Trevor Ariza swings elbow at DeRozan, gets ejected

[bigkingsfan]

He's not going to get any more than 1 game, due to it not escalating.

[phoenix18]

A few centimeters closer and DeRozan would have been knocked out cold, from behind and with zero warning. 1-3 games. Unacceptable behavior.

Centi? Meters?

[JayGuevara]

OK, sticking with the real life analogy....

Basically, it was attempted assault. Can you be arrested in real life for attempted assault? If you are at a bar get into an argument with a guy, and then throw a punch and miss completely......will you be arrested? Doubt it.

I'm just saying....he technically missed. Derozan didn't even know it happened.

There was obvious malice in that attempted elbow. It's a matter of intent and the according evidence in this situation. Ariza attempted to strike DeRozan with that swing. Have the Knicks attempted to trade Eddy Curry?

Just because you failed doesn't mean you didn't try.

[shaoyut]

Centi? Meters?

Cm?

[Dave3]

OK, sticking with the real life analogy....

Basically, it was attempted assault. Can you be arrested in real life for attempted assault? If you are at a bar get into an argument with a guy, and then throw a punch and miss completely......will you be arrested? Doubt it.

I'm just saying....he technically missed. Derozan didn't even know it happened.

Ariza was already punished. He was ejected from the game for not hitting Derozan.


I'm just playing devils advocate. He probably will get 1 game I'm guessing. I just think the NBA is starting to go overboard with suspensions. They are control freaks.....

The analogy is only to demonstrate that it's possible to get in trouble for attempted maliciousness. I don't know if in social situations there are legal repercussions for throwing a punch, but the idea is that just because something is attempted and not successful, doesn't make it immune to punishment.

[Rafael Delaget]

At least 3 games...SH!T was outright obvious and intentional...

Calm down Jackie Chiles...

[Doranku]

How the **** does a 'nice kid' like all of you are trying to say swing an elbow to the back of somebody's head? Why don't you guys line up outside my house and let me elbow you guys in the back of the head one by one. I swear I'm a nice guy and it's not in my personality to do it.

Retards.

You're right, he's obviously a terrible, malicious human being. Forget suspension, such a menace to society should be jailed. Oh, and that dude Michael Jordan, he punched his teammate out during practice. Pretty sure that means he's Satan.

Retard.

[Sanity]

[QUOTE]Trevor Ariza of the Houston Rockets has been suspended without pay for one game for swinging his elbow at the head of the Toronto Raptors

[BallsOut]

Ariza is my boy but wow, there's no room for that in basketball.

[Prodigy]

You're right, he's obviously a terrible, malicious human being. Forget suspension, such a menace to society should be jailed. Oh, and that dude Michael Jordan, he punched his teammate out during practice. Pretty sure that means he's Satan.

Retard.

Reading comprehension problems? People say that he's a super nice kid (at least 3-4 time in this thread) and such behavior is totally out of character but there is no 'super nice kid' that will throw an elbow like that out of frustration. Hard foul? Sure. But an elbow to the back of somebody's head fully winded up?

Your attempts at sarcasm do not impress anyone.