Introduction

Dumars: If it was a different player with a different history, would he have been suspended here? That's a possibility. It could be that another player with this history would have been suspended. But how much was that levied in this situation? Why not a heavy fine to try to preserve the sanctity of competition? So there's debate throughout the office. All day yesterday on this, it wasn't a quick or easy or light decision. We understand the ramifications of a decision like this.