Late last month, Serge Ibaka was suspended by the Toronto Raptors for an unspecified violation of team rules relating to an “altercation with a staff member“. As a result, he sat out, unpaid, the December 29 game against Atlanta, after apologies all around.
Then he and the Miami Heat’s James Johnson (who has his own issues to grapple with) took pokes at each other on Tuesday night. They were ejected from the proceedings, and both have been issued additional punishment in the form of one-game suspensions.
For those keeping score at home, that’s two suspensions for Serge in three weeks, from different entities, i.