Pacers-Pistons Brawl

[Monk]

Danish television doesn't focus all that much on basketball, reporting only about the finals. This time, however, it was featured on both major channels.



I don't know whether to laugh or cry, so I'll go for the laughing thing.

[Agathon]

Besides showing the Detroit fight a thousands times last night on ESPN, they also replayed many of the old fan fights... and that's one of the ones they showed... That one was BRUTAL!

Yeah, the shoe pushed it over the edge.

As for the Domi/Fan incident. A friend of mine was over from England and had never watched an NHL game before. He was shocked.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Agathon
As for the Domi/Fan incident. A friend of mine was over from England and had never watched an NHL game before. He was shocked.

Did you explain how typical that was for a NHL game

[Agathon]

What do these guys think they were at? A hip-hop music awards?

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Artest should be fined millions, have his contract terminated for the rest of the season, and should be barred from the NBA for life. He was nothing but a ***** (and his history shows that its something in his character.) Major sports don't need that.

I hope he gets sued by the fans he slugged.

[BustaMike]

Holy overreacting batman! Fined millions? Contract terminated? I would have done the same thing in his place.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

He has a history of this. It isn't unexpected. Plus, he was just a total ***** anyways.

You don't punch a fan. Period.

[Guynemer]

You would have done the same thing in his place?

If a much smaller man had thrown a plastic cup of beer at your chest, you would have charged into the stands and beaten the snot outta the guy standing next to him?

[joncha]

The fans deserved it.

[Jac de Molay]

The sociopathic thug Artest (who attacked the wrong fan, BTW) should get a 20-game suspension, and a fine in the 100's of thousands. Wallace, O'Neal, and Jackson should get 10-game suspensions and fines in the tens of thousand.

I hope the league sends the strongest message yet here about thuggery and bad sportsmanship in general.

[BustaMike]

Originally posted by Guynemer
You would have done the same thing in his place?

If a much smaller man had thrown a plastic cup of beer at your chest, you would have charged into the stands and beaten the snot outta the guy standing next to him?

No, probably not, but I can't say. Someone shoves you as hard as they can, you do your best to let it go, then you get hit with a beer (not to mention you've been enduring countless verbal provocations)... I would have been pretty pissed and probably would have gone after someone.

And as for those fans that stepped on to the court and tried to start ****, I think they got what they deserved.

I'm not trying to excuse Artest. I'm just saying I can understand why he did what he did, and I don't think we need some outrageous punishment for it. Give him a night in jail and a fine or something. That's what they do for bar fights. Then the league can suspend players for a few games. I'd say give Artest and Jackson 10 each. Ben Wallace gets 7 or so and Jermaine Oneal gets a couple.

[BustaMike]

Originally posted by joncha
The fans deserved it.

Thank you. Yes they did.

[Dis]

NBA sucks.

but I have to admit this brawl is pretty good. If they have more fights like this, I think I'll start watching again.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Tuberski
The players, especially Stephen Jackson, should be charged with as much as the law will allow also.

Screw that play in an empty arena crap.

I'm not saying the fans shouldn't be charged, but if you don't charge the players with anything, what's to keep the next idiot from going into the stands?

ACK!

but think of it this way. What's to stop the fans from throwing things?

the fans should be charged too.

[Guynemer]

Of course the fans should be charged. No one is arguing otherwise.