Originally Posted by Darth2000GSR
And going even farther back, if the fan hadn't thrown a beer onto the court, the whole situation wouldn't have happened. Why would you blame the person that responded rather than the person that instigated?
Just because he's rich and he's in the NBA doesn't mean he has to sit there and let people throw shit at him.
Here's an example. Two brothers get in a fight. The younger one keeps bugging the older one, and then the older one slugs the younger one. The younger one runs to mommy and says "he hit me!" What does mom say? Does she tell the older brother, "good job, your brother really deserved it"? No, she tells the younger brother to quit bugging his older brother, and she tells the older brother to not hit his younger brother. If the older brother is smart, he soon realizes that if his younger brother is being a pain in the ass then he's going to get in trouble for slugging him. Then the younger brother gives up on bugging the older brother because he can't get a reaction anymore.
Besides, the fans aren't employees of the NBA. It's not like the NBA can suspend the fans from playing basketball in the NBA.