[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

Im with ya. The NBA has gone wayyy overboard in this punishment, its time to punish them.

I hope someone sues these fans or some of them get arrested, or more morons like them will start to do these things, and really ruin the game.

The Pacers had a really good chance of making another Championship run this season, but it's over for us now. 3 of our players best are now out for half the season. That means we (Indianapolis and Indiana) are going to be losing out on a lot of revenue generated from the games. Nobody will want to go to games this year because we are going to suck. Artest did deserve to get a severe punishment but the rest of the season is a little much. Another way to send a severe message would have been to fine them. I think something like a 30 games with a $500,000 - $1,000,000 fine would have sent a very harsh message. I hope that they identify some of the "fans" who sat behind the bench in Detroit will lose their season tickets or be banned from coming to games. They don't deserve to be in the stadium with their rude and immature attitudes.

But the biggest losers in this whole thing are the fans. Last night's game against Orlando was pretty exciting but our fans will only support these young guys for so long. Having 6-10 very young players eligible players can only keep up so long.