Not OK: Andrew Bynum forearm shivers

15 games would have been fine with me, since he has done this on multiple occasions.

Kevin, 20 games may be extreme, and it almost certainly won't be what the suspension ends up being; but it IS taking into account precedent: the precedent Bynum himself has set with this repeated behavior. Stern may be a lot of things (and not all of them good), but he has worked to distance the league from the images of brawling and cheap fouls that were once considered part of 'good hard' basketball. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him make an example out of Bynum after the furor surrounding concussions in the NFL last year. The NBA doesn't want inquiries on their commitment to player safety cropping up while they are in labor negotiations. If it takes a lengthy suspension for Bynum to strengthen the owner's position, you can bet that is exactly what Stern will mete out.

honestly, that's more assault than foul. he seems to think his job is to literally attack people because his teammates can't stay in front of their men. usually, hard collisions involve some kind of play on the ball or an attempt to wrap the guy up and stop him from getting a shot off, but this is a calculated attack, made as though there was no ball involved at all. 20 playoff games and a HUGE fine.

he does the same thing the exact same way in all 3 plays - he's been suspended for it and he does it out of frustration and anger. no excuse at all. he clearly knows what he's doing and needs to be taught that assaulting players with the intent of injuring them (in lieu of making a play on the ball, which he could have done all three times) should have a significant impact on HIS career. I know they'd never do it, but making the 20 game suspension a 20 PLAYOFF GAME suspension would be more appropriate. He already misses lots of regular season games, but this would insure that the suspension would truly impact his career. If he wants opposing players to know he's going to try to hurt their careers if they go into the paint, the league should reply in kind.

20 is appropriate. The Beasley one was especially brutal, 2 games was the NBA's wink.

I think he deserves a pretty long suspension based on his remarks after the game, which were basically "we were getting blown out and he was getting layups so that's what I did" and expressed no remorse. To me, that clearly says that he doesn't see a problem with what he did and will continue to do it.

That's some dirty sh*t. not hard fouls, just dirty fouls. Ten games seems like a reasonable number. But this recent foul should also cast more of a spotlight on the next one as well.

15-20 sounds correct. Bynum's actions are extremely dangerous and seem calculated, which sounds like a good reason for a serious punishment by the league.

Repeat offenders need to be more severely punished. That is how most things work. This guy cannot get away with this any more. Disgraceful play to the NBA. 15-20 games.

It's really despicable. The phrase "actions speak louder than words," is probably the most appropriate way to describe this situation. He can say anything he wants, but he's done this three times. And it's not like "oh, he's pushed a guy down while jostling for position down low three times," he's body-checked/forearmed/elbowed three smaller players while they were in the air, and one of them suffered a collapsed lung from it. Also, isn't 20 games 1/4 of the season for anyone?

20 games was my exact reaction. This thug needs to learn his lesson before he cripples someone for good, don't wait until it actually happens. He already put someone in the hospital and has since repeated the same behavior twice. Make the punishment enough to actually deter the behavior from being repeated. 2 games won't do anything to stop this from happening again, as he has already shown.

3 strikes and you're out.....for about 10 games.

Just kick this chump out of the NBA! He is not a professional player! He is never gonna learn unless it really hurts him!

Be real here. Not saying those fouls are acceptable by any stretch of the imagination, but you can't realistically expect the league to ramp up a 2-game suspension for the Beasley incident to a full 20 games. There's a difference between what he possibly deserves and what he'll realistically get. You're just being extreme for no good reason without taking into account prior precedence.

It's a pattern of behavior that needs to be addressed through a serious suspension. I say 15-20 games at the absolute minimum. Send Bynum a message that this is completely unacceptable