Now that geekyguy is so smart he might be able to put that ABA team together!, he might be the point guard and I can give you an idea for the team's name too... the nitpickers.
So which is the thread, now? Is this the thread? I don't think we can know how fair the suspensions actually are until Stern drops whatever other shoe he plans to drop on the Pistons organisation. The Oakland County cops may or may not be able to mete out the appropriate individual justice to each of the scores of fans who threw shit. But as things stand after just the player suspensions, those same fans, whether prosecuted or not, have the satisfaction of having successfully provoked their strongest division rival into destroying their season. That ain't right. If we're just talking the player end, it would have been fairer to swap Jackson's and Artest's suspensions, and maybe add onto Artest's the requirement of an affidavit saying he's received and is still undergoing treatment for anger-management issues before letting him back in the league. The profile that's emerging of Artest is of someone with a genuine mental illness, and people in that position need help. Someone before has already nailed it that the union's efforts are best invested in addressing the conditions in which management makes them play, rather than simply fighting these suspension lengths for the sake of so doing and prolonging the ugliness.
I want to be either the scrum half of this ABA team, or whoever gets to hold a bat.
the way LROD is swinging you'd think somebody threw a plastic cup at him. and I ain't stressed. my caps lock key remains unpressed. (not tryin' to start or continue anything, just sayin') anyway, to contribute to the discussion: from the Artest's history of trouble contributed (duh) to the length of the suspension angle - some perspective.
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On the heels of this comes this. It is only a matter of time before the latter looks like the former.
Free Kobe: Because we're running out of heroes. Lord help us all.
The profile that's emerging of Artest is of someone with a genuine mental illness, and people in that position need help. On interviews yesterday, Artest used the experience as an excuse to promote his rap CD over and over. He doesn't have an ounce of genuine remorse and doesn't even appear to be upset about all the money he lost. I don't think it's fair to call him a thug. The term fits the beer-thrower, a three-time DUI loser who has been convicted of felony assault, much more closely. But Artest is definitely a putz. By the standards of the music industry, that's mild. I'm thinking about buying his CD.
Artest used the experience as an excuse to promote his rap CD over and over Rcade, are you talking about the Today show interview or did Artest do other interviews as well?
SportsCenter led last night with an Artest interview, but I don't know if they did it or ran with Today footage. After he again promoted the CD at the end, Stephen A. Smith was apoplectic, calling Artest an idiot and apologizing for ever trying to rationalize his actions on Friday night.
More on John Green, who once tried to bribe a traffic cop with Pistons ticket and broke a girlfriend's wrist with a telephone, threatening to throw her from a second-story window.
I think this John Green guy is a coward, I mean as a man you have to take responsibility for your actions, instead of Artest beating the alcohol out of this guy he gets the poor and I guess drunken guy next to him and who couldn't put his hand up to defend himself, probably John Green needed a telephone to fight face to face.
I hope Gspm lock keys remain as is and I blame the ABA wanna b's for the swinging.
rcade, you spelled "Moron" wrong. It happens.
Heh.
I thought Cuban made some insightful comments.
