NEW YORK -- Jermaine O'Neal won a 10-game reduction Wednesday in his suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons brawl, but an arbitrator upheld NBA commissioner David Stern's bans on Ron Artest and two other Indiana players.
Arbitrator Roger Kaplan's decision makes O'Neal eligible to return Saturday, when the Pacers host the Pistons in the teams' first matchup since one of the most violent melees in NBA history.
It was unclear whether the NBA would recognize Kaplan's authority to intervene. The league refused to participate in the arbitration hearing Kaplan conducted Dec. 9.
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So this doesnt mean shit really. I dont think we'll be seeing O'Neal play Saturday. That would just be stupid to let O'Neal play Detriot. I do hope he can come back sooner tho.
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the more I saw the footage, the more I think Stephen Jackson should have gotten at least the same as Artest, if not more.
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Peeps wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
the more I saw the footage, the more I think Stephen Jackson should have gotten at least the same as Artest, if not more.
he totally went overboard. i think with him coming to a new team, he was looking to show that he was one of the guys
Stern said Artests history had something to with the full season suspension. Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal both have clean records. I cant wait for Stehpen Jacksons first came back in Indiana. The Indiana fans will let us know if he's "one of the guys" or not.
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Whoops!
Couple things wrong with this:
A) The CBA between the league and the players doesn't require arbitration after suspensions, Stern is the final say
B) Therefore, the arbitrator has absolutely no jurisdiction and the NBA doesn't have to accept the "settlement"
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