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Amen.If the NBA doesn't come down hard, then this could happen again. You suspend them for 30 games and no player would think about going into the stands again.
Ghost is going to want to trade for him now.Stephen Jackson is definitely a balla.
Amen.If the NBA doesn't come down hard, then this could happen again. You suspend them for 30 games and no player would think about going into the stands again.
Did anybody hear him shout out "We ride together man" when he was walkin through the tunnel. SJax is a thug now ladies and gentlemen.....not 50 Cent type or Suge Knight type....but more like R. Kelly type!
Chuck Person kept this from going into an all-out riot.
Props.
Roughly $2.5M+ for SJax if he went out for 30. You're right.
I just don't think even that would hold them back enough.
I would not be surprised for SJax or Artest to be out for the season.
Will Rasheed Wallace recieve any kind of punishment?
What i have seen over and over is disgusting. I can not believe how classless and trashy some people can be. I'm sorry Ben Wallace over reacted and he continued the original altercation when it should of been over. He needs to be held accountable for it.
I am by no way a fan of Ron Artest but if i was in that position i would of probably reacted the same way. I dont care what was thrown at me. When your adrenaline is pumping im sorry you do not think and you react. Folks Ron Artest was just laying there after he not only got pushed, choked and hit. I'd be outraged and on top of that having stuff chucked at me forget that. The fans that threw stuff or hit people should be prosecuted to the highest extent.
When someone threatens you in your work place how would you react? The players were sitting ducks out there. It was ridiculous. Where were the PA announcers? Could they have not said anything? I am ashamed to call myself an NBA fan after tonight. I am still appaled!
Both Players, Fans, Referees and the entire league should be ashamed of their actions. This is in no way good for the league or any fan.
Ahh it could be...but Person definitely helped him out still...in the same color suit. I know I saw Person there...before they even announced it I saw him.
I am 100% certain that it wasn't Mike Brown though...totally different color suits.
Kori, knowing how much you love SJax (I remember you said somewhere you cried when he left the Spurs), this incident must really hurt.
What about endorsements? Major impact?
RE: 'Sheed
Probably 2-4 games for going into the stands. He did try to calm things down numerous times.
probably not...I think he was on the court when all this happened. If he was on the bench and came out onto the floor then yes.
As bad as this is, I don't think it'd happen in any other arena. If players went into the stands in the SBC Center, the fans would be sprinting for the exits. No one down there is going to stand up to an NBA player.
Detroit is a different type of city.
That's great but what do you say to the innocent fan Artest beat the out of?
No justification for it.
Artest got wet....
An innocent man got beaten by him...that's worse of the two...and it doesn't happen if Artest doesn't go into the stands.
You may want to do something but that doesn't make it ok for you to do it.
, then I might be eligible for a life sentence.
Bioyatch.
I think SW would come down and get some punches in.
Probably not.
In fact, Stephen Jackson might get a shoe deal out of this.
Yeah and you don't see Tim Durk back in the Coyote suit now do you? Don't think I've forgotten that thread.
Exactly, lorie and I were talking about that... The fans here would probably ask for autographs and pictures.
It was hard to tell but IMO it looked like Johnson. Mike Brown was nowhere near the scene and basically all had broke loose.
I don't at all understand anyone saying "I would have react that way" in regards to Artest. (I'm not just talking to you, Marie, like 20 people have said it)
He had a beer thrown at him -- big frickin' deal. He wasn't in danger or threatened and if he really thought that he was .. he should have got his ass up and gone to the locker room.
He's nearly a frickin' psycho. If he is supposed to be on meds and he's not, then he shouldn't be allowed to play until he is. And it's time for the Pacers organization to step up and get him help. He has a wife and children. And his anger problem is obviously no where near being in control. Get him help and get him off the basketball court.
Exactly. Well said, whott. And if you can't control your adrenaline rush to the point that you attack innocent fans, then you don't belong in the NBA.
He got hit with a plastic cup and liquid while laying on the scorer's table. Sorry, I don't see justification for attacking an innocent fan.
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Again, well said. If he was really hurt, he should have gone to the locker room and not sprawled himself on the scorer's table in a hostile environment. He was just trying to get Ben heated and ejected.
And, like I said earlier .. I have gotten in a dispute with someone at a game and had a beer thrown at me. I didn't hit people near me. I said a few choice words to the guy and just took off my jacket.
maybe NYC they might.As bad as this is, I don't think it'd happen in any other arena. If players went into the stands in the SBC Center, the fans would be sprinting for the exits. No one down there is going to stand up to an NBA player.
Exactly, lorie and I were talking about that... The fans here would probably ask for autographs and pictures.
I saw Wallace try to sort out the fans and some Pacers. He was helping more than hurting but, that's just for my fantasy. What about Tinsely with that speaker pole probably around 5 games. I could see why Artest would go up in the stands. Not Stephen Jackson. Fred Jones was trying to help but he got punched in the neck like 4 times so he had a right to hit back (self defense). The fat dude with the Pistons jersey deserved what he got what were you doing on the court in the first place? JO was out of line punching him again. I feel sorry for the innocent bystanders and the kids/eldrely. Does this induce the image of a thug filled NBA?
Blame:
Ben Wallace: 60%
Fans: 30%
Artest: 10%
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