BasketBrawl

Ok, this has been the talk of most media for the past few days, and I sense people are getting sick of it so I'll try to keep this short and sweet. Pacers vs Pistons and the riot that ensued. Here are some of my opinions.

#1) Ron Artest is a complete jackass and needs to be thrown out of the NBA. ANY player that's been suspended 8 times previous and then attacks fans for a 9th suspension would be kicked out. Shit, he was thinking about retiring anyway to persue his dream of becoming a hip hop artist, right? There you go jackass, go be the next Rapper to get shot for being an ignorant thug just "keepin' it real".

#2) I'm embarrassed to be a Pistons fan right now. Sure you can say that this could have happened anywhere, but the fact remains that we are a championship team and WERE apparently world-class fans. Many stories here in the area came out about how responsible we were as fans and how we were a very strong factor in the Pistons championship run. Why then do we have to ruin it by throwing cups of beer, softdrinks, and food at a visiting team? What the FUCK were the dumbasses doing on the court when they got punched by O'Neal and Artest? Where was the security keeping the retards off the court? I think what I'm most upset about is now, as a Pistons fan, I will be bunched in the same category as these jagoffs that caused the riot.

#3) Could the Pistons organization fuck Rick Carlisle any harder up the ass? First off, his coaching style is VERY similar to Larry B. Dumars was already on his way to setting up the team for Ricky C with a team-oriented approach. So as soon as LB becomes available they fire Rick and hire in LB. Look, I love having Larry Brown as the coach for the Pistons, but I honestly think that Rick Carlisle would have done just as well. Then, the Pistons face the Pacers in the Conference finals last year and beat 'em. Mind you, O'Neal was playing on 1 leg after a nasty-looking hyperextension of his knee. Now come to present day and look what the Pistons managed to do to his team. The Pistons fans managed to take out the top 3 players for the Pacers in 10 minutes at the end of a blowout win for Indiana. Pending an appeal by the NBAPA, Carlisle is without all three of his top players for a minimum of 25 games and he lost his best defender for the season (and hopefully for good). I'm not one to defend the Pacers because they're such a good rival for the Pistons, but I just feel bad that Rick Carlisle's ass is bleeding from the constant beating from Detroit.