What do you get when you mix the NBA with the NHL? (1 Viewer)
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What an absolute joke these suspensions are.
Artest gets suspended the whole season, while Wallace, who blatantly over-reacted to a foul, and because of his shoving incident and throwing a towel in Artest's face indirectly started this whole mess, gets suspended for only 6 games?
Bullshit.
And I applaud the Pacers players for what they did. Just because fans pay top dollar for a ticket, does not give them the right to throw objects at players, or to try to make themselves part of the game.
Throw out the whole "well, he's a professional player, he should be able to handle it" reasoning.
Look at it another way.
He's a human being, and if any one of us was just sitting there minding our own business and some jackass comes along and throws beer on us, how many of us would REALLY just turn the other cheek?
None of us would.
Is Artest a good guy? who knows? None of us really know him, but from the leaguewide support that he's been receiving from other players, and even players from other sports franchises such as the Indianapolis Colts, then he musn't be this spawn of Satan that everyone has him made out to be.
Is Artest really the one at fault? You tell me. Who's to blame, Ron Artest for acting the way that he did, when everyone knows full well that this type of reaction is EXACTLY what you would get if you did something like this to him, or the fan who threw the beer at him, knowing that doing so would cause that type of reaction.
People talk about how the players are animals. No, the fans are much, much worse, and finally someone decided to do something about it.
Lets look a this another way.
Lets say Del Piero is playing at the Stadio Olimpico, and some fan comes over and throws beer at him. As a fan of Juventus, how many of us here would want to grab that guy and wring his neck for what he did? Probably all of us. Now, how many of us would TRULY be upset if Alessandro decided he had enough and took matters into his own hands?
Artest gets suspended the whole season, while Wallace, who blatantly over-reacted to a foul, and because of his shoving incident and throwing a towel in Artest's face indirectly started this whole mess, gets suspended for only 6 games?
Bullshit.
And I applaud the Pacers players for what they did. Just because fans pay top dollar for a ticket, does not give them the right to throw objects at players, or to try to make themselves part of the game.
Throw out the whole "well, he's a professional player, he should be able to handle it" reasoning.
Look at it another way.
He's a human being, and if any one of us was just sitting there minding our own business and some jackass comes along and throws beer on us, how many of us would REALLY just turn the other cheek?
None of us would.
Is Artest a good guy? who knows? None of us really know him, but from the leaguewide support that he's been receiving from other players, and even players from other sports franchises such as the Indianapolis Colts, then he musn't be this spawn of Satan that everyone has him made out to be.
Is Artest really the one at fault? You tell me. Who's to blame, Ron Artest for acting the way that he did, when everyone knows full well that this type of reaction is EXACTLY what you would get if you did something like this to him, or the fan who threw the beer at him, knowing that doing so would cause that type of reaction.
People talk about how the players are animals. No, the fans are much, much worse, and finally someone decided to do something about it.
Lets look a this another way.
Lets say Del Piero is playing at the Stadio Olimpico, and some fan comes over and throws beer at him. As a fan of Juventus, how many of us here would want to grab that guy and wring his neck for what he did? Probably all of us. Now, how many of us would TRULY be upset if Alessandro decided he had enough and took matters into his own hands?
Holy shit, we agree on something
My wife has to help me off the floor. Excuse me one moment..........................................................
OK. I'm Good.
Would Lebron get suspended for the season if he did this? Would Garnett?
Shaq?
Even Rodman, back in the day?
Nope. They wouldn't. Why? Because, for better or for worse, these guys put fannies in the seats and sell jerseys off the racks.
I'm not saying that Artest is a great human being, but he is a human being, and if someone I didn't know decided that he was just going to throw beer in my face for no reason, then there's going to be trouble.
Artest only acted out what a whole bunch of athletes all over the world in every sport has wanted to do for the last 20 years.
My wife has to help me off the floor. Excuse me one moment..........................................................
OK. I'm Good.
Would Lebron get suspended for the season if he did this? Would Garnett?
Shaq?
Even Rodman, back in the day?
Nope. They wouldn't. Why? Because, for better or for worse, these guys put fannies in the seats and sell jerseys off the racks.
I'm not saying that Artest is a great human being, but he is a human being, and if someone I didn't know decided that he was just going to throw beer in my face for no reason, then there's going to be trouble.
Artest only acted out what a whole bunch of athletes all over the world in every sport has wanted to do for the last 20 years.
For christ sakes, it wasn't that bad of a foul. It's not like he threw him 5 rows into the stands. Wallace was underneath the basket, and instead of letting him get an easy two points, let a 30% free throw shooter earn it, no matter how much time is left on the clock.
And although Artest may not have gained from it personally, it sent a message to Detroit that last year might have been a fluke, and that the truly most talented team in the Eastern conference will be representing the east this year.
Or am I the only won that noticed that Indiana has won 2 of its last 3 games without Artest, O'Neal, Jackson, Reggie Miller, Jeff Foster, and Jonathan Bender.
Or that Detroit has lost 2 of its last 3 since the incident, losing to Charlotte in the process.
And although Artest may not have gained from it personally, it sent a message to Detroit that last year might have been a fluke, and that the truly most talented team in the Eastern conference will be representing the east this year.
Or am I the only won that noticed that Indiana has won 2 of its last 3 games without Artest, O'Neal, Jackson, Reggie Miller, Jeff Foster, and Jonathan Bender.
Or that Detroit has lost 2 of its last 3 since the incident, losing to Charlotte in the process.
++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++
Throwing a towel and shoving a player on the court is just as bad as going into the stands and throwing punches at fans. Right.
Throwing a towel and shoving a player on the court is just as bad as going into the stands and throwing punches at fans. Right.
Well, maybe if he did it to Kobe Bryant, Lebron James or Tim Duncan, or anyone else who is NOT on the Detroit Pistons, then maybe you wouldn't be reacting the way you are.
Oh and Zlatan, I TOLD you last year that Lebron was better than Carmelo, now didn't I?