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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
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But the league doesn't have full control over the situation -- didn't the suspension of Sprewell (already a pretty light response to a choking assault) get reversed?
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In part. The suspension was reduced. We don't really know what happened in that case, though. No video footage. Neither person really going into detail publicly about what exactly happened. P.J. might have pushed him to a point where Latrell exploded. Coaches tend to do this and PJ had a history of being a dick (again, not a justification for choking him).
I think this one is going to be hard to get reduced. High profile. Lots of other incidents (including the NHL assault and the MLB brawl we talked about here) have been leading up to this. A message needs to be sent.
TM
