Artest on the Today show this morning.

[King McIntyre]

Re: Artest on the Today show this morning.

Argh, people like you are why America is going down the tubes.

Lack of responsibility is not something that is cool. Artest is responsible for every single action he takes on and off the court. No one else is. Period.

And if you think Ron Artest can survive right now retiring I think you should review some of the histories of players who have stopped their career short, especially players who have mental problems. It usually doesn't work out. He could always go to a hip hop career though, because that always works out for basketball players.

B.U.S.H. is the reason America is going down the tube.

In my personal life, I am all about accountablity...we all know Artest deserved to be punished (even though what he got was severe IMO)...but he wasn't responsible for starting it...if you know he's unstable, when the Pacers saw the water boil over w/ Wallace they should have surrounded Artest to keep him from doing anything, that would have prevented the events from happening...period.

Artest has always rapped...and been horrible at it. He is trying to push his record label, and would be a fool for not using this increased media attention as an outlet to market his other business ventures...any and everybody does it.

I also thought it was funny that the media is claiming he got suspended earlier this year (the 2 games) for going on BET'S Rap City, but what those idiots failed to mention was the next day Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony were on there, and the day after that Rip Hamilton and his 'yes men' were on there...but again Artest was singled out. Why don't they let the man be? Or at least broadcast more than the same BS they say all the time.

[King McIntyre]

Re: Artest on the Today show this morning.

Argh, people like you are why America is going down the tubes.

Lack of responsibility is not something that is cool. Artest is responsible for every single action he takes on and off the court. No one else is. Period.

And if you think Ron Artest can survive right now retiring I think you should review some of the histories of players who have stopped their career short, especially players who have mental problems. It usually doesn't work out. He could always go to a hip hop career though, because that always works out for basketball players.

B.U.S.H. is the reason America is going down the tube.

In my personal life, I am all about accountablity...we all know Artest deserved to be punished (even though what he got was severe IMO)...but he wasn't responsible for starting it...if you know he's unstable, when the Pacers saw the water boil over w/ Wallace they should have surrounded Artest to keep him from doing anything, that would have prevented the events from happening...period.

Artest has always rapped...and been horrible at it. He is trying to push his record label, and would be a fool for not using this increased media attention as an outlet to market his other business ventures...any and everybody does it.

I also thought it was funny that the media is claiming he got suspended earlier this year (the 2 games) for going on BET'S Rap City, but what those idiots failed to mention was the next day Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony were on there, and the day after that Rip Hamilton and his 'yes men' were on there...but again Artest was singled out. Why don't they let the man be? Or at least broadcast more than the same BS they say all the time.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Artest on the Today show this morning.

ben has nothing to apologize for. he overreacted, but he didn't cause artest to do what he did and the crowd to go crazy.

Hmmmm....That made no sense. So you're saying that overreacting is nothing to apologize for? That overreacting is nothing to be sorry for? You should be a character witness for Ron-Ron then...I'm sure a jury would love to hear your opinion on how harmless overreacting can be.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Artest on the Today show this morning.

ben has nothing to apologize for. he overreacted, but he didn't cause artest to do what he did and the crowd to go crazy.

Hmmmm....That made no sense. So you're saying that overreacting is nothing to apologize for? That overreacting is nothing to be sorry for? You should be a character witness for Ron-Ron then...I'm sure a jury would love to hear your opinion on how harmless overreacting can be.