http://www.ocregister.com/articles/a...13-game-lakers
does anyone remember him saying anything this over the top when he was with the rockets? a pretty stupid statement by artest. i can easily see stern looking into this comment given ron's history.Artest said his former Rockets teammates were "definitely trying to get me ejected" by throwing elbows at him, and he acknowledged he might've indulged the notion if not for a little NBA commissioner/angel appearing on his shoulder.
A jolt from Ariza just minutes into the game – after Artest said Luis Scola already threw one – nearly sent Artest, suspended 72 games by Stern in 2004, back into arrest.
"I wanted to (choke Ariza) because he hit me with the elbow," Artest said. "But then I thought about David Stern, and I thought I wasn't going to do this. I got hit with three or four elbows. It's just not fair. I don't want to fight."
Did I clearly articulate that Artest did think about it, though? Let me clarify: He mentioned that he thought in the moment how certain he was that he was stronger than Ariza and contemplated his interest in making someone his "punching bag."
Yet with Kobe Bryant interceding and shepherding Artest away, the match didn't light – and Artest was able to joke (I think he was joking) about it all. He basically invited anyone else to come hit him and said: "I'm not fighting anymore. I'm tired. I give up. I'm not fighting anymore."
Ticking time bomb. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn't think this early in the season. I can't wait until he starts the whole "they're picking on me and I'm not reacting, but since the NBA isn't rewarding my not reacting, I'm gonna take this into my own hands."
Dude is insane. You might keep insane people at bay for a while, but ultimately, the crazy is going to come out.
I feel like choking my co-workers every once in awhile as well. Or doing a drop-kick on my boss.
Not un-common.
but most likely you've never really acted on it...at least probably not at your workplace. crazy dude has.
well in the rockets..he actually tried to do it by aggresively confronting Kobe etc...on the lakers he is simply saying it.
Do you announce it in your weekly meetings?
hahaha good one
i'm just saying it is completely re ed for the guy to announce it to the world. i don't think he should be fined or suspended, but i can see stern issuing some sort of fine or suspension.
Ah, I see the point you guys are trying to make.
I don't think it's a problem; you see that all the time in interviews as well. Guys who are politically correct say "I wanted to retaliate". But since it's Ron, he told us how he REALLy felt.
I'm just glad we won, the Suns lost and I could light once & again.
I do remember the elbow that Artest got that pissed him off. He did the same thing when Kobe elbowed him. He stopped playing and went straight to the ref who was standing right there and complained. It was a solid elbow by Ariza.
I can understand Artest acting like this, but, Ariza? It's not his MO at all. And proved his undoing as he went a miserable 5-21.
That was surprising, Ariza was pretty y last night.
That's 3 games in a row where Artest has gotten into the players heads that he's guarding. And they say he's lost it? Fail
You couldn't understand it when he went after Kobe.........Anyway, thank God Morey knew what the he was doing
I understood it. It's love. Not homasexual love like you guys constantly tease yourselfs with, but, just love. Artest couldn't express his love for Bryant any other way than to "hit him." These things are usually twixt male & female, but, can happen between men if the emotions are present.
I used to think about it daily. But would you post your thoughts in a mass email sent to all your co-workers and boss?
Edit: Just noticed all the similar replies.
Well of course basketball's different in this sense. You have reporters prodding you for this info.
Most players just say they thought about "retaliating". Artest is alot more "colorful".
But that also makes Artest more entertaining. And for me; basketball is just more entertaining this way.
Talking about the possibility of choking somebody is not entertaining....If somebody said that about Kobe, Laker fans would would claim "Blasphemy"
Please. When Bell clotheslined him you fellows were chasing your assholes round your elbows trying to justify it.
You lost, dj. You lost back in May and you took it better than this. Grow up.
^ Kobe throws elbows that Laker fans call love taps.....He deserved it
lol if Ron choked somebody, you do realize that would be a waste of 33 mil, as he would never play in the NBA again
Just an exaggeration, and we know Ron exaggerates, DJohn. Just like when he said Kobe elbowed him in the throat when he actually elbowed him in the chest.
Or no different than saying "Kobe was killing it out there". Or shooting a "dagger 3". All exaggerations but they're entertaining.
Exaggerations are fun in sport. Just like Chick's Refrigerator, Kevin Harlan's double cheeseburger, and Marv's "No regard for human life".
Ron cant go around saying that with his reputation
Serve me some b-ball, hold the drama. I don't find it entertaining, pretty ignorant in my eyes. To each his own.
That is one expensive movie.
It is LA and the movie camera is always rolling, so I can see why.
To each his own indeed.
Too many people going around being politically correct these days.
While players are pleasing the conservatives with words like "retaliating"; Ron "keeps it real" and says he'd f*ck a dude up.
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