OAKLAND – The NBA acted swiftly. Did the NBA appropriately, though?
The NBA punished Warriors investor Mark Stevens with a one-year ban from attending NBA games and team-related activities along with a $500,000 fine on Thursday morning. That happened less than 24 hours after Stevens pushed and yelled obscenities toward Raptors guard Kyle Lowry during the Warriors’ Game 3 loss in the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Why not issue a life-time ban, though?
“We recognize it’s not a science in terms of making these decisions,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday with a handful of reporters at an NBA Cares event at the Ira Jinkins Recreation Center.