Ron Artest

[jilbagh]

Is this guy for real?

"I need time off from the team and the season to promote my rap album"....this guy needs a shrink.

They need to start doing psychological analysis on players before they sign them.

[jilbagh]

While we don't disagree that the fans' actions were disgraceful, we also consider it unacceptable for professional athletes to enter into the stands and take aggressive actions against fans unless their security is significantly threatened

Thats all i gotta say...what a disgrace and an insult to the game.

I wont be surprised if Stern chooses marketing over morals and doesn't suspend artest for at least the season if no a life ban as it's just a continuance of his misbehavior

[dstyle]

Jil your kidding right, that fan got what he deserved.

[GSTracer05]

I like how he socked that old bald guy who was trying to get cheap shots from behind. This isnt the first time that Ben Wallace lost his temper also. The game is lost and you try to pick a fight over a hard foul (it wasnt even that hard, he didnt even lose his balance) in the last minutes? I don't blame the players one bit. They are there trying to do their job and there's no reason they should be ridiculed or struck by beverages thrown by fans.

[jilbagh]

the players know that no matter what, they can't enter the stands...thats why they have security and the police there.

if they have a fan problem, bring it to the attn of the security, and walk away. Don't escalate the situation more, just as they did last night.

if you want to blame the fans, fine...that still doesn't excuse Artest from jumping into the stands and escalating the situation more. That just brought more upon himself and instigated the proceeding actions.

If its the fans fault then the players should have stayed away and pointed out the fan. That is what they're told to do, and they know thats what they have to do.

[jilbagh]

The game is lost and you try to pick a fight over a hard foul (it wasnt even that hard, he didnt even lose his balance) in the last minutes?

You're up by 15, 45 sec left in the game...why did Artest even attempt to foul Wallace? Especially when Wallace was already in the air. That just shows how disturbed Artest is. (not to mention changing his number to ''91'')

When a player is in air and a player intentionally fouls that player, that is an automatic intentional foul in Federationa and NCAA rules, in the NBA it is the officials discression on if it is a flagerant 1 or 2 foul. (and i say that because i am an official)

[jilbagh]

Jil your kidding right, that fan got what he deserved.

he went after the wrong fan!

the guy with his hands in his pockets threw the cup at him. the fan he went after had a cup in his hands...is he that stupid???

but again, you'd expect this from detriot fans...there goes alcohol sales in the 2nd half of the game.

http://www.nba.com/news/commissioner_statement_041120.html

[loseyourname]

Well, the Pacers are screwed. Their three best players are suspended indefinitely and they now only have 7 men on their active roster.

[Harut82]

I'm glad he did what he did. More entertainment for me

[MadHandle]

Well...I learned one thing, Stephen Jacksons a true OG. I mean it wasn't the right thing to do, bit he did stand up to his teammate.





all i can say is...that fan better feel lucky Jermain O'neal lost his balance and slept on that beer or it would been a flat line for his ass ________ Thats why you never step up to people who are ateast twice your size.


Both fans and players should get a punishment or something, it was both their faults. And Ben should atleast get a 4 or 5 game suspension since he started everything.