d2.sticky-icky said:
The elbow that Rondo threw at Hinrich didn’t connect with Hinrich. So he shouldn’t be suspended or ejected. I looked at the Hinrich/Rondo incident again and it really wasn’t that serious.
However, Melo was suspended for a long time b/c he escalated the situation even more. It’s not b/c Melo isn’t liked by the league. That’s poor logic. If you remember the incident, Nate and JR Smith were going at it and they were both being separated. Then Melo swooped in after the situation was becoming calm and sucker punched Mardy in the face. It wasn’t one measly punch. It was a pretty huge punch actually.
You do not know the rules then…the rule states,
“Violent acts of any nature on the court will not be tolerated. Players involved in altercations will be ejected, fined and/or suspended.
Officials have been instructed to eject a player who throws a punch, whether or not it connects, or an elbow which makes contact above shoulder level. If elbow contact is shoulder level or below, it shall be left to the discretion of the official as to whether the player is ejected. Even if a punch or an elbow goes undetected by the officials during the game, but is detected during a review of a videotape, that player will be penalized.”
source
http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_k.html?nav=ArticleList
Maybe learn yourself some NBA rules pl0x?