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Artest Ruins His Team Again

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From http://www.thesportsfan.tv

As we all know by now, the price for having Ron Artest on your team is that every so often he will do something incredibly stupid and childish that will hurt your team severely. The Sacramento Kings will pay that price in game two of their opening round series against the San Atonio Spurs, as Artest has been suspended for rendering a vicious elbow to Manu Ginobilli’s head in Game 1.

Artest also didn’t play in the postseason last year after an early season suspension for a brawl in Detroit while playing for Indiana. Said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, Artest’s former head coach, of the incident and subsequent suspension: “I’m disappointed Ronnie’s suspended because he’s a competitor and I want to see him do well.” Translation: “What a f#cking idiot. That guy is a huge baby, and I’m glad his canerous attitude is away from my team.”

By the way, Sacramento lost game 1 by 34 points to the powerful Spurs WITH Artest in the lineup. I wonder how game 2 is going to go WITHOUT him. Way to go, Ronnie. Chump.

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Tue 04/25/06, 6:28 am EST

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XinophDraft Pick
1296 days ago
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"Every so often" being once a month or once a week?
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Davis21wylieMVP
1296 days ago
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Yeah, judging from Game One, I don't think Artest's presence is going to make a hell of a lot of difference...
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ASwaffAll-American
1296 days ago
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Amen to that, Davis.
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XtinctWaterboy
1295 days ago
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Guess, Artest's absence wasn't as felt as expected....
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ASwaffAll-American
1295 days ago
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No kidding. How weird was that? They get drummed with Artest, and without him they force SA into overtime. And that after blowing a late lead. Sacramento should have won that game.
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XtinctWaterboy
1295 days ago
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I think this reflects the negative affects of having a star player on a squad. With a star player present, other players defer, ala pre-March Lamar Odom, to the star. But when that star isn't there, everyone tends to play their game at or above their normal level leading to games like last night....
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ASwaffAll-American
1295 days ago
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I don't think it's fair to say that. This team was on the outside looking in when Artest got there. When he went, most people said it was too little too late, that they were too far out of 8th to reach the playoffs. But, the reached them anyway. That would be a real assessment of his affect on the team, not one game.
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