We're Not Talking About Practice...

Because they wouldn't be gone, they would still be in the league. You're saying conflicting things here.

 

My original thought was that Stern could pull a Goodell and suspend all the players for a year or even banning them for life, which he might do with Adam Jones if things unfold the way they are. For repeat offenders in the NBA, would Stern ever take the Goodell approach and clean house? That is what I am saying. Kobe, Iverson, Melo, etc. would be out of the league either banned or for a year or two.

 

It's a numbers game. With far fewer players in the NBA compared to the NFL, a suspension "for a year or two" would make far more of an impact. And quite frankly, Stern's done a good job keeping the players in check, from the dress code to whining about calls and harassing refs. Those are things he might not have needed to do, per say, but he did it.

No suspensions needed here. This is much ado about nothing.

 

Maybe this one Iverson incident is much ado about nothing, but the collective problems of the NBA are many and there is hardly any action from Stern, suspension or fine wise.

 

Can you name someone in the NBA who might have been involved in a dog fighting ring, like Vick?

Can you name someone in the NBA with the weapons charges like Tank Johnson?

Can you name an NBA team with the legal problems that the Bengals do? And Portland doesn't count, that team is long gone.

The NBA gets a thug rep, because the Pacers-Pistons and Nuggets-Knicks, among others. But otherwise, there's not much room to complain. The Sebastian Telfairs are a small minority compared to Dirk, Nash, Duncan, LeBron, KG, etc.

 

This took 15 seconds

http://chaunceybillups.blogspot.com/2004/10/woof-qyntel-woods-after-two-seasons-of.html

 

But he's already out of the league, isn't he?

 

And Miles?

 

Pierce's "problem" was that he got stabbed and nearly died.
Yeesh.

 

Ai was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Again.

 

The NBA's problem is that many of them have tatoos and cornrows and they're black. To the ignorant, they must be trouble makers.

 

He sure was in the wrong place at the wrong time with this one...

http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2002/0711/1404559.html