I didn't know about the wife thing until later on, but if I was in his position, I probably would have done the same thing if security could not act quick enough. But dang, if you have an attractive wife, you don't want her sitting ten rows up with the fans of an opposing team, that's just creating a target. Unless it was Jason Kidd's wife and that spawn of a child they have.
There's always some excuse as to why players go into the stands. Mad Max did it because someone was yelling racial slurs about his daughter. Artest went to defend his manhood. Davis went to defend his wife. Every time, the hammer is brought down, and everyone eventually says, 'there is no excuse to go into the stands'. Then, when it happens again, people try to justify it for whatever reason. You cannot go into the stands. How many times does it have to happen before guys accept it? What, were those mean bulls fans in the rich seats gonna stab her right there in front of everyone? Now Davis probably understood that he would get suspended when he did it. That's fine, it's his decision. but the NBA should not be lenient in the suspension. He should get at least 10 games to keep the rule somewhat consistent.
"Umm sir. Someone's about to punch my wife. Can you look into it? She's sitting right there. I'm in the middle of a basketball game and don't want to get fined so I'm not going to go protect her." So Kendra likes to get vocal and stand during a sporting event? What a horrible fan! I hate it when people get excited during an overtime game and cheer - especially when members of their immediate family are playing. To actually have the audacity to stand? Wow. Someone SHOULD punch her. Also - TMac's a d*ckhead for leaving a game to witness the birth of his child.
These 3 incidents are all different. Nobody backed up Max about hearing "racial slurs". All of the Rockets that went on the record said they didn't hear what Max said he heard. It's likely Max wasn't telling the truth. The Artest thing was grotesque. No comment needed. I'm still undecided about Antonio Davis. He obviously should be suspended but I don't feel I know enough to say how long. We can only guess what it looked like from his vantage point. Even though he may have been completely justified, he must be suspended. I think they should make a rule that says there is a minimum 5 or 10 game suspension for going into the stands. Some of the discretion should be taken out of Stern's hands and the players should understand it's a major offence no matter what the reason.
According to this link, Davis' wife is at fault but I could still understand why Davis did it. http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nba/a-differing-view-on-davis-trip-into-the-stands-149534.php Excerpts: Throughout the game, Kendra was making a spectacle of herself. She’d stand up during the game and yell to her friends sitting behind her. The only alcohol I saw consumed in the section all night was by members of her group. When the game went into overtime, the intensity obviously increased. A fan (the balding fellow mentioned in Jay Mariotti’s column today) who was sitting two rows directly behind her, was rooting loudly for the Bulls. He did not say anything offensive. He did not swear. He was just rooting for the Bulls. It appeared that Kendra didn’t like it that someone was rooting against her husband. She got up and went to the guy’s seat (he remained seated the whole time) and started waving her hands in his face. She kept telling him to “calm down” and “relax,” and the guy kept telling her to get away from him. He was not at all confrontational. She called a member of the Bulls security staff over and told him what had happened from her perspective. He did nothing to discipline the fan since he apparently did nothing wrong. At that point, another fan sitting nearby asked her to sit down because she was obstructing his view of the game. She immediately ran over and started screaming at him, repeatedly sticking her finger in his face. He asked her to stop sticking her finger in his face, but she continued to do it and he grabbed her finger to defend himself because he didn’t not know what her intentions were. As he held her finger, she lunged at him with her other hand, and he grabbed that one to protect himself. He pushed her hands away from him, and at that point Antonio Davis arrived at his seat. There was a Bulls security person who restrained him from going after the fan. Davis was then escorted back down to the court. Security talked to a number of people and quickly determined that Kendra Davis was at fault. She and her kids were escorted from the section. The balding fellow left his seat for a short time to give his statement and returned to his seat a short time later. Nobody was ejected, nobody was arrested.
If it happened the way this article says, Davis' wife is a jerk. Maybe some of the sportsradio guys blasting her this morning were right after all. I took what they said with a grain of salt. I'm still undecided how long Davis should be suspended. If his wife is this controlling and belligerent, I feel sorry for him.
When you go to someone's else house you better be modest and play by their rules. It is like John Elway jersey fans going to a Raider game and not expecting to be harrassed for cheering against the home team. I don't blame AD that much. But he should be suspended and his wife needs to be more respectfull in opponents houses, or she brings on all the harrassment (as long as it isn't physical) coming to her for acting like an ass.
If that's the way it went down they Kendra Davis just cost her husband 10 games. Next time I bet you Antonio goes all Jason Kidd on her
Naw that was Keyon Dooling of the Magic. I blame AD's wife if that story is true. Word is that she has done this a lot and got into a argument with Spree in NY before. She and AD deserve to be sued if that story is true.
I won't go as far as AD being sued because I'm sure he just saw the end where it looked like his wife was in danger
Well, if AD turned around and saw a guy grabbing both of his wife's hands, I can't fault him at all for going into the stands. From the perspective of the court, he had no way of knowing that the guy was only defending himself as opposed to assaulting his wife. On the same note, I can't fault the league for punishing him (and for that matter, banning his wife from attending several games), because he did break a clearly written rule (i.e., he knew the consequences of going into the stands, when he did it). With that said ... what a B!+c# of a wife!
suing for $1,000,000? I'm sorry, I just get tired of these lawsuits for a ton of money. I mean was he hurt. Why 1,000,000? I can see sue for medical expenses and time loss from work, but 1,000,000?
1,000,000 dollars? That's ridiculous. Whatever fault AD may have had in this matter (and I do think his actions were understandable), this Axelrod guy seems to be the biggest jerk of all.
So he gets 5 games for entering the stands. This goes to show the NBA's no tolerance of players entering the stands, yada, yada, yada. What about when a player's diving for a loose ball and ends up 3 rows into the stands? Does that mean he'll be suspended for 5 games? What about when TMac playfully sits in the first row during an official's timeout. Should he be suspended for 5 games? What a joke.
Remember that next time you complain that Rocket fans aren't loud and are always sitting on their hands. To say that it's the person's fault for being connected to an athlete and that they shouldn't come to games is ridiculous. So you're basically saying that that person is coming to the games at their own risks? That's pathetic that things have come to that.
Now he is going to sue!? I hope Antonio Davis and the New York Knicks take that idiot to the cleaners. Hopefully the Antonio Davis and his wife counter sue them.
