This should make Suns fans happy

A ruling like this was one year too late for the Phoenix Suns.  Members of the Celtics and Hawks moved as far away from the bench as some of the Suns did last year but aren't getting suspended. If Stern wanted to be consistent than Kendrick Perkins, Marvin Williams and even Kevin Garnett should have been given a game off.  I don't think they deserved it but Garnett's attempted elbow and two players stepping onto the court from the bench were similar to last year. It is these types of incosistencies (and poor calls of suspensions last season) as to why David Stern is a horrible commissioner.  I guess he is too worried about getting that franchise in Oklahoma City or overseas expansion to make consistent rulings. 

How BS is this move? What a joke! It's a wonder why so many people say they don't watch for injustices like this. Wait, not really. I too would be pretty pissed if a were a Suns fan. I think it's weak just as a fan of basketball.

I think the part about Garnett pushing the ref and not getting suspended shocked me. They just fined two people $25,000 for making menacing looks at benches.

that's the part that got me kegzilla. no one is supposed to touch a ref and get away with it, and i hear he tried to toss him like a rag doll

Go Lakers!!

Kegzilla,

I couldn't agree with you more.  Stern would love to get the Celtics into the Finals so he can market the Big Three (Garnett, Pierce, and Allen).  He'd hype them up for these all-stars getting a shot at their first ring.  The Eastern Conference is already considered the weaker conference by most and and the 8 seed beating the 1 seed would rain on his parade.   

With the Garnett thing, i once watched an NBA game where Eddie Najera as a Maverick was complaining about a call and put his hand on the ref's shoulder and the ref ejected him from the game. It wasn't a confrontational incident, he was just talking to the ref. However, i think the referee has to interpret whether the contact was aimed at him or not and make the choice for an ejection. If the ref doesn't eject Garnett, i'm pretty sure the league won't suspend him.

Personally, i think we should be watching the Garnett-less Celtics in the next game and that everyone's statement of "if it was Rasheed Wallace or anyone else" is completely correct and the league just can't wait for Celtics-Lakers. I just find it disappointing.