Ultimately suspensions are often decided not by the initial action, but by the fallout. Since there won't be any other suspensions (nobody threw a punch and nobody left the bench), Rondo's not gonna get suspended either. But if the situation had escalated, even if Rondo hadn't done anything more than he did, and had actually walked away after being restrained, if one or more of the players from either team had left the bench or thrown punches, then Rondo would be getting suspended, just for initiating what ended up being a big brawl or incident. Like I said, context is everything in these matters.

But the refs at the game last night reviewed the tape at the time and decided to go with flagrant one, and I guarantee you that's what's gonna stand.

But it's a toss-up. Rondo's a better defender (by far) and he's already stepped in as something of a vocal quarterback on both ends since KG's injury.