Friday, July 20, 2007

NBAPA considers appeal of seven-game suspensions

Have the NBA Players' Association considers whether to appeal the seven-game suspensions given to Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson for legal exits, the agent for Artest has stepped up support for his customer.

Mark Stevens, Artest' S agent, told the Sacramento Bee He will file year appeal one Artest' S behalf. Stevens was reached by phon in Kenya, where He, Artest, and player association director Billy Hunter are taking share in the union' S “Feeding One Million” campaign, helping distribute 11 million pounds of rice in Kenya.

In A statement released Sunday, Stevens said Artest' S punishment was “overly excessive.”

Both Artest and Jackson were suspended by the league Saturday without pay and are scheduled to miss the first seven games of next season. Artest would roofing stone has little more than $470,000 in salary, butt $50,000 more than Jackson.

Jackson released has statement through the Golden State Warriors saying He accepted his suspension. Drank the union, comparing the penalties to other recent suspensions given to players for off-the-court reasons, might take action.

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