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You would think if you're an NBA prospect who's 1 day away from the start of a new season you wouldn't be racing scooters around campus.
Nobody saying the kid deserves anymore punishment than he's likely to get, i.e. 1 game suspension, but it was a pretty stupid thing to do.
I'm not defending Jalen's behavior.But it's not any other twenty something year old. It's an elite basketball player, with the talent to play professionally, doing a stupid thing the day before his season was to start. That's why the word astonishing is justifiable.
Had this been 4 months ago in the middle of the summer, it would have been stupid, but not astonishingly stupid. I think most people recognize that the timing is what makes this a big deal. I don't believe he misses a game if this happens in June/July/August.
One game is a fair punishment. He's lucky he wasn't hurt, or worse, someone else was hurt.
Most important thing is that nobody got hurt. Next most important thing is maybe the kids will understand actions have consequences and learn from this.
If this was some kid from Pedunk Idaho people in this forum wouldn't give a darn about it and anyone making it an issue would be laughed off The Boneyard. If this was a Cuse player we'd be nailing him.
I reserve astonishing for things like a parent leaving a kid or animal in a car in 100 degree heat. Everyone does something stupid not expecting something bad to happen. That's why AFV is filled with people doing stupid things that go wrong. To take the position that it's ok to do this in the summer and not before the first game subverts the activity to a viewers personal needs.