According to article 24 of the NBA Constitution, it is up to the commissioner to award fines and disqualifications to players who have problems in court, have behaved in accordance with fair play standards or have behaved in a manner contrary to state law.
Furthermore, if the allegations against the player are extremely serious, the commissioner can decide to permanently ban him from the game. Excluding these players, here is the ranking of 10 Longest suspension in NBA history.
NBA Longest Suspension Ranking
10. John Collins – 25 games
It was November 5, 2019 when the young Atlanta Hawks star, John Collins, was suspended for 25 matches after testing positive for a substance banned by the NBA constitution (a growth hormone).
The number 20 of the Hawks, after having apologized to his companions, had justified himself for what happened by stating that he had taken the doping substance unconsciously.
9. DeAndre Ayton – 25 partite
In the same period, a few weeks earlier, the then rookie of the Phoenix Suns, DeAndre Ayton, had been suspended by the NBA commissioner for 25 station after having tested positive for an antidiuretic present in the list of doping substances whose use is not permitted by the alloy.
Prior to the central Bahamas, Joakim Noah, Jodie Meeks and Wilson Chandler were also suspended for the usual reason.
8. Wilson Chandler – 25 partite
In August 2019, the former Brooklyn Nets center, Wilson Chandler, had been suspended from the league for 25 matches because he tested positive in a doping test. Additionally, the 23rd pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, he was forced to pay a fine of nearly half a million dollars.
In Chandler’s case there was talk of PED positivity, or Performance-Enhancing Substance, a substance that improves performance on the parquet.
7. Jodie Meeks – 25 partite
In April 2018 the then Washington WIzards player, Jodie Meeks, was suspended for 25 station after testing positive for two doping substances banned by the alloy: ipamorelin and GHRP-2, both growth hormones.
The season of the number 20 of the franchise of the capital ended at that moment, and then resumed the following year with the colors of the Toronto Raptors, with a few minutes available.
6. Kermit Washington – 26 partite
The most infamous episode of Kermit Washington is definitely the fist trimmed to Rudy Tomjanovich during the match between Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets in December 1977. That punch (The Punch, as he was nicknamed in the States) cost the then yellow-purple number 24 a suspension of 26 station.
During a very heated discussion between Washinton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kevin Kunnert, Tomjanovich had rushed to the middle of the parquet to calm the minds by getting a puncture in the face that risked killing him: fortunately the former Rockets player managed to get away despite the breakup of nasal septum and mandible and a concussion of the brain.
Another infamous episode is the one that saw him involved in an accusation of illegal appropriation of assets, identity theft and tax fraud after he had taken possession of 500 thousand dollars destined for charity. Following his confession, he was forced to six years in federal prison
5. Stephen Jackson – 30 games
It was the year 2004 when in Detroit an episode that went down in history was staged as “malice at the Palace“Or” Evil at the Palace “. This sad episode involved the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers in one of the worst fights in NBA history.
With a few seconds to the siren, Ben Wallace (Detroit Pistons center) attempted a lay-up but was defended by Ron Artest: furious to have been hit after the game was over (82-97 in favor of the guests), Wallace threw himself against Ron Artest, unleashing a fight that involved several players.
It didn’t end there! A brawl now sedated, a fan threw a drink at Ron Artest who immediately turned against the fan, sparking a fight between players and spectators that lasted several minutes.
Nine players were involved in the fight, including Stephen Jackson, arrived in defense of his partner, remedying 30 station suspension and a fine of nearly $ 2 million.
4. Javaris Crittenton – 38 partite
In January 2010 Javaris Crittenton was suspended from the NBA for 38 games after violating the laws set by the NBA Constitution, for keeping a firearm in his locker and pointing it at teammate Gilbert Arenas following a discussion about gambling debts that took place a few weeks before.
After that damn season ended early because of 38 games disqualification, Crittenton’s contract with the Washington Wizards was terminated and he never returned to play in the NBA.
3. Gilbert Arenas – 50 partite
Already suspended indefinitely a few days earlier due to a judicial investigation for the transport and storage of firearms without a license, Gilbert Arenas was disqualified for 50 station due to the episode he saw involved too Javaris Crittenton.
The two accepted the socially useful works imposed by the then commissioner David Stern, without recourse to what happened because in a voice of the contract signed by the NBA players it expressly forbids the introduction of weapons (even legally registered) of any kind in a structure linked to the world. NBA.
2. Latrell Sprewell – 68 partite
On December 1, 1997, the former Golden State Warriors player, Latrell Sprewell, was suspended from the NBA for 68 games after having threatened, strangled and hit the head coach of the San Francisco franchise, PJ Carlesimo, during team training after a heated verbal dispute over some reproaches against the player.
David Stern initially suspended Sprewell for 82 games but, following an appeal, the disqualification was reduced to 68 station. However, the Warriors terminated the four-time All-star’s contract immediately. The career of the 24th pick in the 1992 NBA Draft continued for another seven years, first in New YOrk and later in Minnesota.
1. Ron Artest – 86 games
The episode involving the then Indiana Pacers partner, Javaris Crittenton, also led Ron Artest, also known as Metta World Peace, to a suspension of 82 station (73 in the regular season and 13 in the NBA Playoffs) for attacking a fan guilty of throwing a drink at him.
The episode, which represented one of the lowest points in NBA history, also cost Artest a huge fine of almost $ 5 million, removed from the salary of the number 23 of the Indianapolis franchise.
The then NBA commissioner, David Stern, described the incident in bitter and strong words, describing the episode as shocking and disgusting:
“We couldn’t get any lower than that: a series of punches and punches, the very logic that people kept associating with the sight of black players on the court. A disaster: all the shows and radios talked about it, it was the most talked about news for days “
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