The punishment for the scuffle between Karl-Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid has been handed down by the league. Each player will miss the next two games, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The two big men wrestled one another to the ground on Wednesday and were each ejected from the contest. The jabs didn’t stop there, as the star big men exchanged insults via social media later that night. Charania adds that the duo’s suspension was for their on-court altercation and “their continued escalation following the incident.”
Ben Simmons, who held Towns down on the ground as other players pulled Embiid away, will not be suspended for the incident, despite the Wolves pushing back against the notion that he acted as a peacemaker.
Embiid will lose roughly $379K as a result of the conflict while Towns will lose roughly $376K, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Twitter link). The 76ers will play Portland and Phoenix over their next two games while Minnesota faces Washington and Milwaukee.
The NHL is laughing at you if you call that a fight
The NHL? Is that soccer? I forget.
Pretty sure that’s a Canadian insurance company.
I didn’t know putting another player in a chokehold could be considered being a “peacemaker”
Yes. It, too, is my go-to move when trying to create peace.
KAT tapped out pretty quickly, I think he was trying to play peacemaker.
With how the NBA blows up normal things, I’m surprised it was so little. I thought it would be 10 games.
Good point. They gave Ariza and Gerald Green 2 games for what was basically nothing compared to this. Always biased against Houston.
So it’s 2 games including their continuation of the off court verbal attacks. So the whole brawl is pretty much just a 1 game suspension?
Should have been 3 for Kat & 5 for the instigator, Embid. I am starting to get sick of his crap…..
I would have tacked on 2 more games for Embiid’s post scuffle theatrics. If the NBA won’t discipline him for acting the fool, this will be his MO.
KAT is the only one who threw a punch. Your logic is wrong.
Real shame that both players will be missing games, real favorites of mine, it really wasn’t a fight at all, just a couple pushes & shovels really. I wouldn’t have suspended them at all, the losers as always are the fans that won’t get to see 2 of the top 7 players in the league.
KAT is that, yes. Embrio not even close
lol yes KAT looked like a child out there playing with Embiid. Keep lying to yourself.
Can’t stop laughing at your username. Thanks for the joke.
Australia this not Rugby this is not what ever Big Ben! That choke hold not a good look bruh! Lol
Super weak suspension, especially with all the surrounding drama.
Ibaka on the Raptors got 3 games in March, and while he has a prior history, so does Embiid.
I’m surprised they got less than 3, honestly, as I thought that was going to be the minimum.
When they play again, it will be a load management game.