Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart has received a one-game suspension for accumulating six flagrant foul points, the NBA announced (via Twitter). He will serve the suspension during Friday’s home game against Dallas.
The release from the league notes that Stewart had four flagrant foul points heading into Wednesday’s contest at Indiana. He was ejected for a Flagrant 2 midway through the second quarter for shoving Pacers center Thomas Bryant (Twitter video link), adding two points to his total and triggering the automatic suspension.
Stewart was also fined $50K for making “inappropriate and objectionable gestures” after being tossed out of the game.
The incident will cost Stewart $86,207 in salary, tweets Bobby Marks of ESPN, bringing his total loss to more than $136K with the fine included.
The league’s system imposes an automatic two-game suspension for any player with five or more points who commits another Flagrant 2, so Stewart could be in danger of missing more time later in the season.
This guy must be a joy to be around.
Actually teammates all seem to love him, so yeah, probably.
Probably the guy you can guarantee will have your back in a confrontation.
He’s a punk & his only highlights are when he’s in a physical altercation
If he was on your team you would love him
I do love me some punks who get thrown out and suspended. Them taunting helps too. Get the crowd and opposing team all riled up against us—we can’t lose!
I’m sure his teammates love the energy and physical play he brings but you can bring all of that without hurting your team too. He’s slowly building a reputation as a hothead and some opposing players will try to get in his head so he commits fouls or gets suspended. What he did to Thomas Bryant to get ejected was a complete “I’m just looking to hit someone” type of play and not even anything close to a basketball play. If he keeps the act up he’ll find himself on the fast track to a suspension and he won’t have the benefit of being a notable player to gain sympathy points with the league.
thug