January 19, 2006
Davis Dives Into Crowd To Protect Family
Some disturbing news out of Chicago last night:
The anticipated homecoming for the Knicks' Eddy Curry and Antonio Davis turned into a bizarre and chilling scene Wednesday night at the United Center when Davis charged into the fans' seating area during a timeout in overtime to confront a fan apparently having an altercation with some of Davis' family members.
(Snip)
"I witnessed my wife [Kendra] being threatened by a man I later learned was intoxicated," Davis said in a statement after the game. "I saw him touch her. I know I should not have acted the way I did but I would have felt terrible if I did not react. There was no time to call security. It happened too quickly."
Can somebody tell me why stuff like this keeps happening in Chicago? I'm wondering what NBA Commissioner David Stern is going to do in response. Here's hoping he treats Davis fairly.
For more, see The Manifesto, section 8.
UPDATE: Here's ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan with his version of justice:
An eight-game suspension would cost Davis, who makes $13.8 million, a little over a million bucks in lost salary. It could go down in history as Davis' Million-Dollar Mistake, and if he makes a sincere public statement of contrition it'll allow everyone to put this episode behind them.
The last thing the commissioner needs is another extended debate tied in some way to the Palace brawl. He needs this one to go away, and the best way for that to happen is for Stern to issue a suspension that's fair.
In this case, eight is enough.
Wrong. In this case, it would be an absolute travesty. If Davis gets anything more than one game, it would be a disgrace.
UPDATE: Hold on a second there, things are looking decidedly different now, courtesy of Deadspin.
And ESPN is filling in some more details about Davis' wife, and how she's responsible for the whole mess.
Whew! Talk about a story doing a complete 180. Thanks to Peter Puck for the pointer.
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Too bad the facts are that she went bonkers on some dude who just wanted her to sit down so he could watch the game. Check out Deadspin....He should get more than a game for bringing her to a road game.
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