Not only should he have been banned, he also should have gone to jail for something like that. What the hell was the point of punching an unsuspecting ref? And not to mention that he injured the dude to the point that "doctors are trying to save the vision in his left eye"....I'm speechless. That basketball player needs to get knocked the fu*k out himself by someone who is 2 feet and hundred something pounds taller then him in an unsuspecting manner. Honestly, I don't see how anyone could have found this funny considering that the referee had a chance to lose his vision (don't know if he did or didn't but regardless).