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Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
being that i am the queen of crunk, i understand that sometimes it is necessary to handle things. i may be amongst the minority here, but i probably would have hit that dude too. i'm not saying it's right but it's the truth.
clearly, artest does have some issues. but i personally feel like the punishment is too harsh. that was only, what, game 8? he's suspended for the whooooooooooole season---until june! that's kinda harsh to say that the man was provoked.
and boo on those "fans" who continued pouring beer and stuff on them as they exited the court. i also saw on the news tonight that they identified the [black] man who threw the chair into the crowd. 
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I hear where you are coming from soror but I think this suspension was as extensive as it was not JUST because he bolted into the stands or JUST because he hit a fan. It's more a result of three or four years of BAD BEHAVIOR that culminated here. And yeah he's apologizing now, while plugging what is sure to be a broke bootleg cd, but if they just gave him a 30 or 40 game suspension the league would be blasted.
By pundits saying the NBA is violent and not properly punishing its players, by advertisers yanking their money away, by fans (those that have common sense) taking their money elsewhere. Ron has some serious issues that weren't JUST demonstrated by this incident, the other suspensions, destruction and what not just led up to this and the league are tired of holding his hand. So if he needed to man up and punch a fan, he can man up and sit his butt at home for the rest of the season, unass that 5 million he'll lose in salary and get ready for the litany of civil suits coming his way.