Posted on 11/19/2004 7:54:02 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Big time fist throwing. Fans, players and more. Any thoughts ?
Artest has great judgment huh? Long history there.
Hahahaa on the Piston fans on the court. They really showed those punk Pacers. Artest will get his second felony for clocking fat boy on the court. Blubber boy got balls tho. It was cool- that part
What if one of the fans had a knife and really went Vibe Awards on Artest? What if a bow struck a fan and he broke his neck in the fall, or a young child got knocked off the edge of a row of seats and fell thirty feet? What if Artest wrongly attacked a fan who happened to have a black belt and he ducked from the blow, extended Artest's right arm, smashed into his elbow with a rigid palm, and snapped his arm? The whole thing is crazy. We gotta show some restraint and get over the culture of "disrespect".
"At this time, we don't have any indication of major injuries, Mynsberge said.
Artest did not appear to land punches, but Jackson did. Jermaine O'Neal later struck a fan after he was hit in the head by a chair as chaos reigned at the Palace.
I guess if the injuries were pretty mild then the charges won't really amount to too much. In the end it looks like mostly a big scuffle --- a few punches and a lot of beer and chair throwing. If no one was seriously injured and only a few needed any treatment, maybe it looks way worse than it actually was. If a 290 pure muscle-man like Artest didn't land some puny guy in the hospital --- he was restraining his punches. Artest later punched a fan on the court who rushed at him and tried to land a blow.
thanks... I caught some of it on TV.. but drudge finally posted a link to the whole shebang!
That didn't come out quite right. I would think that if no serious injuries resulted --- the players were just giving love-taps to the fans. The size of Artest alone could have him doing some real damage to the more petite fans who attacked him --- but if few and mild injuries were the only result --- then he didn't really violently go after anyone even though rushing at the into the stands looks dramatic.
Blubber boy just showed what a stupid moron he was. Artest may not have cleaned Blubber boy's clock had Blubber boy not raised his clenched fists like an idiot wanting to get decked.
Stephen Smith led the charge on this. It was all the fans fault. Bullcra*
Blubber butt IS a moron but Artest made his 3rd or 4th bad decision- and will get his 2nd felony for punching Butt boy first. Artest is gone, good riddance
Big Time rich
Bah. It looked like the Vibe awards.
drudge
They should have thought a little before they started going after the fans then, shouldn't they.
Or maybe the fan shouldn't have ordered that last beer he kept for throwing.
It was about the person who threw the chair, the other who threw a bottle at a ref(what was the point in that? how can u blame that on Artest?) the morons who absolutely doused the Pacers and security with beer, food and other items, and the jackass who was punching Fred Jones, an attempted peacemaker, in the back of his head.
...NONE of which would have happened if Artest wouldn't have retaliated the way he did.
Was all of the other behavior you listed wrong? YES. It's tragic it couldn't have been avoided.
Wasn't Artest just laying there on the table smiling until some idiot pelted him with a beer? I don't see the justification for the idiot who did that.
Yes, I think we can say the fan's behavior and Artest's behavior was equally "professional."
Right on, ERB! Right on!
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