![]() Bob Sarver: The former Suns owner was suspended for Phoenix’s entire 2022-23 season, which amounted to 93 total games, following the completion of the league’s investigation into allegations he fostered a toxic and hostile work environment.Those players include Tyreke Evans, Chris Andersen, Stanley Roberts, Lewis Lloyd, Michael Ray Richardson and Connie Hawkins.Īmong the players to be permanently banned are John Drew, Eddie Johnson, Chris Washburn, Roy Tarpley and Richard Dumas. Earlier in the season, Knicks forward Antonio Davis was suspended five games for going into the stands to defend his wife.Ī number of players have been banned and reinstated by the league for substance abuse and other reasons. Mbenga: Mbenga was suspended six games during the 2006 Western Conference finals for going into the stands to defend the wife of coach Avery Johnson, who was being harassed by fans. Ben Wallace: Wallace’s shove of Artest is what instigated “The Malice at the Palace.” Wallace was suspended for six games for his role. ![]() Rasheed Wallace: The man with the most ejections in NBA history, Wallace was suspended once in his career, when he confronted and threatened referee Tim Donaghy in a parking lot after Donaghy had given him a technical foul earlier during a game in 2003.Nick Van Exel: Van Exel was suspended seven games in 1996 for shoving referee Ron Garretson onto the scorer’s table after Garretson ejected him for arguing a call.Rodman was suspended either by the league or his team ten-plus times in his career. Dennis Rodman (1996): The season prior, Rodman was suspended six games for headbutting referee Ted Bernhardt after being ejected from a game in New Jersey in March.Dennis Rodman (1997): While playing for the Bulls, Rodman was suspended 11 games and fined $25,000 in 1997 for kicking a cameraman in the groin.Seven total players were suspended in the brawl. Carmelo Anthony: A 2006 brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks ended with Anthony punching Mardy Collins, which earned the Nuggets star a 15-game suspension.He was initially suspended 25 games by Stern, which was later reduced to 15 games. Jermaine O’Neal: O’Neal landed one of the most memorable punches in “The Malice at the Palace,” striking a fan who had run on the floor.In 2018, Washington was sentenced to six years in federal prison for charity fraud after he was indicted for embezzling roughly $5 million meant for children in Africa. Tomjanovich, who survived the injuries and eventually became an All-Star and championship-winning coach, later said he and Washington made up after the punch. Washington was traded to the Celtics amid his suspension and would play five more seasons, making an All-Star team in 1980 with Portland after being traded for Bill Walton. David Stern, the NBA’s chief counsel at the time, said the incident made officials realize that “you couldn’t allow men that big and that strong to go around throwing punches at each other.” Twenty games of the suspension are considered served from 2022-23, meaning Bridges has 10 games remaining on the suspension if he is signed and available to play.īench-clearing brawls were commonplace in the early 1970s, but Washington’s punch changed the way penalties were enforced for such events. ![]() Bridges, a restricted free agent, wasn’t signed by the Hornets or any team in 2022-23 and didn’t play. Miles Bridges: 30 gamesīridges was suspended 30 games by the NBA in April 2023 as a result of a domestic violence incident involving the mother of his children in 2022. He served one other notable suspension, missing seven games in 2007 following an incident at a night club in which he pleaded no contest to battery charges after firing several gunshots. Jackson would keep his job and play nine more seasons, averaging a career-high 20.7 points per game with the Warriors in 2008-09. “Jack, you think we going to get in trouble?” Artest asked Jackson, to which Jackson replied, “Are you serious, bro? Trouble? Ron, we’ll be lucky if we still have a freaking job!” Years later, Jackson recounted to Grantland a conversation with Artest back in the locker room after the brawl. The second-largest suspension to emanate from “The Malice at the Palace,” Jackson followed Artest into the stands and brawled with fans. ![]() (Photo: Allen Einstein / NBAE via Getty Images)
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