MWPeace Discussion: amnesty? (pg. 203)

therealdeal wrote:I admit when the idea of bringing Ron Artest to LA was being thrown around, I was hesitant about it. When he signed here I was excited by the possibility of having him play here after seeing his effectiveness in the Rockets series. Now I honestly appreciate this guy for who he is and what he brings. Sure he's got some anger issues, but he's a decent man.

I was dead set against it, but I'm beginning to be sold on it.

Ron is awesome

ron has had so many shots rim in and out its crazy

Happy Birthday Ron Ron

GNC wrote:ron has had so many shots rim in and out its crazy

One of those days. He'll play better today.

while Ron certainly doesn't have star numbers right now, he was +19 last night. that just shows you numbers aren't everything. i applaud Ron for putting personal accolades aside and playing team ball

GNC wrote:ron has had so many shots rim in and out its crazy

Yup. They'll go down eventually though.

The Rock wrote:his birthday is this friday the 13th lol

Lol. I just happened to wonder in here, and saw this.

The 13th (today) is my birthday too

^^Happy birthday to both of you!!

Barnstable wrote:

The Rock wrote:his birthday is this friday the 13th lol

Lol. I just happened to wonder in here, and saw this.

The 13th (today) is my birthday too

Happy Birthday Ron and Barnstable!! My birthday was yesterday.

Ron Artest has completely sacrificed all individual statistics in order to win. Ron could easily have near triple doubles each game but he does what is needed and has committed himself to be our defensive anchor.

Ron Artest has played a tremendous role in our dominance thus far this season.

Apparentely there was a segment about him after the game on KCAL 9, can anyone upload it on youtube? thanks I'd really appreciate it

Ron got completely jobbed tonight. That sucked. The worst thing is at least three of those fouls were Offensive - and that's how I feel watching the refs' garbage: offended! It was an offensive refereeing job tonight. On his birthday, too. Against Melo who he was doing a nice bit of work on.

Lakerjones wrote:Ron got completely jobbed tonight. That sucked. The worst thing is at least three of those fouls were Offensive - and that's how I feel watching the refs' garbage: offended! It was an offensive refereeing job tonight. On his birthday, too. Against Melo who he was doing a nice bit of work on.

Agreed. Due to his reputation, Ron doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, refs simply don't treat him fairly. That's one of the concerns when he has a mismatch (with a smaller player on him), because said player can simply flop and that'll be an offensive foul on Ron, both his strength/girth and reputation work against him.

it was a repeat of the dallas game tongiht for him.

move on to the next game

The Rock wrote:Apparentely there was a segment about him after the game on KCAL 9, can anyone upload it on youtube? thanks I'd really appreciate it

its gonnab e on KCAL 9 soon apparely can somone 1 record it thanks

GNC wrote:it was a repeat of the dallas game tongiht for him.

move on to the next game

was it the same official? i gotta tip my hat to Ron for keeping it together vs the Nugs. The officials just RAPED him. i'd have lost it 3 times over.

And why do the refs always seem to let Denver get away with mugging in the paint? It's just Denver, and I don't get it. I hear analysts say "It's the aggressive Denver defense....." and I wanna say, "No, it's Denver mugging (fouling) everybody in sight." Arrrrrrrrgh. I hate Denver.

ron gets a lot of reputation fouls

Certain officials just want Ron out of the league it seems. He needs to do some sort of PR campaign and send them ice cream cakes with a "I'm sorry" written in frosting on the top. Some of the fouls that he was called for last night were a complete joke. I'm really glad he kept his cool and didn't complain to the officials to make it worse even when he had every right to.

Great Ron Artest quote:

"I just threw my arm a little bit and they called offensive fouls," Artest said. "I wasn't even trying to be aggressive. I'm actually bigger than these guys, so they fall and they beg for mercy. These guys are begging for mercy, the officials are feeling sorry for them and that's not fair."

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_lakers_notes_15.3cd2cef.html

^^

speaks the truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1zMV5j ... r_embedded

GoldenChocobo wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1zMV5j ... r_embedded

LOL at Trevor's reaction.

that is freakin hilarious. lol.