The day after the Madison Square Garden brawl, the nBA league's penalties for both teams came down.
The speed of processing shows the determination of the league.
nBA President David Stern said: "It is our obligation to take the necessary steps to avoid these situations.
The seven players received a total of 47 suspensions from the league afterwards, resulting in salary penalties of $1.2 million and $500,000 per team.
Anthony received the most severe punishment for his wonderful performance in the brawl.
He was suspended for 15 games by the nBA league and fined $640097.
Anthony's good brother, Jr. Smith, was suspended for 10 games and fined $126142.
This penalty is a big blow to the Nuggets and Anthony personally.
At the time of the brawl, Anthony was the league's leading scorer.
The brawl seriously affected his image in the minds of fans.
His suspension is also the longest of any player and the sixth-longest in nBA history.
Former nBA player Steve Kerr said Anthony completely "tarnished" his image, and ESPN commentator Rick Bucher said Anthony "lit up his career." Ninety-Nine Novel
For the Nuggets, Anthony and J.R. Smith are the team's top two scorers.
They can score more than 40 points per game for the Nuggets.
Without Anthony and J.R. Smith, the Nuggets' strength will be fatally affected.
They are still on the brink of the playoffs, losing two key players at once, which has a huge impact on the Nuggets' prospects this season.
But this is not necessarily a bad thing for Li Yan.
What Li Yan needs most now is playing time, and the achievements of the bench lineup against the bottom team in the East, the Knicks, have not brought him much convenience.
When training in the Nuggets team today, Li Yan was still wearing the jersey of the substitute side.
The good news is that head coach George Carr is very enthusiastic about his attitude, and he has pulled Li Yan to explain the team's tactics for a long time.
He even asked Li Yan what he thought about the characteristics of his teammates.
It can be seen that George Carr has the idea of cultivating Li Yan.
Li Yan integrated the tactical concept of the magician, and naturally spoke well.
George Carr is very happy with the hard-working Chinese lad, but he can't directly put Li Yan in the starting lineup just because of one game.
This will cause dissatisfaction among some veteran players, after all, Li Yan is a second-round pick.
And his opponent in the last game was limited and not very convincing; There are too few key samples, who knows if Li Yan will be a flash in the pan?
The Nuggets' starting point guard was originally Andre Miller, who averaged 13.7 points + 4.3 rebounds + 8.2 assists + 1.3 steals per game, and was a guard with very good passing and assist ability, performing very consistently and defending quite well.
It is difficult for Li Yan to squeeze out Miller as the starting point guard.
However, the Nuggets management is not satisfied with the status quo of the team, and after Anthony reached the top, they had a more ambitious vision - to win a championship.
To this end, they have reached an agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers to exchange Andre Miller + Joe Smith for "answer" Aaron Iverson.
Without Andre Miller, the Nuggets still have two more at the point guard position.
Steve Blake is a floor point guard with a passive style of play, with hard work but lack of strength and speed, and no threat of breakthrough.
And Anthony Carter is a short player with a height of only 1.85 meters.
It is clear that these two mediocre defenders cannot help the team on their way to the championship.
George Carr is determined to give Li Yan this opportunity, but Li Yan needs to prove himself with performance.
He said to Li Yan: "Li, in the next game, I will give you a chance, you have to prove that you are the most suitable point guard for Allen Iverson. "
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Iverson has averaged 31.2 points per game so far this season, ranking second on the scoring list behind Anthony.
It's clear that Iverson is still at his peak, at least no worse than other top guards in the league.
But the 76ers only won a pitiful five games.
Iverson can't stand such a 76er, and the 76ers can't stand the unruly Iverson.
So it broke up, and Iverson left the Philadelphia 76ers where he had played for 10 years.
Iverson was eager to prove himself on a new team, and as soon as he came to the Nuggets, he participated in joint practice.
Iverson wants to slap those who look down on him in the face!
Iverson and Anthony had a good conversation.
Iverson's arrival also made the lost Anthony smile for a long time, and he couldn't wait to play with Iverson to "kill the enemy".
The Denver media went crazy, and Iverson's arrival gave the Nuggets two of the top two scorers in the league at once.
Who can stop the impact of the two teaming up, although they haven't played a match together, the media has already named the combination - Golden Double Gun!!
Iverson's arrival also made Li Yan very excited.
It's not that Li Yan is an avid fan of Iverson, but the system that has been silent for two days has finally moved.
"Drop! Detected host witnessed a major event in nBA history - "answer" Iverson joined the Nuggets!
Iverson came to the Nuggets to form a golden double with Anthony, but the two were never able to lead the Nuggets further.
So after a season together, Iverson was traded to the Pistons and left the nBA shortly thereafter.
Mission Release: Change the trajectory of history and help Iverson win a championship with the Nuggets.
Achievement rewards: 1. Obtain skills: double Crossover (Iverson is superior to others with this stunt); 2. Speed attribute +10. This
reward looks very nice! Li Yan took on the task without hesitation.
Obviously this is a long-term mission, and it is very difficult to complete, and it is no wonder that the rewards are so generous.
System, is there any short-term task! Li Yan shouted in his heart.
The system is unresponsive!
Crooked! Don't pretend to be dead for labor! Otherwise, I will give you a bad review!
After a long silence, the system responded:
"Host, don't worry, the task will be automatically released, and the following tasks will be released:
1. Play the Heat at home, win the game and send more than 10 assists, rewarding 1 attribute point;
2. In the game, block Dwyane Wade more than twice to have a chance to obtain Wade's related skills! I'm
sorry! This task is good.
Li Yan's eyes lit up, regardless of the first task, the second skill that could reward Wade, was definitely a huge improvement for himself.
So before the game against the Heat, Li Yan's mind was full of two "hot pots" to give "Flash" Wade.