eh, it's not as cut and dry as first reported, as the fan in question has now said he was not drunk and did not confront Davis' wife. He claims that she was the instigator and had attempted to strike him. This should get more interesting as the facts come out.
 
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StooGrimson said:
Eh, it's not as cut and dry as first reported, as the fan in question has now said he was not drunk and did not confront Davis' wife. He claims that she was the instigator and had attempted to strike him. This should get more interesting as the facts come out.
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According to a guy on the Dan Patrick show that was sitting one row in front of Mrs Davis (2 rows in front of "dude")... it was an "Ohio Stadium Gray Hair" situation... he told her to sit down and shut the [bleep] up. Obviously she said "No."

Now, maybe she was the "instigator" in some respect, but only because of the way the guy reacted.... he almost certainly "Started it" (the yapping)
 
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Supposedly there's a short piece of video showing her either striking the fan or yelling at him. I haven't seen it yet. Either way, it doesn't really matter, the guy is still going to protect his family. However, it might turn out that his wife is going to cost him some big bucks...I will withhold my judgement, as always, until everything comes out. It's not like it happened behind closed doors. There will be many witnesses coming out eventually I would assume...
 
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There were some reports yesterday that Kendra Davis is known for for her "behavior" during games, but none of those reports have ever been put in print. Considering there's a ton of witnesses, it shouldn't be long before we know exactly what happened and which person was the idiot who started the mess. Here's what the AP is reporting this morning.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/SPT/601200376

Davis suspended 5 games for entering stands
NBA notebook
The Associated Press

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NEW YORK - New York Knicks forward Antonio Davis was suspended five games by the NBA on Thursday for entering the stands during a game at Chicago to confront a fan he thought was harassing his wife.
While the ruling by NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson showed the league accepted Davis' argument that he believed his wife was in trouble during Wednesday's game, it also made clear that players entering the stands will not be tolerated, no matter the circumstances.
Jackson said a player entering the stands normally results in a suspension of "double-digit games."
Davis' suspension began with Thursday night's home game against Detroit. The undermanned Knicks lost 105-79 to the Detroit Pistons, who got 26 points from Richard Hamilton and 23 from Rasheed Wallace.
The Pistons were the home team the last time players went into the stands - when Indiana's Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson started an ugly brawl with fans Nov. 19, 2004.
"... It was clear to our players that they were not to enter the stands under any circumstances," Jackson said.
Davis, president of the NBA players' association, jumped over the scorer's table to get in the stands at the United Center.
"I witnessed my wife being threatened by a man that I learned later to be intoxicated," he said in a statement afterward. "I saw him touch her, and I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react. There was no time to call security. It happened too quickly."
But 22-year-old Michael Axelrod said Kendra Davis tried to scratch him after he protested a call. Axelrod said he never laid a hand on Davis' wife and said he was not drunk.
"It's a lie. When I go to games, I cheer as hard as I can for the Bulls, and I boo as hard as I can for whoever they're playing," Axelrod said.
Axelrod's attorney, Jay Paul Deratany, said he planned to sue Davis and his wife for more than $1 million. Deratany said he was writing the papers Thursday for a battery suit against Kendra Davis and a slander case against Antonio Davis, and planned to file them today.
According to Axelrod, he was sitting in the seventh row and booed an official's call. Kendra Davis "came out of her seat. I didn't even pay attention to her. I thought she was just going to the bathroom or something," he said.
Axelrod, sitting a couple of rows behind her, said she yelled at him to be quiet. Axelrod said he did not know she was Davis' wife until the player ran into the stands.
Axelrod said Kendra Davis put both hands on his face, and that he motioned for security. He said she later went after another fan.
"I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else," Axelrod said.
Antonio Davis appeared calm and walked away willingly when security arrived. He returned to the bench before being ejected.
Security remained in the stands for a few more minutes, and other fans appeared to explain what they had seen. Guards then escorted a group of people from the area.
 
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The suspension had to be handed down. No question. Certainly, many of us can sympathize with what Davis did, in his perception that his family was in need of immediate attention. But video clips show that he misinterpreted the situation. It's difficult to tell who started the argument in the stands, but clearly that's all it was - an argument. An usher/security guy was in the middle of the two mediating the situation, and it wasn't going to boil over into anything physical. In fact, it looks as if the fan is the one who called security over to the situation.

It was an emotional, heated game which had already included some physical altercations and ejections. When a player from the visiting team enters the stands, who knows what could happen. Fortunately, no one overreacted after he came into the crowd, and it was a harmless incident. But the league needed to send a message because of the potential of what could have happened. Five games is clearly sufficient to accomplish what the league needed to do.
 
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