Repairing Ron's Rep

Post #1 » by **ICMTM** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:25 pm

Ok I made my sig for a contest (I don't really think Artest was snubbed from the all start team) and it got me thinking...Could Ron Artest ever make an All Start team? Seriously he's never going to be voted in by fans because his reputation is unrepairable. So I was thinking even if he donated all of his $8.4m he's set to make next year to an organization to stop violence of some kind he still won't be forgiven for the Palace incident.

What do you think?

Smills91 · Post #2 » by **Smills91** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:54 pm

no he'll never be forgiven by ignorant and biased fans in general. His reputation will ALWAYS be what it is, which is unfortunate, because I really think he has made the proper internal changed in his behavior to be warranted the opportunity to turn over a new leaf.

Post #3 » by **KingInExile** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:08 pm

David Stern and Stu Jackson have already freely stated that the rules apply differently to Artest. As soon as the league administration painted a bullseye on his back, they made it pretty clear that he will never again be given a fair shake. The first step needs to be for Stern and Jackson to end their vendetta. Until that happens, he will always be "the guy who started the 'Malice at the Palace' incident", regardless of what else he does on or off the court.

backer55 · Post #4 » by **backer55** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:51 pm

Fans believe what they want to. Unfortunetly for Artest, he could blink a different way and some will say i told you so.

Barry Bonds has been branded with this worse kind of rep. Even though i believe that much of what he has said to be the truth, people refuse to think it so, because they don't want to.

In Artest's case, he is well respected on the court. For now, that's about all he can expect. I don't even want to think how terrible this team would be without him.
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Cruel_Ruin · Post #5 » by **Cruel_Ruin** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:21 pm

I doubt it.