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Mike James spent the night partying together with Dwayne Bacon after the game between their teams last Wednesday. Bacon was reportedly too drunk to participate in the next day's team practice. Monaco's upper management wasn't happy with James' behavior and suspended the player but the door for quick return has been left open.

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AS Monaco suspended their superstar guard Mike James on Tuesday. A day later, details started to come out, detailing the exact reason behind the action.

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According to Yann Ohnona from L'Equipe, the disciplinary measure was enforced due to the player partying after a EuroLeague double week game against Panathinaikos Athens on March 8th.

The French outlet notes that James spent the night partying with former Monaco forward and current Panathinaikos star Dwayne Bacon. L'Equipe writes that Bacon was too intoxicated to participate in the next day's team practice.

Monaco's upper management didn't find that the player, who is getting paid more than 2 million euros, behaved in an acceptable manner, L'Equipe notes.

James was officially ruled for the following game on Friday with a finger injury. Meanwhile, Bacon was benched by head coach Christos Serelis, later citing that no player is above the team.

James did not play in the French Basketball League (LNB) game against Roanne on Sunday as well.

However, the regional outlet Nice-Matin notes that the Monegasque club has left the door open for James to come back "if he understands the signal sent by his club that there are limits not to be crossed".

The topic of partying during the EuroLeague double week has already come up recently. FC Barcelona reportedly didn't like that their head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius was seen partying after a loss on Tuesday.

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