In the third quarter of a preseason game, which took place in Hawaii, between the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz, a small kerfuffle ensued. There was an altercation between Julius Randle and Trevor Booker when Randle set a hard screen and Booker didn’t like it and pushed Julius away.
Roy Hibbert, Randle’s newest Laker teammate, didn’t take too kindly to Booker’s push and confronted Trevor. Booker didn’t like the towering 7’2″ big man coming at him, so he swung and then he was ejected for the remainder of the game.
Well, Booker’s actions during a preseason game, will cost him one game during the regular season.
Following from Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski.
Utah's Trevor Booker suspended one regular season game for taking a swing at Roy Hibbert in preseason, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) October 8, 2015
Seriously, Trevor Booker is getting suspended for swinging at Roy Hibbert during a preseason game in Hawaii. Someone must have really did something early in the day to make him mad. There should be no scenario in which Booker gets this mad during a preseason game, in Hawaii.
Booker will serve the suspension in the Jazz opening night game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Enjoy life, smile, laugh, live a little. The screen wasn’t that hard and just be the bigger man and walk away, after all it’s only a preseason game in Hawaii.
