It’s got to be pretty bad when the Philippine Basketball Association takes about 24 hours to ban you from the league for life!
From NBCSports: After snapping — first shoving then choking a Perton Blaze teammate who was just trying to calm Balkman down during a recent Philippine Basketball Association game — PBA commissioner Chito Salud handed down a fine of 250,000 Philippine Pesos (about $6,150 American) and a lifetime ban from the league for Balkman.
Think about that for a minute. All it took financially for the PBA to reach their decision on a lifetime ban was less than $6,200 bucks! I mean this guy was playing for the Knicks like 10 seconds ago and now he’s never allowed to play in the Philippines again!