Mamba Venom wrote:I know it sounds bad but dwades all star hit on Kobe did more damage and was more ruthless as he was clearly not going for the ball.
Barganis elbow or worse than this one. Bargs was meant to be a strike.
Im not sticking up for artest in fact he will be gone because of this. Lakers hare this kind of press. Artest will be forced to be a kitten in the play offs if he is so lucky. But this is getting so overblown in comparison to the other 20 incidents this year. Metta Weird peace. Other incidents cause serious injuries.
Wasnt malice 9 years ago? The real q is are we judging him as artest from back then or are we judging the reigning nba citezen ship award and guy who donated his champ ring to charity?
Ancient history or recent history?
first off...Dwade's all star hit was simply NOT worse than this....Artest was trying to go for the ball? He whacked him in the TEMPLE.
Secondly...we're judgimg Artest as the the guy who donates to charity....the reigning citizenship award winner who also happens to have an extremely dark history of erratic, irresponsible behaviour and an inability to control his emotions. He wasn't a "bad guy" when the Malice happened either, but he completely lost control.
A lot of people are trying to rationalize like Artest has something we take for granted...perspective. His complete lack of perspective is what makes him such a hilarious character with many of his quotes and antics. It is reflected in the fact he changed his name legally to METTA WORLD PEACE. It is also something that can be a severe danger on the court because he does not possess the abiliy to rationally think things through like the majority of us do....ESPECIALLY when his adrenaline is pumping to the max after he has just delivered a huge dunk for example..or had beer thrown at him.
Why don't some people get that he can be a really nice guy, and a lunatic as well? Really depends on the situation.