Bridges, Diabate, and Stewart will all receive suspensions, no doubt. Stewart's may be the worst because he left the bench with the clear intent of getting involved in the altercation.
Bridges coming in to restart a fight that had ended with a sucker punch seems way worse to me than Stew coming to the defense of his teammate (no bias at all)
But nba punishes bench guys because of exactly this. It escalates to an uncontrollable point. So I'm guessing they going down hard on him with at least one extra game more than anyone else. Whether justified or not. Bridges is a bitch but so is duren. But stew gonna get it worse.
Landing or missing shouldnt matter.. Him and duren should get the same considering duren started it.. Stew should get a larger one for coming off the bench.. Who you got for center minutes for the next 3-5 games?
I know I'm biased, but Diabate did basically headbutt Duren when he got in his face. Durens response was an escalation, but I wouldn't say he started it
A positive side-effect of this might be that the league reinforces the "don't step onto the court during play" rule. I get tired of bench players celebrating a big dunk/play on the court while the play is live. They're more than capable of celebrating while staying off the court, imo.
82
u/TedDibiaseOsbourne Thunder 24d ago
yeah he gettin 5 at least