Sullinger Arrested in Domestic Incident

[fitzhickey]

Fighting the temptation to write a tasteless post about Sullinger and fouling out

If Sullinger ever gives mild contact that doesn't prevent a "and one" when he should be delivering a hard foul in the paint, who's going to yell at Sullinger to treat the opposing player like a woman?

Although in very bad taste that would be quite funny
Apologies for my awful sense of humour

[merkins]

Unless these charges get dropped altogether, the clock should be ticking on him to go.  Too bad.  Didnt the Red Sox sign a guy a few years back with a history of DV and he was probably the most hated local athlete at the time?  To its credit, the city doesnt tolerate scumbag behavior from its sports stars very well.  Bad timing for this with the Hernandez stuff not too far behind either.

Hernandez and Sullinger are comparing apples to oranges. You don't let a young kid with one slip up (it's a big one, granted) go. Lets not even get into Hernandez's rap sheet from college with the drugs and other infractions that Meyer and Gator Nation probably helped cover up. See if he learns from it and if he doesn't then cut him. Didn't DJ have a whole list of priors before coming to the Celtics? He turned out alright I think...

Yes the two acts are not at all alike and Im not comparing them or the individuals.  What Iam saying is that it is not good timing for a pro athlete in this city to be involved with this type of thing. This is based on what will be swirling in the news with Hernandez for many months and possibly years to come.  I have to believe that will play into whatever happens with JS going forward.

Hey, for me personally if this was a violent act involving other grown men I would try to understand, probably be defending him.  I just cannot rationalize how whatever actually happened with this woman could lead to police involvement and it somehow wasnt a big deal.  Its hard to accept because I and many others have been rooting for him and he was/is part of our future.  If this had been Fab or Terrance Williams they would be under the bus already.

[clover]

Unless these charges get dropped altogether, the clock should be ticking on him to go.  Too bad.  Didnt the Red Sox sign a guy a few years back with a history of DV and he was probably the most hated local athlete at the time?  To its credit, the city doesnt tolerate scumbag behavior from its sports stars very well.  Bad timing for this with the Hernandez stuff not too far behind either.

Hernandez and Sullinger are comparing apples to oranges. You don't let a young kid with one slip up (it's a big one, granted) go. Lets not even get into Hernandez's rap sheet from college with the drugs and other infractions that Meyer and Gator Nation probably helped cover up. See if he learns from it and if he doesn't then cut him. Didn't DJ have a whole list of priors before coming to the Celtics? He turned out alright I think...

Actually there was this incident long after his retirement:

"On October 20, 1997, he was arrested and detained overnight for allegedly holding a knife to his wife's throat and threatening his 17-year old son.[32] Johnson was later charged with aggravated assault and was ordered to stay away from his family.[33][34] The prosecutors dropped the case several months later after his wife declined to press charges.[35] Johnson reportedly went to counseling to repair his marriage.[36"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Johnson#Personal_life

[Eric M VAN]

EDIT: Blew up my question because I found it answered elsewhere in thread.

[celtics2]

Major League Sports is a babysitting service. Without it we'd need a third more jails. We the fans are the bank rollers.

[D.o.s.]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

[CelticG1]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

Interesting, annoying, hypocrital and hilarious

[LooseCannon]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

I am reminded of the lack of concern about Fab Melo's domestic violence history when he was drafted.  I'm not sure if I was the only person to even bring it up.

[hpantazo]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

I am reminded of the lack of concern about Fab Melo's domestic violence history when he was drafted.  I'm not sure if I was the only person to even bring it up.

Fab Melo had a history of domestic violence? On top of all his other issues? And we still drafted him instead of PJ3?

[D.o.s.]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

I am reminded of the lack of concern about Fab Melo's domestic violence history when he was drafted.  I'm not sure if I was the only person to even bring it up.

Well that's the issue with things like hindsight--Fab Melo  was never involved in a DV incident while he was with the Celtics, as far as I know. So it's a non-starter.

The same way that this time last year, everyone still (rightly) thought Aaron Hernandez was a great football player who smoked a ton of pot. Warning signs don't mean a whole lot until they're proven right later--kinda like prophecy.

I don't put much faith in the notion of high-character/low-character athletes, which I find to be a fairly arbitrary construction stemming largely from a player's appearance and how they conduct themselves while playing a children's game.

So it's interesting to me to see the responses when an (allegedly high-character) player like Sullinger gets arrested for this sort of thing--I think the (allegedly low character) Jordan Crawford comparison someone else brought up is a good contrast, but I think an even better one would be someone like (allegedly low-character) JR Smith or (alegedly low-character) Ron Artest.

I haven't seen one "thug" in this whole thread, but what else do you call someone who (allegedly) hits women?

Interesting.

[D.o.s.]

I said it at the start of the thread, and I'll say it again; it's very interesting to look at the difference between this thread and similar threads about other players.

I am reminded of the lack of concern about Fab Melo's domestic violence history when he was drafted.  I'm not sure if I was the only person to even bring it up.

Fab Melo had a history of domestic violence? On top of all his other issues? And we still drafted him instead of PJ3?

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/fab_melo_makes_brief_domestic.html

Melo - whose full name is Fabricio P. de Melo - is facing a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief in a Memorial Day incident. He's accused of breaking the turn-signal arm off his girlfriend's car during an argument.

[Roy H.]

I haven't seen one "thug" in this whole thread, but what else do you call someone who (allegedly) hits women?

Innocent until proven guilty?

But seriously, I don't think there's anything hypocritical about holding somebody's past mistakes against them, or giving credit for staying out of trouble previously.  Judges do it while setting bail all the time; why should posters on a message board be allowed to make similar judgments?

[SHAQATTACK]

bottom line


stay away from psycho.  women........or women in general if you have money.

[Roy H.]

bottom line


stay away from psycho.  women........or women in general if you have money.

Probably not the lesson I'd pull from this. 

As much as I want to wait and see what there is for evidence, I'm also waiting and seeing before putting any labels on the girlfriend. 

[D.o.s.]

I haven't seen one "thug" in this whole thread, but what else do you call someone who (allegedly) hits women?

Innocent until proven guilty?

TP.

But seriously, I don't think there's anything hypocritical about holding somebody's past mistakes against them, or giving credit for staying out of trouble previously.  Judges do it while setting bail all the time; why should posters on a message board be allowed to make similar judgments?

I didn't use the word hypocritical. The one I like, if I haven't already gone full ad nauseaum, is interesting. I don't really care one way or another--to me, "character" in an athlete is an odd beast at the best of times. I'm certainly not going to say that we need to trade him [if guilty] just because of this.