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The numbers I put out earlier were I guess a little low. Artests was I think somewhat excessive, but he definitly deserved the steepest suspension; maybe 30. I think his recent past of good behavior over the last 2 years should have been taken into account. It's sad all the good he has done recently was thrown away for 3 or 4 punches on beligerent fans. Jackson and everyone else on the Pacers and Detroit got I think fair suspensions; except for Jermaine. I have looked feveriously at the tapes and still see his only strike being on the floor against a fan that still had potential to cause grievous bodily harm. Yeah he hit him when he was tring to get up, when you need to nutreulize someone that is the best time. I see him bear hug, or try to move someone, while he is still on the court, maybe to get to a teammate, maybe to help clear the way for the people who need to get to the injured old lady (not a strike). and the only other time I see a number 7 is when he advances a couple steps toward the side of the rope line, not really touching anyone, moments before getting loads of things thrown at him. So I still stand by my previous 5-10 games for O'neal; the number he was given is just not adding up (especially with very little, if any, Hx of violence).
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