I do agree, this is just like a slap in the wrist to Ja Morant. I personally believed that he should be suspended longer, but it seems that Adam Silver doesn't want to imposed that and still like trying to baby-sit Ja and hope that he will change next season. 25 games ain't nothing for Morant, sure he will missed millions, but what the NBA commissioner should be sending is that they are not going to tolerate anyone not even a superstar. NBA is really becoming "soft". I'm hinting that when Morant makes a comeback it will be prime time for NBA and could set it up again the defending champion.
Worst part? It's not the first time so the punishment must be heavier than the first. But I think the weight of money is better than suspending him for a long time. Business is business and we cannot do anything about it. But, I wish he is consistent enough to make the same judgment with other players especially those who are receiving flagrant fouls and technical fouls that are out of line.
I really don't get Jokic, feels like something is off with him. He is arguably at top 20 by this point, but even if not he is %100 guaranteed to be in top 30 at this point, he has 2 mvps and 1 fmvp, limiting down how many people have that already shows you how rare that is, not many people won it like that. In the end he should have been like going crazy, some people celebrate for weeks, and he was literally unemotional by the end of the game, like he didn't care at all. For him it was "job is done, back to home to relax" and by home its not denver, he wants to go back to his nation and be happy there. He even said "who likes their job", stating basically that he doesn't even like his job, by the way his job is multi million dollar earning NBA MVP, and he dislikes that?
I get that some people may defend him and say it could happen and that's normal and all that, but I do not feel like that's normal, I do not see him being 35+ and still playing, something may happen with him, dude may just retire at 30, its very possible, or he may just start being terrible because he doesn't want to work on himself and he will get worse and worse, I do not really know whats going to happen, but this mindset is unique and I have never heard of it before.
He said something post-interview after the Finals Game 5 that his Mama taught him. Something like not being hyped when you are up and not too down when you fall. That's how I understood what he said.
Jokic won't celebrate too much and he won't also feel down even if he loss. That's what I see with him and I think it's a good thing. He is just moderate, not in panic, not overexcited so he won't do anything stupid in his life. That might also be the recipe for why he is good when he is on the basketball floor. He is just calm.
