Originally Posted by
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airblaster503:
Man I don't even think Ron was in the wrong to this day.
Exactly, man. Like, dude was trying to be cool, play ball (sure, he was playing hard, but still, he was just playing ball), then someone else (Big Ben) chooses him and he tries to avoid an altercation.
Amd someone throws beer on him?
And then he gets crucified by millions of people that would absolutely NOT be cool with having beer thrown on THEM?
CP, there's no way you would be cool and collected with someone throwing freaking beer on you, my dude. Be real.
Ben is the one who escalated matters to the point where the fan thought it was the time and place to use pro athletes for target practice. You say "If Artest doesn't go in the stands"; I say "If Ben doesn't start anything, then there isn't anything."
If Ben was just heated, but reasonable, then does Artest have anything to try to avoid? Does he end up on the scorer's table? Does the fan throw the beer cup at a laying Artest?
No, no, and no.
Like I said, I don't put the whole thing on Ron. I get all the stuff that was goin on. BUT, again, Ron was the one that was mixin it up withBen on the other end of the court. You don't see that in this vid posted in this thread. Ron was givin Ben @#$% leading up the events. Ben had just hadenough and came after him. You think just based off that one foul that Ben went crazy like that? No. Ben had had enough and finally said something. It hadbeen going on for a minute already.
So no, the whole fiasco was not all of Ron's fault, but Ron had been pushing and pushing Ben into starting something, and then it escalated. It may not beRon 98 percent, Ben 2 percent like the general public thinks, but it's not exactly 50/50 either.
