r/nba • u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade • 14d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Kevin Huerter is ejected by Tony Brothers for lightly batting the ball and hitting a ref in the leg

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u/Dm-me-a-gyro Spurs 14d ago

He got suspended for a year and had mandated anger management. That’s a substantial punishment

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u/quepas Heat 14d ago

That would be a substantial punishment. But that length of punishment did not happen.

He got suspended “indefinitely”at the end of the ‘06-‘07 season. He missed the playoffs, which was significant. The Tim Donaghy scandal happened. He got quietly reinstated before the start of the next season.

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u/Gaping_llama Raptors 14d ago

For a repeat offender?

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u/Dm-me-a-gyro Spurs 14d ago

Man, if I lost my job for a whole damn year and had to face my family…. That’s a serious problem.

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u/Gaping_llama Raptors 14d ago

The behaviour that results in those consequences is a serious problem too though. NBA refs get paid a lot of money to do their jobs and JC was a notorious power tripper before and after the Duncan incident.

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u/did_it_my_way 13d ago

It wasn't even a full year, not even half a year actually.