Los Angeles, California : The NBA have fined San Antonio’s Stephen Jackson US$25.000 for threatening Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka on Twitter.
Ibaka was involed in a confrontation with Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace on Friday which led Jackson, a friend of peace’s, to issue a threat to Ibaka on the social networking websites.
“The recent public comment made by Stephen Jackson are absolutely unacceptable, cannot be tolerated and do not reflect the standarts held by the San Antonio Spurs, ” general manager RC Buford said on the team’s website.
Jackson has a history of coming to the aid of Peace, most famously in the 2004-05 season when the then Indiana teammates were involved in a brawl with fans in Detroit.
Jackson recived a 30-game suspension for that incident while Peace, then know as Ron Artest, was banner for the rest of the season
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