This is why I will never watch NBA again...

[Woodsy]

This kind of thing is capable of happening at any arena in the league. A similar thing happened in the mid 80's at the end of a Jazz-Warriors playoff game in SLC. It nearly happened after the 98 NBA finals in SLC, although that was mainly between fans, but Dennis Rodman was headed for the stands before a huge police officer stepped in front of him. I am more suprised it hasn't happened sooner.

I am so shocked all the attention and Blame is on the fans & players.
Where the fukk was security during any of this?

they did a horrible job in stopping this or attemptiong to control it.

I bet if you were in that same arena lighting up during a concert you'ld get tossed but tossing shit at somebody, A_OK!

[cololi]

I am so shocked all the attention and Blame is on the fans & players.
Where the fukk was security during any of this?

they did a horrible job in stopping this or attemptiong to control it.

I bet if you were in that same arena lighting up during a concert you'ld get tossed but tossing shit at somebody, A_OK!

I agree completely. The incident after the finals involved about 30 Bulls fans pushing their way forward, knocking down anyone who was between t hem and the court. My mom got pushed over and I flipped the guy down on the press table as he tried to climb over our seats. Security was there within seconds and stopped it before it got out of hand.

Where our tickets are at the DC, there is absolutely no one that would stop me from running out on the court during the game. Some day, there will be a Monica Seles incident unless the NBA changes it's security requirements for arenas.

[Woodsy]

Where our tickets are at the DC, there is absolutely no one that would stop me from running out on the court during the game. .

so, how you doin?!?
I know the wife has her hands full with the twins & I live 2 blocks from the delta center for parkin & pregame, ya know if you are interested

[irul&ublo]

Two observations:

1. The phrase "went postal" is to be replaced.

2. My prediction of a Kings/Pacers final will have to be modified.

[13]

Not only is Ron Artest a thug, he's a retard. White boy wasn't the one who tossed the cup.

I find it funny that bill & basom (from Boston) are bashing fans from Detroit.

I find it even funnier that a ton of people who jump on the Detroit-bashing bandwagon haven't spent much time there if at all.

[bigsugar]

I find it even funnier that a ton of people who jump on the Detroit-bashing bandwagon haven't spent much time there if at all.

I have.

It sucks.

[mildbill.]

I find it funny that bill & basom (from Boston) are bashing fans from Detroit.

i have no comment on the fans, i'm just amused by the 'detroit is great because it sucks so bad' vibe/attitude/mentality/what-have you.

and no, i have never been there, and it will probably stay that way. call me provincial and uncultured, i guess.

other than that i'm just droppin the ill ron artest skillz.

I'm Ron Artest and the world is mine
Instead of playing ball i'll be riding the pine
But to me that is just fine
Because my rap album is out tomorrow, yo! Ron artest in the house!

[basom]

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I find it funny that bill & basom (from Boston) are bashing fans from Detroit.

who am i bashing again??

show me. i was responding to a-wrek. just adding levity. believe me i wouldn't stand up for the people involved if it happened here either.

[iceman]

Levity is not allowed. Didn't you get the memo?

And I always thought it was O'Reilly who bashed the Ranger fan with the shoe, but I see that it was Milbury. Massholes represent!

[AntiSoCalSkier]

There is absolutely no excuse for a professional athlete to attack a fan. The entire point of being a professional athlete is to entertain the fans. If they want to yell at you and thow beers at you, well boo hoo, I guess you can go home and cry yourself to sleep. Just don't forget to grab a few hundred dollar bills to blow your nose with.

[iceman]

There is absolutely no excuse for a professional athlete to attack a fan. The entire point of being a professional athlete is to entertain the fans. If they want to yell at you and thow beers at you, well boo hoo, I guess you can go home and cry yourself to sleep. Just don't forget to grab a few hundred dollar bills to blow your nose with.

The sole exception to this rule is when you bash a Ranger fan with his own shoe, then it's comedy.

[shamrockpow]

and no, i have never been there, and it will probably stay that way. call me provincial and uncultured, i guess.

Too bad you're not from Philly, I hear they got "a lot, a lotta culture" there

[A-wreck]

[QUOTE=mildbill.]i have no comment on the fans, i'm just amused by the 'detroit is great because it sucks so bad' vibe/attitude/mentality/what-have you.

QUOTE]

O.k. most people who like Detroit don't like it because it sucks. It's just sort of annoying to be called the worst city with the worst fans in the worst place on earth over and over again. You end up getting defensive about it much like people who live in Colorado get defensive over their annual snowfall. Then you just end up embracing you shit place in society because if you're going to be the worst than you might as well enjoy it. Then once you learn how to enjoy this place you can't understand why anyone would knock it.

I admit the idea of someone thinking something was cool because it isn't is pretty strange. I also think you are misinterperting what some people think.

[The Reverend Floater]

Ahem!

I'd have to go so far as to say that I am one of the biggest NBA fans in this mutha. I love the NBA. It really is the only pro league that I follow and the really the only sports-related programing I regularly watch. I grew up watching the NBA and the Blazers are all that the city of Portland has ever known on a professional level.

Having said that, there is absolutely no reason EVER that a professional athlete should enter the crowd like that. I am of the opinion that R Kelly could walk down from the stands and piss on Artest and he should resist temptation to git 'em. How much money do these guys make again? Several millions should be more than enough to keep a professional attitude in any situation.

As far as the Detroit fans go, I don't think it was unique to them. But I think that Detroit, with it's impassioned fans and fever pitch atmosphere was probably a likely canidate for such a mess.

[13]

i have no comment on the fans, i'm just amused by the 'detroit is great because it sucks so bad' vibe/attitude/mentality/what-have you.

I admit the idea of someone thinking something was cool because it isn't is pretty strange.

Excellent example: Fartbags

[cmsummit]

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[FNG]

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[mildbill.]

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/A...29106_0240.jpg

TruWarier records.

bwaaaaaahahahahaa

TruWarier records reprazent!

My name is ron artest and i finished kindergarten
The nba is a prison and david stern is the warden
Reppin TruWarier from staples to madison square garden
If they didn't suspend me, i'd be able to afford a spellchecker, yo!
TruWarier in the house!

[basom]

bill, don't make fun of the mans education. he went to and metriculated from St. Johns.

so how are his beats?

[mildbill.]

bill, don't make fun of the mans education. he went to and metriculated from St. Johns.

so how are his beats?

so am i to consider the spelling "TruWarier" to have some artistic merit that i'm just not picking up on?

I haven't been able to get to newbury comics to pick up the cd yet, but i'm sure the beats are the bomb.

[basom]

well, think what you will, but it obviously exemplifies how crazy and on the edge he is.

[A-wreck]

I think it's an R&B album

[mildbill.]

it obviously exemplifies how crazy and on the edge he is.

don't nobody throw plastic cups at a TruWarier
Even if it was my grandma I would still bury her

[mildbill.]

I think it's an R&B album

excellent point. silly me for looking for a hint of artistic merit.

[basom]

don't nobody throw plastic cups at a TruWarier
Even if it was my grandma I would still bury her

that is fucking gold. GOLD!