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They are but that doesn't do anything to stop the Pacers from having a lost season next year when they thought they could contend for a title.

Right but in the NBA they're played with the stantions further back for this exact reason and that was mentioned during the broadcast almost immediately after he was injured. Nice try though.

UNLV is a college arena. The stanchions were mentioned to be closer immediately after the injury occurred and were thought of a possible cause since PG would think he had more room to land. This was all said on ESPN during the actual telecast. Don't let facts stop you from being an asshole though.

Is this a bad time to mention that his 5 year, $90M deal doesn't start until this year?

But it doesn't work like that. You don't get to START the fight then legislate how he responds when he only hit her once and in the same fashion she hit him. Not his fault she's got a weak chin. I'll say it again and again, if you don't want to get hit, keeping your hands to yourself is a damn good way to start.

I make a point of saying adult in everything I say so you can take down that strawman right now.

I see what you're trying to do but you have a couple key points that are just stretching the truth. You reference his "unchecked aggression" but the first moment of "aggression" we have on record is him reacting to someone doing something that'd qualify as aggression towards him.

So if what someone's doing isn't life threatening that doesn't make them a victim? If she was attacking him and he hit her once and it happened to knock her out as she fell that's unfortunate (and the reason his charges weren't dropped for nothing like hers were) but it's still your own fault if you initiate the…

Victim blaming? They were both punched. Seems like you're victim blaming too.

Because I'll take ANY reason to share this:

Shaq was probably the most successful and possibly best NBA rapper ever. Think about that.

This is a perfect example of everything that's wrong with this narrative. By your video, you'd think Ray was just looking for a reason to hit her, but in real life she WAS coming right for us.

Which I agree with 100% unless another adult decides they want to punch up and you're in a confined space where flight isn't an option. Getting punched, even by someone that'd be considered "punching up" to hit you still hurts like hell. If you don't want to get punched, keep your hands to yourself and your chances…

You realize that Ray was a victim of an attack here too, right? And the second person to use violence? And yet he's getting 100% of the scorn here. So you tell me, how is victim blaming?

In what world do you live in??? You're in a confined space where flight is not an option and someone is attacking you. You do have the right to defend yourself in order to make the attack stop.

My nephew is a child. If he was an adult and did it intentionally, then yes, it would be justified to punch him back.

Couldn't agree more, but Janay is too. You don't get to initiate the violence then get a free pass just because of your lack of a Y chromosome.

Maybe a "small woman" (they're actually about the same height but whatever) shouldn't initiate violence on a pro athlete and not expect it back, especially when stuck in an elevator so when fight or flight kicks in, flight's impossible. If equality is the goal, these are two adults. One punched the other and got…

No, MRAs would say she's got to be protected from the world and even from herself so she should be treated as someone who can't possibly make a mistake and should be protected from herself even when she initiates the violence. Last I checked the patriarchy has set up special sets of circumstances for women compared…