Voisin: League unfairly judges [Artest] by his reputation

[KingsFanWithoutName]

Oy, cry me a river. STFU already, Aileen.

Artest should be treated like a criminal. A criminal who is on parole right now. You make even one SMALL move when you're still on parole, it's back to jail for you. Anyone who is arrested for assault in the "real world" knows that. It's Artest's (and much of the rest of the NBA's) sense of en lement that leads them to believe they should be treated differently. At what other workplace could you play an integral role in a BRAWL and still be allowed to return to work a year later? Artest is lucky he hasn't been banned from the league.

Defend Bruce Bowen's actions for me, I need some entertainment.

[A-Train]

You don't make exceptions for players because their reps are bad. He threw an elbow at Duncan and delivered a shot at Ginobili. It's good that the league reviews games after the fact because the refs can't catch everything during a game. Sure, it's a shame that Artest will miss a playoff game...and he and Kings fans have only him to blame.

Before I forget, this is basketball, not some kind of WWF Smackdown. If your team cannot win based on skill, then it's not the best team in the league.

[ambchang]

Defend Bruce Bowen's actions for me, I need some entertainment.

What is there to defend? When did Bruce Bowen try aiming for people's head? Or started one of the worst brawl in sports history? Has Bowen made obscene gesture to the crowd on TV?
For all I see, Bowen never was a league leader in Technical or Flagarant fouls.
Could you please try to put in ANY objective measure how Bowen's action could be compared to those of Artest?

[Supergirl]

Defend Bruce Bowen's actions for me, I need some entertainment.

I'm not going to defend Bowen's actions - I'm assuming you're referring to kicking Ray Allen. Bowen came forth and apologized, took responsibility and took the consequences.

But Bowen doesn't have a history of flagrant fouls and assaultive behavior. I'm not sure he's ever been suspended - anyone? A person's past conduct should ABSOLUTELY be brought in to levy punishment. Whether what Artest did was wrong - that should be measured by the same standards as everyone else is. What his punishment should be - that depends on whether he has a pattern of out of control behavior (he does) or whether it was an isolated incident (Bowen).

[Darrin]

Yes, I understand that now. I was referring to your first post that had no indication of that.

You have your opinion, and I, along with most of the league, have ours. We will agree to disagree.

So I'm en led to my wrong opinion, eh?

[polandprzem]

Is it possible that Sheed get the Flagrant1 cause Artest was a 'contact rule' ?