punchless

Antonio Davis was never even supposed to be a Knick. After engineering a trade to Chicago from Raptor wasteland, he ended up as trade fodder to the Knicks. Back then, he wanted to stay in Chicago, and it was widely assumed that the Knicks would cut him and the Bulls can sign him back for less money.

Fast forward to today: Davis has been suspended 5 games for going into the stands to confront someone who allegedly heckled his wife Kendra. Davis is a good guy, even currently serving as president of the NBA Players Association, and isn't even remotely in Ron Artest territory. But after the infamous brawl in Detroit between players and fans, the NBA was quick to put the hammer down, despite the fact that Davis didn't even throw a punch.

At least the law is still working. The alleged heckler meanwhile, is contemplating a lawsuit (he's quite connected) against Davis, his wife, the NBA, and the United Center (this is America!!!). But shouldn't there also be a law against excessive heckling? There should be Instant Replay in the stands. Who cares if it looks like Big Brother? It took the Detroit cops weeks to even arrest the real instigators of the brawl, and what did they do? Just banned them from the stadium. Somewhere, sometime soon, somebody else is gonna do the same thing.