Swift action...good. How about kicking them out permanently and I may consider taking my kids to another NBA game.
I wish to see more of this. A new sport that the fans can participate in: Baiting the players to charge the stands. Shows these NBA a-holes for what they are, hodlums.
Post-election stress syndrome?
And if that wasn't enough, there was a brawl on the football field between Clemson and South Carolina today.
Wallace didn't go into the stands. I don't know if he deserved a suspension.
I guess Artest now has the time to go on that hip-hop promotion tour that he asked time off for earlier in the week (and was turned down by the Pacers).
Suspended three pissers and one pissed-on.
Kick them all out for good.
Bunch of no good out for themselves only whiners, who should get booted form the NBA.
They were probably disenfranchised when their ho's were late getting to their hotel rooms or something.
Throw them all out, wallace included. No reason for his shove of the idiotcd promoter.
Regards,
Joe
The era of sports figures as role models ended long ago.
Thug life?
We all laugh and complain as these folks earn millions at our expense, and at the expense of real living and life. What a joke.
Is this really what a father wants to do with his son or daughter? I am not being trite - I am asking a serious question.
Man, I remember the Jerry West days. Compared to that, this is a freaking MAD HOUSE.
This is garbage and the NBA is a thug sport.
If you or I did this we would get 3 years in jail for assault & battery.
Look those fans were OUt OF CONTROL.
The suspensions are reasonable, but their seasons should not be determined by out of control detroit fans. Many of them should have been arrested from what I saw. And the security there was pathetic.
This is horrendous, and I have watched my last NBA game unless this is handled differently by Stern. Players must be able to defend themselves when assaulted by fans. They are now sitting ducks. Drunk, hoodlum fans can do whatever they want to opposing players with no recourse. Stern should be removed for this decision. The fans now run the sport. :45 second left on the clock, and your team is losing, create chaos, and the game will be called off. Great decision, Stern, you jackass.
Artest is just looking for the month off he wants to promote his rap album.
"Artest has been suspended several times by the NBA. Earlier this month, he was benched for two games for asking for time off because of a busy schedule that included promoting a soon-to-be released rap album."
Now it makes sense. Just another dumb gangsta wanna-be.
I like the quotations around news. We should all follow your lead.