Metta World Peace elbow to Harden

Wooderson · Post #1181 » by **Wooderson** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:19 am

yayareaa wrote:why was Harden running into MWP when he was celebrating his dunk?

He was 3 feet away from him before Artest even starting celebrating.

Reckless · Post #1182 » by **Reckless** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:22 am

MastaStrategist wrote:
Pattycakes wrote:Could you have imagined Blake griffin trying to flop from THIS? He might have very well flopped out of the staples center.

He would have literally flopped to death

Nate505 · Post #1183 » by **Nate505** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:23 am

Nuntius wrote:
AllzGudInDaHood wrote:Come one, Bynum got 5 games for doing something dangerous for the third time and when it was obvious the team was gonna lose, meaning he had nothing to lose by doing a hit.

It's different because it's Artest. Bynum is a sore loser and an ass. He will make a dirty play when he loses. But at least he will think.

RonRon is not an ass. He is just not sane enough to play in the league.

It's true. I was reading up on the Palace brawl and he actually asked his teammates if they were going to get in trouble for their actions after it was over...he truly is either extremely stupid or extremely insane, or both.

yayareaa · Post #1184 » by **yayareaa** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:23 am

Wooderson wrote:
yayareaa wrote:why was Harden running into MWP when he was celebrating his dunk?

He was 3 feet away from him before Artest even starting celebrating.

why didn't he stay 3 feet away from Artest?

pross · Post #1185 » by **pross** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:26 am

yayareaa wrote:
Wooderson wrote:
yayareaa wrote:why was Harden running into MWP when he was celebrating his dunk?

He was 3 feet away from him before Artest even starting celebrating.

why didn't he stay 3 feet away from Artest?

Well MWP is the one who ran back up the court :|

Post #1186 » by **INKtastic** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:27 am

I don't get why so many people want to just dismiss this as if concussions are a minor issue. Kevin Love hasn't played since he got a concussion on April 11th and won't play again this year. That happened in a normal basketball play. This happened during a dead ball.

The suggestion that Artest didn't know who it was is worse than the idea he knew who it was. He felt contact, wound up, throw the elbow, followed through, appeared to then scream, then ran up the court without looking back. If he really wasn't looking at who it was, that could just as easily been Kobe as Harden. They were both about the same distance from Artest when he turned to celebrate, Kobe could have just as easily bumped Artest going for a steal on an inbounds pass.

Either you have to think that Artest knew exactly who he was elbowing or think he could throw that same elbow and hit Kobe and just keep running up the court.

therealbig3 · Post #1187 » by **therealbig3** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:28 am

yayareaa wrote:
Wooderson wrote:
yayareaa wrote:why was Harden running into MWP when he was celebrating his dunk?

He was 3 feet away from him before Artest even starting celebrating.

why didn't he stay 3 feet away from Artest?

therealbig3 wrote:It was mentioned before in this thread, but the people asking why Harden approached Artest when he knows Artest is crazy should use that same argument the next time a girl gets molested and ask why the girl dared to wear skimpy clothes when she knows that it will just get guys thinking about sex. Because that's totally the question we should be asking...

Whatever little annoying things Harden did in no way deserved that kind of reaction. A shove, or elbow to the chest/stomach would have been better than lifting his arm up and bringing it into Harden's head as hard as he could.

dznutzz · Post #1188 » by **dznutzz** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:31 am

i didn't get a chance to watch the game but were there tension between the 2? after the elbow mwp didn't turn around to see if harden was ok

hollabackitsobi · Post #1189 » by **hollabackitsobi** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:31 am

Worm 6 wrote:Wow over-reaction much. You'd think MWP would have stomped on the guys face given the reactions here...oh wait, that already happened this season. With no were near as much hate on the player involved.

People here seem to think he should be suspended for the rest of the season. Lakers fans seem to think something around Bynum's suspension, for his hit on JJ. As with all things, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. A suspension of around 10 games would be sufficient for me, mainly for his prior history.

An elbow to the side of the head that resulted in a concussion isn't serious?

Are you reading and comprehending what you're typing?

D.Brasco · Post #1190 » by **D.Brasco** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:34 am

FlipTSO wrote:omg, 78 pages for this. I don't condone what Artest did, but Harden does play the game like one of the players you just want to punch in the face, so I'm not surprised.

A punch to the face would have actually been classier than an unexpected elbow to the back of the head.

Worm 6 · Post #1191 » by **Worm 6** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:35 am

hollabackitsobi wrote:
Worm 6 wrote:Wow over-reaction much. You'd think MWP would have stomped on the guys face given the reactions here...oh wait, that already happened this season. With no were near as much hate on the player involved.

People here seem to think he should be suspended for the rest of the season. Lakers fans seem to think something around Bynum's suspension, for his hit on JJ. As with all things, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. A suspension of around 10 games would be sufficient for me, mainly for his prior history.

An elbow to the side of the head that resulted in a concussion isn't serious?

Are you reading and comprehending what you're typing?

Nah I don't think it's serious at all.

I generally ask for 10 game suspensions for non-serious offenses :roll:

yayareaa · Post #1192 » by **yayareaa** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:35 am

the Thunder do a lot of dirty stuff every game.

sometimes one of them should get checked.

The MVPlaya · Post #1193 » by **The MVPlaya** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:37 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB2e5AQiYw[/youtube]

Go to 0:56. Clearly shows Harden sliding over to make contact with Artest. Why is he doing that?

MastaStrategist · Post #1194 » by **MastaStrategist** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:38 am

The MVPlaya wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB2e5AQiYw[/youtube]

Go to 0:56. Clearly shows Harden sliding over to make contact with Artest. Why is he doing that?

Wow, didn't even see that. Harden didn't deserve it, but he was definitely asking for a retaliation. Obviously not to that level, but he should have known something was bound to happen when you F with Ron

Post #1195 » by **INKtastic** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:40 am

^^ you mean the same 0:56 that shows Artest throw a vicious elbow then continue to run up the court, never looking back to even see who he just hit?

ibraheim718 · Post #1196 » by **ibraheim718** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:41 am

Dude might get suspended for the remainder of the season for that one... just the way it went down and all the chest pounding.

pross · Post #1197 » by **pross** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:41 am

The MVPlaya wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB2e5AQiYw[/youtube]

Go to 0:56. Clearly shows Harden sliding over to make contact with Artest. Why is he doing that?

He took one step? Maybe a screen for a quick outlet to Durant? Who knows? And honestly who cares. It's basketball and these types of interactions with players bumping into each other happens every game after a shot is made. How are Laker fans trying to justify this? It's a swinging elbow to the back of the head END OF STORY. 15-20 game suspension

Post #1198 » by **Nuntius** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:43 am

Nate505 wrote:
Nuntius wrote:It's different because it's Artest. Bynum is a sore loser and an ass. He will make a dirty play when he loses. But at least he will think.

RonRon is not an ass. He is just not sane enough to play in the league.

It's true. I was reading up on the Palace brawl and he actually asked his teammates if they were going to get in trouble for their actions after it was over...he truly is either extremely stupid or extremely insane, or both.

Exactly my point. He does not know the consequence of his actions. It was extremely clear on his tweets.

Frankly, I would be fine if he was just an ass. Asses can think. They can think about the consequences, they can think about themselves, hell they could even think about the money that they would lose due to the suspension. But they would at least think about it. And just by thinking about it, they could have stopped.

Ron will simply not think. That's the disturbing part. He enters a blank state of mind and just acts on his instincts. That's dangerous for every player in the league. Even his teammates. Who can assure them that he won't hit them the next time the screw gets loose?

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1199 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:44 am

DEEP3CL wrote:The only thing pissing me off is every time something happens with the Lakers, fans of other teams act like it's the most vile thing to ever happen. I grew up watching the NBA from the late 70's on to now, and today what happen doesn't come close to the things I saw as a kid.

But at the same time there have been several Laker fans not praising what Metta did, and it's no reason to say he didn't intend to do it or he did intend to do it, because no one here is qualified enough to psycho analyze Metta. We don't know what the hell he was thinking coming out of that bucket he scored. The only thing we know is that he was fired up as hell, guys here killing Metta but why the f**k did Harden even put himself in front of a man known to explode ?

See no one can answer this, all I keep seeing is...." he was getting ready for the inbound pass", that bull sh*t. Because not one Thunder player was even standing out of bounds yet, so that's just some asinine thinking. But this thread has been over blown and it's never going to be a balance to agree on what played out.

I would venture to guess neither guy really could tell you why they did what they did.

Harden might have been positioning himself to take a charge or flop. Or, he might have been agitating the wrong guy. Artest might have been fired up and just instinctively reacted. Or, he might not have even thought when he cocked his elbow. Or, ... maybe he's got great peripheral vision after all and he intended to do what he did.

Still, in retrospect, I'm pretty sure both guys wouldn't do what they did again.

MastaStrategist · Post #1200 » by **MastaStrategist** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:44 am

pross wrote:
The MVPlaya wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB2e5AQiYw[/youtube]

Go to 0:56. Clearly shows Harden sliding over to make contact with Artest. Why is he doing that?

He took one step? Maybe a screen for a quick outlet to Durant? Who knows? And honestly who cares. It's basketball and these types of interactions with players bumping into each other happens every game after a shot is made. How are Laker fans trying to justify this? It's a swinging elbow to the back of the head END OF STORY. 15-20 game suspension

We'll see. The most games I've heard from anyone other than a RealGM poster was 5 games. I've seen anywhere from a light fine to a lifetime ban on here :lol: