Mario Chalmers Gets Suspended for One Game After Elbowing Dirk Nowitzki and Responds on Twitter (Video)

Stern has his eye on him.

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It's only been a few games into the season, and there's a player already on David Stern's crap list. That player is Miami's Mario Chalmers, and he's not happy about it.

Chalmers tagged Dirk Nowitzki with a flying elbow during the Heat's game against the Mavericks. Apparently, he did not learn from catching a flagrant from smacking Blake Griffin's neck with his forearm last week. After getting a fine from that incident, Chalmers got tagged with a one-game suspension. The penalty will cost him $36,000, which is a more expensive than the $15,000 fine he got for the Griffin hit. If Stern is feeling a little trigger-happy, he can get Chalmers for a couple more Gs for his response tweet:

Never in my career been a dirty player. It's clear that my arm was being held and that's wat caused me to hit dirk. Enough is enough man
My teammates gonna hold it down for me tonight against the bobcats. Can't wait till Tuesday night. It's startin to get personal now

The loss of Chalmers shouldn't be that big of a deal against the Bobcats, but the guard probably should keep his limbs as close to his torso as possible. Stern the Gangster is watching.

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[via ESPN]

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