Metta World Peace elbow to Harden

taj2133 · Post #961 » by **taj2133** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:14 am

he won't be in any team next year because he is going to get amnesty now the lakers aren't going to keep him it is over for him.

MastaStrategist · Post #962 » by **MastaStrategist** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:14 am

For Laker fans arguing that he didn't swing on purpose, or that he didn't feel someone there, PLEASE STOP. It's idiotic.

Neutral 123 · Post #963 » by **Neutral 123** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:14 am

MastaStrategist wrote:
So you think the Lakers came into the game thinking "Let's take as many of these f***ers out as we can because we are too scared to play them at full strength in the playoffs"? Ok, gotcha

They've done it before, and what else would such a vicious elbow accomplish? Even then I don't think the franchise should be punished, but if we see anything similar to the pathetic display we saw during last years playoffs, something has to be done about it. That would make them multiple offenders. I mean a man who calls himself mastastrategist doesn't see that?

Halcyon · Post #964 » by **Halcyon** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:15 am

What a moron. Just absolutely irresponsible.

Wavy Q · Post #965 » by **Wavy Q** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:15 am

CollegeToPros wrote:Where to begin. I don't even know. the hit was ridiculous and the people defending this are as bad because my head is hurting like Harden's trying to comprehend how someone defends a deliberate shot to the temple. Notice I didnt say bball court, bc in real life, YOU GO TO JAIL for this ****.

I don't think I will ever respond to a laker fans comments after seeing and reading all of this.

Guys, guys, a moment of silence

From now on, CollegeToPros will NO LONGER.... respond to us Laker fans comments :cry:

this is a sad day for all of us, it cuts deep.

dare i say, my jimmies have been slightly rustled.

M4P · Post #966 » by **M4P** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:16 am

JazzD15 wrote:I can't tell if you are kidding.

If it was unintentional no way he keeps running in celebration. If it was unintentional he would have looked at Harden after slamming him in the head.

Also, they make contact before he winds up the elbow, which meant he knew he was there. You can't be this foolish.

I am being trolled, don't know why I bother.

Whatever. I stated my opinion and you have yours. I believe that the hit was unintentional and that banning him for life would be overly excessive.

MastaStrategist · Post #967 » by **MastaStrategist** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:17 am

Neutral 123 wrote:
MastaStrategist wrote:
So you think the Lakers came into the game thinking "Let's take as many of these f***ers out as we can because we are too scared to play them at full strength in the playoffs"? Ok, gotcha

They've done it before, and what else would such a vicious elbow accomplish? Even then I don't think the franchise should be punished, but if we see anything similar to the pathetic display we saw during last years playoffs, something has to be done about it. That would make them multiple offenders. I mean a man who calls himself mastastrategist doesn't see that?

If I believed that they were truly so cowardly that they would rather face a team later in the year with one less player by giving him a life-threatening injury, then yes I'd agree with you.

kblo247 · Post #968 » by **kblo247** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:17 am

Wone wrote:
how do you know ron artest would still have done taht had harden not been there? who celebrates like tarzan with elbow wind up and swing?

How could he have hit Harden or anyone when he wasn't walking in the path of anyone? He wasn't even looking at a Thunder. He was beating in his chest toward the first row like he kisses his muscles to them and then blew them kisses in other games recently after he dunked.

Westbrook, Perk, Ibaka, and Durant were the ones chasing down Ron on his dunk. They were the four down the court. Harden ran up behind him while he wasn't looking and positioned himself low in a defensive stance to take a flop.

He put himself there to flop. He did not think he was going to take a hit but he ended up taking one because he didn't fall out in a flop fast enough like he had already done this year. He knew the game was turning momentum wise as he tried to re-pull a stunt he had done this year when his team was losing momentum.

He took a calculated gamble and got hurt because of his own choices.

There was no basketball play to be made by Harden for anything he was doing is my point, so I won't shed a tear for him.

DEEP3CL · Post #969 » by **DEEP3CL** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:18 am

taj2133 wrote:he won't be in any team next year because he is going to get amnesty now the lakers aren't going to keep him it is over for him.

WTF is this ?

hebrewhammer · Post #970 » by **hebrewhammer** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:18 am

ikidunot wrote:I didn't think he meant to do it. He was caught up in the moment.

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

the funniest part is that they dont even try to pretend to justify this

Mike Brown is like wuuuuu? what happened? something happened? I didn't see nothing. No seriously though, what happened? If I saw something I'd man up and say something as the coach but I didn't see nothing. For reals, whachall talking bout. Huh, quit clowning. Wuuuu?

And Artest is like, yeah I elbowed the guy to the cranium. Yes he was brushing up next to me. But I go around throwing elbows all the time. It's unfortunate that from time to time it happens that my elbow impacts another man's head. Damn. Not going to say I'm sorry or nothing but, I wish there was a way in this world that we could just stop elbows from flying voluntarily at guys' heads. We're playing basketball, nothing I could do to not throw an elbow, I don't make the rules in basketball you run up and down the court flailing elbows at dudes heads. I wish that wasn't the game but we all know that there's nothing you can do to simply not elbow guys in the head

And all the crack LA media is like, duh okay I guess we're not going to call bull on something this true.

taj2133 · Post #971 » by **taj2133** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:18 am

Looking at all sports dealing with player safety and dealing with concussions david stern is going to send him message if roger goodell of nfl can suspend a coach for entire year for doing bounties on player he david stern has to suspend him for a long time.

Neutral 123 · Post #972 » by **Neutral 123** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:18 am

M4P wrote:
JazzD15 wrote:I can't tell if you are kidding.

If it was unintentional no way he keeps running in celebration. If it was unintentional he would have looked at Harden after slamming him in the head.

Also, they make contact before he winds up the elbow, which meant he knew he was there. You can't be this foolish.

I am being trolled, don't know why I bother.

Whatever. I stated my opinion and you have yours. I believe that the hit was unintentional and that banning him for life would be overly excessive.

It would be like the phrase overly excessive.

TheHartBreakKid · Post #973 » by **TheHartBreakKid** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:19 am

Ok, how about the fact that most of the people sticking up for Artest are Lakers/Knicks (probably the NY hometown thing) fans. There's bias everywhere. Stop assuming that we're out to get Artest or something. We just want to see that players who do stupid things get a punishment that stops that crap from happening again.

Besides, none of what we say on this board matters, at all. There is only one person who can decide Artest's fate, and I seriously doubt he reads Realgm threads.

Where in my post did I mention you? I don't even know you. That clipper fan is notorious for being anti-Laker, thus my whole point and argument against him. Like I said I was disgusted by Artests actions. Maybey ou should stop assuming that all Laker fans are out to defend Artest. :wink:

Litany · Post #974 » by **Litany** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:19 am

M4P wrote:
JazzD15 wrote:I can't tell if you are kidding.

If it was unintentional no way he keeps running in celebration. If it was unintentional he would have looked at Harden after slamming him in the head.

Also, they make contact before he winds up the elbow, which meant he knew he was there. You can't be this foolish.

I am being trolled, don't know why I bother.

Whatever. I stated my opinion and you have yours. I believe that the hit was unintentional and that banning him for life would be overly excessive.

Thats a pathetic response.

This isn't a difference of opinion. There is video evidence showing what happened. You just intend to troll everyone on here for whatever reason.

Debaser · Post #975 » by **Debaser** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:19 am

The NFL is cracking down on hits to the head because former players are suing them because they are feeling the effects of having too many concussions and they felt the NFL didn't do enough to protect them. You have to believe that all major sports are aware of this which is why the NBA has a new concussion protocol. If they don't come down hard on Artest, and he does something crazy and go head hunting like he did against JJ and Amare, they might be setting themselves up for serious trouble down the road. They are going to make an example out of Artest; blows to the head will no longer be tolerated.

Heatallica · Post #976 » by **Heatallica** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:19 am

I don't give a **** what he changed his name to. That's straight up classic Ron Artest and Artest is a lieing piece of trash. Dirtiest play I've seen all year from a non surprising crazy man. He should be in jail for assault.

Godnani · Post #977 » by **Godnani** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:20 am

please!!! no worse than this. give me a break

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-FLEDTfao[/youtube]

taj2133 · Post #978 » by **taj2133** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:21 am

Amnesty meaning you can get rid off any player you want in this case artest the lakers has organizing are embrass by his act they don't want to deal with him no more they will just get rid off themselfs.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #979 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:21 am

M4P wrote:
JazzD15 wrote:I can't tell if you are kidding.

If it was unintentional no way he keeps running in celebration. If it was unintentional he would have looked at Harden after slamming him in the head.

Also, they make contact before he winds up the elbow, which meant he knew he was there. You can't be this foolish.

I am being trolled, don't know why I bother.

Whatever. I stated my opinion and you have yours. I believe that the hit was unintentional and that banning him for life would be overly excessive.

Yeah well I am sure people would love to give Artest the benefit of the doubt but it is kind of hard given his checkered past. Maybe, just maybe he did not see him but there is no doubt he felt him and knew full well he was there when he threw that elbow. In all my years I have never seem someone throw an elbow as a celebration for making a nice play.

Post #980 » by **jman3134** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:21 am

I was absolutely astonished that more OKC players did not rush to stand up to World Peace after that blow. I understand that he is a big guy, but that type of a hit merited a team fight imo. In the real world, if you leveled someone like that, you would get what is coming to you. Probably should be banned from basketball after that play.