"The NBA's Response to Suns Owner and Nuggets Star Altercation: Will Nikola Jokic Face a Penalty?"

2023-05-08 17:18:43

Following the slight altercation between Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Nuggets star Nikola Jokic yesterday, there are questions about whether the NBA will issue a penalty to the Denver center. For the moment, the League has not spoken on the subject, unlike Ishbia.

What does the Joker risk after his stroller on Suns owner Mat Ishbia? This is the question we ask ourselves the day after Game 4 between Phoenix and Denver, a crazy match characterized in particular by this WTF scene where Ishbia – seated in the front row – kept the ball in his hands a little too long, provoking a gesture of frustration from Jokic who wanted to quickly recover the swelling.

Following this mini-incident, Mat Ishbia took to Twitter to react and contrary to what one might think, he does not insist on an NBA sanction against Nikola Jokic. It’s actually quite the opposite.

“To suspend or fine anyone for the incident last night would be unfair. I have a lot of respect for Jokic and I don’t want that. Excited for Game 5! Go Suns!”

This message is undoubtedly a way for Ishbia to try to close this chapter as quickly as possible and to back up at the same time, he who is not not free from reproach in history. Any average fan would have been excluded from the room, and the Joker has already received a technical foul during the meeting.

The NBA is probably reviewing the sequence but it is hard to imagine the League sanctioning Jokic with a suspension, especially before a crucial Game 5 in Denver (the series is 2-2). Such a sanction would probably tilt the series, and put special attention on an incident that is not really worth it.

Everyone is ready to move on, so let’s move on.

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Source texte : Twitter Mat Ishbia

Great win for the Suns last night in an amazing series so far!
That should be and is the only story. Suspending or fining anyone over last nights incident would not be right. I have alot of respect for Jokic and don’t want to see anything like that. Excited for game 5! Go Suns!

— Mat Ishbia (@Mishbia15) May 8, 2023