Recently Russell Westbrook threatened to beat up a husband and wife, two fans, very badly and very unabashedly. This threat was as public as possible, occurring at a game, and as is everything, audio-visually recorded. I don’t really know what the fans said and I am not defending the fans, nor am I rebuking the punishment the husband received: a lifetime ban. But I was positively staggered by how little the NBA punished Westbrook. Per USA Today,
“Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for “directing profanity and threatening language to a fan,” the NBA announced Tuesday afternoon.