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Damon Jones Faux-Slashes His Throat
Published 4/29/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
Damon Jones Faux-Slashes His Throat So DeShawn Stevenson was fined $25k for his "Roc-a-fella dynasty" hand signal-throat slash maneuver early in Game 4. The NBA described it as a "menacing gesture." Fair enough. Except just last month Damon Jones made a three-pointer late in a Wiz loss to the Cavs, which he followed up with the "I can't feel my face" gesture and then, yup, a throat slash. Was he fined? If so, I find no mention of it anywhere. A commenter at the SOHH boards had the best explanation for why Damon Jones was (presumably) not fined: because David Stern couldn't see him. Duh. Much love to Wizards Insider commenter ...

Damon Jones Menaces No One, Apparently
Published 4/29/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: Cavaliers, Wizards, NBA Videos, Cleveland, Washington, DCThe illustrious Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog offers up the following evidence of a late-regular season throat slash gesture from Cavalier Damon Jones. You'll find it at the one-minute mark. Wizard DeShawn Stevenson, of course, just got fined $25,000 for the old throat slash (seen in a pretty perfect animated gif at Mr. Irrelevant), an act labeled a "menacing gesture" by the NBA. So do we have a double standard here? Is the league just looking to crack ...