Posted on 11/22/2021 6:53:23 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The NBA announced on Monday afternoon that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will receive a one-game suspension, and lose out on a game check of $284.004 as a result, for hitting Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart, who received a two-game suspension and will miss out on $45,201 in game checks for his role in the incident, in the third quarter of Sunday's game. James was assessed a Flagrant-2 foul, which resulted in an automatic ejection, while Stewart was also ejected after getting two technicals for unsportsmanlike conduct during the incident.
This is the first suspension of LeBron's NBA career, and Sunday night's ejection was also just the second of his career. James will miss the upcoming matchup against the New York Knicks, which will ironically mean that he will be on the floor when the Lakers face off against the Pistons again, but this time at Staples Center on Sunday, Nov. 28.
The altercation that led to James' suspension occurred in the third quarter when Stewart and James were fighting for positioning to grab a rebound. Stewart was pushing into James, who clearly didn't take kindly to it and swung his arm back and punched Stewart in the eye
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His 248k game check, Goes to who?
Supreme Leader Xi....
Quit abusing the news forum.
LeBron James is scum....period.
Situation reversed...Beef Stew gets month long suspension.
So the guy who threw the punch only got 1 game suspension, the guy who got sucker punched suspended 2 games for overreacting to being bloodied?
I quit watching the NBA when Larry bird retired. Last of the class players. All now inner city thugs in shorts.
Abusing? How am I doing that?
Sports related articles belong in chat. That's how.
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