You can't even do what Metta World Violence did in the MMA...
Striking someone in the back of the head, with an elbow, no less, is extremely dangerous.
First of all, what would happen if Bryant was at the end of an assault of that level?
Second, Artest should not only be banned by the league for life, but they also need to help James with taking this criminal action to court.
The league has to think in James health not only at this moment, but in matters of years, getting hit in the head is a very serious injury a type of injury that can not be seen right away.
Artest should have been banned out of the league when he made the decision to go into the stands, back when he was with the Pacers.
Not only did he hurt somebody with the game in a stop mode, but he also was challenging players from the Thunder into a fight.
This type of situations make the NBA a joke, specially if they dont banned his sorry azz....
Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of Nancy, forcing her leg in front of a crowbar.
Ahhhh finally some explanation for the full blown re edness.
Not sure what Vander's excuse is, though.
Damn.
That looked like a movie. That's at least 5 games. Considering his history, 10 games wouldn't shock.
But he's a Laker so probably 2 games.
MWP back for the faker playoff run, Stern will make sure of it.
Wow that is absolutely right. Great observation there, Cow Eye.
Of course, once you got a guy pinned to the ground, the MMA allows you to pummel full boar with elbows on a guys temple. Unless I'm mistaken.
They do that in hockey all the time to. But getting into a fisticuff with another guy you have a beef with is alot different than cowardly cold ing a guy in the back of his head. With an elbow no less.
Fall down nonce, get up twice.
Kobe suffered a broken nose and a concussion on an intentional foul by Wade in an All Star Game. Where was this thread then? I remember it like it was yesterday. Many in this very thread laughed. SMDH.
Carry on.
Kind of funny. Harden has a history of this . Daddy Tyson is nowhere near as strong as MWP. Tyson barely tapped him with an elbow, yet he had the same pathetic reaction:
At first BSPN reported that the Lakers' team physician cleared him to return to action (meaning he passed the concussion tests). Next thing you know they held him out because he was concussed?
And what about 290lb Porkins? He violently kicked the out of Wade after a dunk (see my sig). Yes it was funny, but where was the outcry for a suspension?
Not to the back of the head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BgSB2aFRP4
Not very good quality video of the infamous Malone hit on David Robinson but here it is nonetheless. Malone's elbow doesn't look as malicious as Ron Artest's elbow on Harden in my opinnion.
Does anyone know if Malone got suspended after knocking out the admiral? Just been trying to search for other similar plays in the NBA but being a spur fan this is the only one i could think of/be bothered finding.
This is what I thought. I thought he was getting an angle for the inbounds. Its very revealing how people look at the same incident so differently.
Yeah sure. And the Cleveland Brown staff let Colt McCoy back into a game where he was judged fine. And that was his own staff...Kind of funny. Harden has a history of this . Daddy Tyson is nowhere near as strong as MWP. Tyson barely tapped him with an elbow, yet he had the same pathetic reaction:
At first BSPN reported that the Lakers' team physician cleared him to return to action (meaning he passed the concussion tests). Next thing you know they held him out because he was concussed?
And what about 290lb Porkins? He violently kicked the out of Wade after a dunk (see my sig). Yes it was funny, but where was the outcry for a suspension?
These are absolutely pitiful examples. Do some more research. BTW I thought Wade on Kobe was pure bovine residue and typical of Wade. But no way was it this violent, not even close. The Perkins example is just a silly comparison.
You are comparing what MWP did to a football hit?
LOL at you taking the Porkins example seriously. Your sarcasm meter needs fine tuning.
Artest should be suspended for the whole playoffs ... so 12 games from now on should be enough ...
Number 5: David Robinson got knocked the out. Karl Malone may be a certified superhuman stud, but David Robinson is no slouch himself. That dude is so defined, his muscles could split atoms. But back in April of 1998, Malone sunk the Admiral's battleship with a mighty elbow to the head. The former MVP and Sportsman of the Year was knocked unconscious and didn't wake up for over two minutes. When they finally revived him and convinced him that he wasn't actually Charo, Robinson was immediately taken to the hospital and treated for a concussion. As an amusing sidenote, Robinson, and not Malone, was called for a foul on the play. The fallout: Malone was fined $5,000 and suspended for one game, but was later forgiven by the concussed Admiral.
http://basketbawful.blogspot.com.au/...test-hits.html
Artest will be suspended at least 5 games. He has a troubled past, he did it during a high exposure game and the other player got injured. I don't see at all how the league could be lenient with him and gives him a 1 or 2 games suspension.
5 isn't enough in my opinion. Especially since we still don't know how this concussion is going to affect Harden later on down the road. Artest is mentally unstable and if *this* is how he's going to react to being bumped by another player in an intense game then I'd rather not wait until somebody else gets hurt to get tougher.
While I would hope a ban is on the table, at the very least he should be out for the rest of the regular season and this year's playoffs without pay.
Dude should be out of the league. He apologizes and then says it was unintentional. He's obviously unstable and thus has no business in the league
ESPN's poll linked from the front page:
How should Metta World Peace be penalized after being ejected for elbowing James Harden in the head?
Just a fine
Suspended for one game
Suspended for two games
Suspended for three or more games
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post...ty-world-peace
Tbh, I think Stern is going to throw the book at him. It's blown up in the media and with that hockey player getting a 25-game suspension for a hit that probably wasn't as dirty, Artest is cooked. I think he's getting at least ten games.
My prediction is Artest will get suspended "indefinitely" and we won't see him again this year. Personally, I think about five games is fair but Stern is going to make a statement with this one.
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