Serge Ibaka is getting a free pass for his nut-punch

If I told you an NBA player reached back and hammered another player in the acorns with his fist and it was as blatant as it could be, you would say that player should be kicked out of the game, and then later suspended. Without a doubt. You would say this act probably warrants a huge fine to go along with the suspension too.

Well that is exactly the crime committed on the court by Serge Ibaka, when he punched the Clippers' Blake Griffin in the family jewels sending Blake to the floor and nearly starting a fight between the two teams. However, Ibaka received none of these punishments. Somehow the foul was deemed a flagrant 1 instead of a flagrant 2 and Ibaka was allowed to stay in the game. Even worse then that is the fact that after review the NBA higher ups have decided not to suspend Ibaka, essentially giving him a free pass for sucker punching an opposite player in the privates. Come on David Stern, you're better than that. Ibaka was fined a measly 25,000 dollars for his attack and wont miss any playing time at all. If you haven't seen the play, here it is: 

How can this be tolerated by a league that has a dress code mandating players socks? Why does the NBA treat an elbow to the head any different than a punch to the crotch? It doesn't make any sense and if I'm Ibaka whats to keep me from doing the same thing next time? A fine? Come on. The league needed to drop the hammer on Ibaka and send a message that this isn't going to be tolerated. The refs in that game should have kicked Serge out of that game immediately, and David Stern dropped the ball on this one. Ibaka needs to miss 3 games at a minimum along with an increased fine from the league. The next time the Clippers play the Thunder I wouldn't blame Blake if he jumped on Ibaka's back and choked him out at mid court. 

You swung and missed on this one David Stern. The next Thunder-Clippers match up could be in the playoffs and Stern could have a brawl breakout on national TV involving two big name, big time players. If that happens, Stern has no one to blame but himself. If Blake cant count on the league to protect him from attacks on him, then I cant blame him one bit if he decides to take matters into his own hands.