<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> AUBURN HILLS, MICH. ? Plenty of times when I was a bad boy, Momma returned my Nintendo joysticks after two weeks instead of three. Sometimes it was in her best interest. Likewise, <u><font color="#000000">Ron Artest</font></u> should be playing in these playoffs. They need him. The Pacers could sure use some of Ron Artest's muscle. Jermaine O'Neal decked a fan who had come onto the court at the Palace of Auburn Hills during the infamous Nov. 19 brawl and NBA commissioner David Stern hit him with a 25-game suspension (an arbitrator later reduced it to 15). <u><font color="#000000">Stephen Jackson</font></u> followed Artest into the stands and threw a series of violent punches toward <u><font color="#000000">Detroit Pistons</font></u> fans, so Stern tossed him for 30 games. <u><font color="#000000">Ben Wallace</font></u>, whose shove of Artest in response to his hard foul set off the chain of events, got six. Point is, they're all playing. So let's ask ourselves: Why isn't Artest? </div> Source
His angle here simply doesn't work for me. I didn't enjoy this piece in the least. I tried to start with an open-mind, but...no. Really not my kind of article at all.
