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11:21 PM ET 12.09 | The drama-stricken San Antonio Spurs are not done making headlines. Stephen Jackson will be fined $25,000 for threatening Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka following an altercation with former teammate and current Los Angeles Laker Metta World Peace. General manager R.C. Buford said Jackson's actions were "absolutely unacceptable, cannot be tolerated and do not reflect the standards held by the San Antonio Spurs." The Spurs have uncharacteristically been in the middle of controversy - first came a hefty $250,000 fine, the fifth largest in league history, for resting four key players prior to a national televised meeting with the Miami Heat. The Spurs staved off another potential fine after a Halloween photo of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker pointing guns at a person dressed as official Joey Crawford surfaced on the internet.

Stephen Jackson, AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

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December 10, 2012 12:16 AM ET

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As the saying goes: "once a bone head... .... " etc... Some things never change...

Spizzy

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December 10, 2012 02:26 AM ET

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$25,000.00 fine ??? are you kidding me?? this dude makes over $190,000 a week.. so its roughly a days pay... he wont even notice its missing... another dumassss move by the NBA and David Stern... wtf??

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December 10, 2012 07:31 AM ET

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This is the downside of Jackson. He's a good player and does well, but seems to always want to make some kind of statement.

Need Jackson to keep a lid on it. Spurs have a good chance this year and have already dealt with one nonsense distraction from Stern.

Red Mamba

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December 10, 2012 07:53 AM ET

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Ibaka is a pretty big guy. Capt Jax better watch out before he gets dropped on his head and knocks some sense into him...

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December 10, 2012 09:38 AM ET

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Stupid Is As Stupid Does, Bro.

I Love LA

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December 10, 2012 11:17 AM ET

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Spurs are probably feeling like this is their last year for anything meaningful as a ream for a long while.
Next step is the rebuild.

Crooked Stiches

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December 10, 2012 01:24 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:17 AM ET 12.10 by Crooked Stiches

Spurs are probably feeling like this is their last year for anything meaningful as a ream for a long while.Next step is the rebuild.

No, Spurs are fine. They've been rebuilding for 3 seasons now and finally have a great mix of talent, experience and depth.

No idea what Jackson is doing, other than being a distraction and maybe hyping is new cd ("Jack of all Trades", in stores everywhere).