9 Orlando Magic Players Suspended After Detroit Pistons Fight: Did NBA Get It Right?

NEWS Amine 31 Dec , 2022 0

ORLANDO – The Orlando Magic are facing the outcome of Wednesday night’s team brawl against the Detroit Pistons, which saw eight players suspended in one game.

Moe Wagner, the main Orlando instigator in the incident, was suspended for two games.

An unprecedented moment in NBA history. In the league’s most infamous brawl, he even had fewer players suspended in 2004’s “The Maris at the Palace” than in Wednesday night’s “Big Fight at Little Caesars Arena.” rice field.

But why were so many Magic players suspended?

NBA Rule No. 12 Section VII states that …

“During the dispute, all players not participating in the game must remain in close proximity to the bench. increase.”

Clearly, some Magic players were breaking the rules, and Orlando’s suspended teammate knew about it before he even approached the other benches during the altercation.

“Of course we know [that we could be suspended]said Franz Wagner. That was part of our worry as teammates. You don’t want to leave your teammate alone among an entire team of others. ”

Given the nature of the situation, should the Magic have been given a free pass? Moe Wagner was surrounded by the entire Pistons team and punched in the back of the head by Killian Hayes. This move is not even legal in martial arts.

And Hayes only received a three-game suspension for his role. All Magic suspensions total 10 games (1 game each for Cole Anthony, Mo Bamba, Wendell Carter Jr., RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Scofield and Franz Wagner). Mo Wagner has two games) and the Pistons only count to four.

Hamidou Diallo, who shoved Wagner after the play, received the same punishment for a player who did nothing to escalate the situation. Instead, the Orlando player is being punished with the same ruling for ensuring his teammates were not in danger.

Rules are rules, but crime does not match time.