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[johnny blaze]

Basketball fans, did anyone else just see that? Ron Artest attacked a fan for throwing a beer at him, and all chaos just broke loose on the court. Good lord, that was insane. Please Discuss.

[GundamGuy]

Not a B-Ball Fan, but i fliped threw and found this... God, Would they stop serving Alcohol at sports events.

[johnny blaze]

Well, it's combination of intoxication and assholiness of the fans.

[Sprung]

Holy shit. That is insane.

I don't care if he did throw a beer, the players who hit the fan should be fired.

I am embarrased to be from Indiana right now

[MasJ]

Actually, I disagree with you Sprung. I myself play Basketball and your head can get really hot while playing, having a beer can thrown at you.. ahem.. that could have some serious consequences. I don't think the fault likes as much with the players as with the management for serving alcohol at the event.

[Sprung]

Actually, I disagree with you Sprung. I myself play Basketball and your head can get really hot while playing, having a beer can thrown at you.. ahem.. that could have some serious consequences. I don't think the fault likes as much with the players as with the management for serving alcohol at the event.

Eh...there is alcohol at every major sporting event held here. Alcohol isn't the problem here, as the player wasn't drunk. The fan may have been, but to watch the video, I don't think he was. The problem was the player thought "You can't do that to me, I am *so and so*, and I am famous", and proceeded to kick the fan's ass. Then the gang mentality kicked in, and some other players decided to do a few drive bys as well. An older man was beaten, and another fan was blasted in the mouth on the court. Did he belong there? No. Was he trying to help, or get in a cheap shot? Who knows. Did an NBA sanctioned player chuck him in the mouth? Yup. What the NBA needs to do is deflate the egos of a few players and bring them back to the real world.

[Paul Miller]

Eh...there is alcohol at every major sporting event held here. Alcohol isn't the problem here, as the player wasn't drunk. The fan may have been, but to watch the video, I don't think he was. The problem was the player thought "You can't do that to me, I am *so and so*, and I am famous", and proceeded to kick the fan's ass. Then the gang mentality kicked in, and some other players decided to do a few drive bys as well. An older man was beaten, and another fan was blasted in the mouth on the court. Did he belong there? No. Was he trying to help, or get in a cheap shot? Who knows. Did an NBA sanctioned player chuck him in the mouth? Yup. What the NBA needs to do is deflate the egos of a few players and bring them back to the real world.

I agree about the NBA needing to keep some egos in check... but MasJ raises a good point. This is such bullshit.... such minor things, escalate so much. Which makes the world we live in such a miserable place today (when on a larger scale). Thanks, retards.

I'd make it so that players would be banned from the NBA for that, and for the fan, they face penalties (as fas as the NBA can get) and charges. I'm sure there could be something the NBA can do.... God knows they have enough money for lawyers.

[Sprung]

I agree about the NBA needing to keep some egos in check... but MasJ raises a good point. This is such bullshit.... such minor things, escalate so much. Which makes the world we live in such a miserable place today (when on a larger scale). Thanks, retards.

I'd make it so that players would be banned from the NBA for that, and for the fan, they face penalties (as fas as the NBA can get) and charges. I'm sure there could be something the NBA can do.... God knows they have enough money for lawyers.

For the fan: Assault
For the players: Assault and Battery

[Paul Miller]

For the fan: Assault
For the players: Assault and Battery

That's fine. Great in fact. The plan is to make the penalties so harsh, that they wouldn't dare do such a thing. Think of the mess this has caused. Make sure the NBA never deals with those things again either.... if the beer bottle missed, that will pass in a day, but assault and battery won't. By automatically severing all ties with the player, and never allowing him to play in the NBA again, he wouldn't do anything physical to a fan (even if it would have been in retaliation). Winnar~

[Ultimate X]

this is total bs

i blam this all on the serving of alcohol and the lack of security

u dont have to have an a celeb ego to do what he did if that was dont on me id kick his sorry ass like theres no tomarrow and i aint famouse

its sad how they're gonna be treated even harshly just cause theyre famouse and make alot of money

[Josh]

Didn't Rodman get sued that time he kicked the camera man and suspended. This should happen to him.

[Ultimate X]

denis rodman is psyco and im suprised he was in the nba that long

not saying hes not a good player cause he was but he always had a seriouse aditude problem

[Sprung]

denis rodman is psyco and im suprised he was in the nba that long

not saying hes not a good player cause he was but he always had a seriouse aditude problem

We seen a couple more tonight...

[Ultimate X]

come on u cant compare them to rodman this is their first outburst and they were heavily pervoked

fans have no buisness being involved

[Drunk Samurai]

I agree with Ultimate X. The fans should not have been involved.

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/...videos=1927343

Here is a video of the brawl if you haven't seen it.

I heard about a player who used to play for the Lakers hit another player on the some other team, and broke his jaw. The NBA fined him and banned him from playing.