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Andrew
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11/23/2004  2:47 PM
Video from ESPN:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/motion/showcase/index?videos=1929559

I hope he is banned from all NBA games. It was the same guy punching Artest from behind.
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OasisBU
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11/23/2004  2:50 PM
Andrew...what length of ban? A year? Lifetime? What he did was low and should not be tolerated. How do you punish, yet remain fair while ensuring this type of behavior does not continue?
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Caseloads
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11/23/2004  3:14 PM
Posted by OasisBU:

Andrew...what length of ban? A year? Lifetime? What he did was low and should not be tolerated. How do you punish, yet remain fair while ensuring this type of behavior does not continue?
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11/23/2004  3:15 PM
He should be castrated of his "Basketball Jones"
Andrew
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11/23/2004  4:12 PM
I'd say lifetime. More info...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1929362
John Green of West Bloomfield Township was identified as the fan who threw the cup at Artest, said David Gorcyca, the Oakland County prosecutor. The Detroit Free Press reported late Monday that Green has several criminal convictions, including felony assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Green has three drunken-driving convictions, and Gorcyca said a condition of Green's probation was that he not drink alcohol.
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11/23/2004  4:18 PM
revoke his season tickets, ban him from all future events at the Detroit arena, & charge him with assault for punching Artest in the head.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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11/23/2004  4:55 PM
Yep, at least he knows, as well as all fans now know, that you can throw whatever you want at a player and they still don't have any right to react. That must be a fairly comfortable feeling for any future violators.

I'd say give him a lifetime ban.
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11/23/2004  8:26 PM
if the fan deserves a lifetime ban than so does Artest!
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11/23/2004  8:27 PM
Posted by hDavis:

if the fan deserves a lifetime ban than so does Artest!
get something thrown at you and dont react.
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11/23/2004  8:42 PM
Posted by Caseloads:
Posted by hDavis:

if the fan deserves a lifetime ban than so does Artest!
get something thrown at you and dont react.

Exactly, this guy should pay some massive fine and have his tickets revoked without being able to buy any sporting event ticket forever. This is the reason for that whole mess

[Edited by - matt on 11/23/2004 20:42:27]
Rich
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11/23/2004  10:42 PM
He needs to be introduced to the reality of prison. It should be fun for him.
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11/23/2004  10:56 PM
The guy who threw the chair ought to be severly reprimanded and hopefully will be. If I were him, I'd get the hell out of Michigan and go into hiding, because he could be in for a long jail term.
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11/24/2004  4:10 PM
Cup thrown at Artest briefly for sale on eBay
Posted: Wednesday November 24, 2004 12:35AM; Updated: Wednesday November 24, 2004 12:29PM






http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/11/24/bc.bkn.brawl.ebay.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

NEW YORK (AP) -- The cup that ignited the biggest brawl in U.S. sports history could have been yours.

An item purported to be the cup thrown from the stands at Pacers player Ron Artest last Friday night was on eBay for less than 24 hours after bidding went out of control. The cup, listed for sale by someone from Sterling Heights, Mich., was put up for auction Monday, but the bidding was closed Tuesday afternoon when the price went to $99,999,999.

In the description of the cup, the seller wrote: "No sports collection will be complete without the addition of this vintage championship collector's edition beer cup. Simply a must for all Artest fans." There also were several photos of the cup hitting Artest, though there is no way to prove its authenticity.

After Artest was hit with the cup, he went into the stands, setting off a melee between players and fans. Artest was suspended for the season, while teammate Stephen Jackson was suspended 30 games and Jermaine O'Neal 25.
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