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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Yes, the penalty has been assessed in the past. But the case you cite is one of the penalty fitting the crime - you got a player you should not hve signed, we will now deny you players you should be able to sign. Taking draft picks for ref criticism would be completely unprecedented,
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Great point, Coach. I hadn't thought of it that way before. Makes a lot of sense.
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I think it would also be clear that the league was not trying to just punish, but to get rid of Cuban.
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You really think so? To me, I would think that it's just trying to find something that he cares about to motivate him to change his behavior. Like a child who doesn't respond to "time-outs". He'll sit in time-out and play with his imaginary friend and then when the time-out is done, he goes right back and keeps doing what he just got punished for. So then you take away his TV for a week. You know what I'm trying to get at? It doesn't have to be malicious on Stern's part; just trying to find
something to get Cuban to comply with league rules.
Think I'm too naive about it?
Chuck