{"id":604046,"date":"2026-02-15T05:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604046\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T05:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:37:08","slug":"nba-officially-suspends-stewart-duren-after-brawl-against-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604046\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA officially suspends Stewart, Duren after brawl against Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The NBA has announced suspensions to four players related to the extended melee between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Pistons big men Isaiah Stewart and Jalen Duren received a seven-game suspension and a two-game suspension, respectively. Hornets players Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate are suspended for four games apiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The suspensions were announced by James Jones, head of basketball operations for the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Stewart received the longest suspension because he left the bench to get involved in the altercation, eventually laying hands on Bridges, and because he has a history of league discipline, termed \u201chis repeated history of unsportstman like acts\u201d by the NBA in the release. The suspension means Stewart will not play enough games to be in contention for All-Defense honors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Presumably, Diabate and Bridges were next in line because Diabate escalated a confrontation with Duren beyond the boiling point and had to be restrained multiple times while trying to get to Duren. Bridges, meanwhile, seemed to be the only person to land a thrown punch and proactively went after Duren after not being involved in the original dust-up. Duren \u201cinitiated the altercation,\u201d the league says, presumably when he put his hands on Diabate\u2019s face to shove him away after they went head-to-head following a hard foul, so he gets the least of it but does not walk out of the situation unscathed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You can read all about how the ball began and escalated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitbadboys.com\/detroit-pistons-game-day\/49411\/jalen-duren-isaiah-stewart-among-four-ejected-in-big-hornets-pistons-brawl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:our story from Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">our story from Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The two-game suspension should not in any way prevent Duren from participating in All-Star weekend as a reserve for Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Both Pistons players will miss tonight\u2019s matchup against the Toronto Raptors, and the Pistons have recalled two-way big man Tolu Smith to help provide some center depth. Duren will also miss a big rematch against the New York Knicks on Feb. 19. Stewart will miss those games as well as matchups against the Bulls, Spurs, Thunder, Cavs, and Magic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In other words, this is coming at one of the most difficult stretches of Detroit\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What\u2019s your reaction to the level of punishment for all involved? Sound off in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA has announced suspensions to four players related to the extended melee between the Detroit Pistons and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,136,684,473,3878,188,685,1016,912,5820,10510,6357,6,191,1773,80510,534,30139,476],"class_list":{"0":"post-604046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavs","10":"tag-charlotte","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-charlottehornets","13":"tag-detroit-pistons","14":"tag-hornets","15":"tag-isaiah-stewart","16":"tag-jalen-duren","17":"tag-james-jones","18":"tag-miles-bridges","19":"tag-moussa-diabate","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-new-york-knicks","22":"tag-north-carolina","23":"tag-pistons-players","24":"tag-spurs","25":"tag-tolu-smith","26":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116073034119894450","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}