Artest needs to be suspended for the length of the playoffs.

[SlyPokerDog]

[video=youtube;4iKxuxN_hYg]

 

[santeesioux]

What an ironic name he has.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What an ironic name he has.

If that would have been to the temple instead of the ear he could have killed him.

 

[MickZagger]

Wow Artest is an idiot. They'll throw the hammer at him.

Ibaka wanted to fight Artest. I like Ibaka.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

6'11" Durant shook the 6'1" Sessions out of his shoes.

But the NBA needs to throw the book at Artest.

Fuck the Lakers.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Btw, Kobe is showing his age.

 

[illmatic99]

Ibaka wanted to fight Artest. I like Ibaka.

Was a bit surprised at that. Ibaka usually tries this shit against the little guys.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[Mediocre Man]

I agree. MWP needs to be banned for the remainder of the regular season and through the playoffs

 

[PapaG]

Artest just made the NBA Sportsman of the Year award as meaningless as when President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for a month of work after his inauguration.

[video=youtube;jAVflqU_KIo]

Remember this from the playoffs last year?

 

[PapaG]

Btw, Kobe is showing his age.

I really don't think Kobe gives a shit about this game today.

 

[jlprk]

Does this mean we can pick up Artest, cheap?

 

[C_note]

If that would have been to the temple instead of the ear he could have killed him.

Lol, c'mon... That was a horrific cheap shot, but no way that can kill you.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Or this one against the Knicks.

[video=youtube;i5fTDxDVLK0]

He's a shit player and should be suspended for at least 3 games.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

The fact that MWP and Bynum are still wearing NBA uniforms is a disgrace to the NBA, not just the Lakers.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Or this one, Portland vs Lakers.

[video=youtube;QUMCNqhEXlE]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Lol, c'mon... That was a horrific cheap shot, but no way that can kill you.

A hard shot to the temple can kill a person. Artest's shot was pretty damn hard.

 

[jlprk]

Lol, c'mon... That was a horrific cheap shot, but no way that can kill you.

Agree. He should be suspended, of course.

In all the videos above, the other player intertwines with Artest, armpit to armpit. He seems to rebel when his arms get tied up, some instinctual reaction about his personal space.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I hope no commentator ever calls him 'Meta World Peace' from this day forward.


It's Ron. Fucking. Artest.

 

[BBert]

The fact that MWP and Bynum are still wearing NBA uniforms is a disgrace to the NBA, not just the Lakers.

100% Agree.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Metta WorldPeace ‏ @MettaWorldPeace

I just watched the replay again..... Oooo.. My celebration of the dunk really was too much... Didn't even see James ..... Omg... Looks bad

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Fuck him.

We're not stupid. It was blatant.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Agreed. Artest needs a lengthy suspension. Thru the playoffs is fully justified.

 

[PapaG]

Metta WorldPeace ‏ @MettaWorldPeace

I just watched the replay again..... Oooo.. My celebration of the dunk really was too much... Didn't even see James ..... Omg... Looks bad

His clothesline of Barea was a spastic attack.

His pounding the shoulder of Gerald Wallace was because his armpit got tickled.

What a joke. Since he's a Laker, though, I don't expect much in terms of a suspension, even with his history.

 

[PapaG]

Agreed. Artest needs a lengthy suspension. Thru the playoffs is fully justified.

In the age of concussions, cheap shots to the head simply cannot be tolerated in any sport. I think Artest can't help himself, actually. He's just wired to have outbursts like that once or twice a year, and his anger manifests itself physically. It's chemical, but that still doesn't mean it's not cheap and worthy of heavy penalties.

 

[PapaG]

Metta WorldPeace ‏ @MettaWorldPeace Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Hope James Hardin is ok... I remember when I hit by Marc Gasol the same way.. I was spitting up blood and a headache during the game...

Hoo boy...

 

[PapaG]

It was bush league of the Lakers not to show a replay of that vicious cheap shot. Their idiotic fans high-fiving Artest as he left the game was a disgrace to the NBA.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

It was bush league of the Lakers not to show a replay of that vicious cheap shot. Their idiotic fans high-fiving Artest as he left the game was a disgrace to the NBA.

You expected different? The Staples Center crowd is little different than the audience at the Roman Coliseum during the gladiator fights.

 

[NJNetz]

It's only a matter before someone is truly hurt by this knucklehead. As hard as Artest tries to rebuild his character, there is no doubt that he has some screws loose. That you can't fix.

 

[Rhal]

The league has tried to clean up acts like this for a few years, but as long as they refuse to throw the book at players who purposely do things that can end someones career it wont change. They need to take a hard stance on this and every foul like this and Bynums on J.J from last year with Lengthy (Month or so) suspensions followed by a probation period were if they do something like that in the next few months they get a longer suspension and can be evicted from the league.