Players Should Fire Davis Immediately
POST-ARTEST NBA DOESN'T NEED THE REMINDER
Could the NBA's union president be dumber than the president of the United States?
The New York Knicks' center, Antonio Davis, hopped the scorer's table and ventured up the stands eerily similar to the vicious and infamous melee that broke out with the Pacers' Ron Artest in Detroit last year.
No punches were thrown and very little occurred after Davis jumped into the stands but why in this post-Artest NBA would the any players, yet alone, the union president stir up such awful memories?
The NBA handed down a five-game suspension for Davis, but what else will happen to the Oakland-born center?
Nobody is talking about Davis' union post. This is the example that the players are led by? The very person who was privy to everything that happened regarding the Artest aftermath is the first one to again jump over the invisible barrier between athlete and spectator.
Does it matter that nothing happened physically after he jumped the scorer's table or that the fraternity of basketball players call him a nice guy?
Aside from the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle of an athlete fighting with fans in the stands, when was the last time you saw an athlete confront a fan, period?
Davis should be relieved of his post immediately. Warranted or not, Davis had no business entering the seating area. That is his wife was somehow in danger is proving short on evidence. If anything, Davis' wife may have been the aggressor. It seems more like a macho-soaked and cowardly excuse for making an enormous mistake.
Davis leads the weakest union in the North American sports. Get ride of him. They can do better.
Could the NBA's union president be dumber than the president of the United States?
The New York Knicks' center, Antonio Davis, hopped the scorer's table and ventured up the stands eerily similar to the vicious and infamous melee that broke out with the Pacers' Ron Artest in Detroit last year.
No punches were thrown and very little occurred after Davis jumped into the stands but why in this post-Artest NBA would the any players, yet alone, the union president stir up such awful memories?
The NBA handed down a five-game suspension for Davis, but what else will happen to the Oakland-born center?
Nobody is talking about Davis' union post. This is the example that the players are led by? The very person who was privy to everything that happened regarding the Artest aftermath is the first one to again jump over the invisible barrier between athlete and spectator.
Does it matter that nothing happened physically after he jumped the scorer's table or that the fraternity of basketball players call him a nice guy?
Aside from the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle of an athlete fighting with fans in the stands, when was the last time you saw an athlete confront a fan, period?
Davis should be relieved of his post immediately. Warranted or not, Davis had no business entering the seating area. That is his wife was somehow in danger is proving short on evidence. If anything, Davis' wife may have been the aggressor. It seems more like a macho-soaked and cowardly excuse for making an enormous mistake.
Davis leads the weakest union in the North American sports. Get ride of him. They can do better.
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