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The Ron Artest Saga: Brawl, Trade Rumor, Suspension, CD
Ron Artest, forward of the Indiana Pacers has been known for
his wild behavior for several years. However, in the past two
NBA seasons it has been worse then ever. We all now the story,
last years incident in Detroit, the infamous brawl when a fan
threw a cup a Artest, who then jumped into the stands followed
by teammate Stephen Jackson to fight with Detroit fans. What
most of us don't know is that the problems started before that.
In the 2003-2004 season only played 73 games. Some missed sue to
injury, but seven due to suspension for flagrant fouls. The NBA
rule is you are allowed five flagrant fouls for the whole
season. After that you are suspended five games for the first
five flagrant fouls and one game for each additional foul later
in the season. Artest broke the record that year for flagrant
fouls. His sixth flagrant foul came five seconds into the game
which he returned from his initial five game suspensions and he
was ejected after only five seconds. Artest had perhaps his best
statistic season of his career winning the Defensive Player of
The Year Award.
In the 2004-2005 seasons he was suspended for the final 73 games
of the regular season, including playoffs, with out pay for the
Brawl in Detroit. Earlier in that year Artest took two games off
willingly because he wanted to promote his rap CD. He lost $5
Million dollars of salaries that year due to suspensions.
In the
2005-2006 season thing started out great. However it soon
fell apart as Artest felt that Coach Rick Carlisle was not
implementing him into the offense. He felt that no small forward
could guard him and that he wasn't welcome in Indiana anymore.
Shortly after he requested a trade. The Pacers agreed and have
discussed Artest with many teams. If they can't trade him, then
they won't play him at all for the reminder of the year.
As of December 17th, in a latest twist of events, he indicated
that he wants to remain a Pacer. "I should have been a man and
spoken with coach [Rick Carlisle] about my differences with
him," Artest told the Indianapolis Star. "Yes, I would like to
return".
It seems as though Ron Artest has become the Terrell Owens of
the NBA. This is why teams like Detroit and San Antonio have won
the last two championships. There is no ego on the team, no
problems, media, saga's; all they do is play basketball. Sure it
may be boring, but you have to win at any cost in all sports.
In conclusion if I were a GM for a team I would consider Ron
Artest for a second. He is two concerned about his own life. He
have basically ruined two seasons for the Pacers, why will the
next season be any different.
About the author:
Tim Garmo is the owner of Sports-Facts.Com
sports-facts.com, an online
sports news articles database
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