Celtics Kelly Olynyk was suspended for the 1st game next season for his physical play that dislocated Cavs’ Kevin Love’s shoulder on Sunday.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) April 27, 2015
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Cavaliers center Kendrick Perkins’s second quarter Flagrant Foul 1 vs Boston was upgraded to a Flagrant Foul 2 and he has been fined $15,000
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) April 27, 2015
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Blatant backhanded punch = 2 games
Inadvertent arm bar = 1 game
Forearm to the throat, slap in the face = 0 games
If Kelly Olynyk’s joust was with an average player who wasn’t teammates with LeBron James, there wouldn’t be a peep about the play.
From the way games are officiated to the decision making used when doling out suspensions/fines, the league’s preferential treatment of its star players remains an abomination. It far surpasses what we see in any other professional sports league.
PS – How many games was D-Wade suspended for dislocating Rajon Rondo’s elbow? I forget.
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