xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
OH please, the fans were booing him EVERYTIME he touched the ball. Obviously, he wanted to give them some entertainment. Ron feels that the NBA is 90% entertainment, and he's right. Fans pay money to see teams A) put on a good show and B) win.
I ask again to Spurs fans.....do you think that the Spurs FO and a coach like Popovich would tolerate such behavior from Artest if he did the same thing in a Spurs uniform?
As a Non-Spurs observer....my guess is probably not.
BTW....just because a player gets booed by fans everytime he touched the ball doesn't mean that he should "give them some entertainment". It's all nice for showmanship.......but at some point....you would think that he would stop acting like a child and playing like a professional.
xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Artest isn't this "monster" you make him out to be. Did you know that he has been going through his daughter having CANCER? They took out cancer that was the "size of a softball" and he's been having to play through it. It's been a tough year for Artest, not many people could handle being charged with abuse AND having a daughter you can BARELY see going through cancer.
Yes, I do know that his daughter has recently been diagnosed with Cancer. I have the upmost respect for Artest and how he is handling things with what he is going through with his family. It's great that he is able to handle the pressure of what he is going through with his daughter while being forced to spend time away from her when he goes a road trip.
However, this does not change my perception of him nor does it change my opinion that he is an impact player that has a history of on-the-court behavior that has bordered on becoming a distraction to the team.
Reading the many posts that Spurs fans here have written...it sounds like some of them are willing to take on the high risk / high reward that Artest can offer. I'm just trying to point out that making such a move appears to be very "un-Spurs" like ( assuming that they don't have to give up something that they don't want to give up...like giving up Splitter...or taking on Kenny Thomas....thur ruining whatever Salary cap flexiblility that they have build over the last couple of season ) . Not only in that it's the type of move that they have tried to avoid in the past ( based on charecter issues )....but it also seems like a "knee jerk" reaction to what the rest of the Western Conference is doing....again, somthing that IMHO...appears to be something that ths Spurs FO is not prone to do.
