Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 at 5:19 pm  |  178 responses

Video: Metta World Peace With a Vicious Elbow to James Harden’s Head

What kind of punishment do you think MWP should expect?

After throwing a wild and very forceful elbow at James Harden’s head, Mr. World Peace was kicked out of today’s game against the OKC Thunder, and you can safely assume that he’ll be hearing from NBA HQ about further (and much more severe) disciplinary action very soon.

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  • AiRsMiTh

    @Allenp All I can think of when I see the replay of MWP dunking, is, “get off me”. It’s amazing that he can still get up on people (KD, Ibaka), but yeah, I think the elbow wasn’t intentional; I don’t think he was trying to throw a bow into his temple. He was just hyped, and got a little out of control, not to mention he wanted people to get off of him naturally. It’s unfortunate. I hope James’ concussion isn’t too serious, I respect him, and Westbrook, so I’d feel disappointed if the (lame) Thunder were to suffer in the playoffs for this.

  • Geoff

    @TheMaleGroupie: If you call seeing the differences between two distinct situations hypocritical, then not only are you dumber than you regularly sound but you have no idea how to properly use the term hypocrite. Your man obsession with Rose and Blake is creepy. You think only think the way you do because you’re in love with those two. What reason besides the reality of the situation would everyone rally around Harden, and call the other two crybabies? You’re trying to relate situations that have nothing to do with each other simply because you’re a fanboy.

  • AiRsMiTh

    @Kadavour Good point, I think K Love’s stomp was worse actually. I know it’s possible (lots of you obviously think so) that what Artest did was intentional (Harden/Bryant chattering we’ve seen in games past this season), but I don’t think it was; it doesn’t look like he ever looked at him unless only for like a split second, and I believe the temple hit was just coincidental. Kevin Love, however, completely and knowingly tried to stomp on Scola’s face. He looked right at him before delivering the blow.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    @Jerkoff, I’m just speaking with logic, what do you mean they have no relation? artest threw a cheap shot( it does not matter how viscous it was compared to others, its still a cheap shot) and that’s what Rose and Blake detested but everyone called them soft and now people are acting like Ron is a monster,imbecile. If you don’t see the hypocrisy and correlation between the two then you are dumber than I initially thought.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Lol, you guys are got damned idiots. Again, you’ll see his elbow slip upwards. He did mean to elbow him, but not in the head & not that hard it’s just when his elbow slips upwards in account of the sweat the speed of his elbow increases.

  • AiRsMiTh

    @Red, I feel the same way about the elbow. I meant that I don’t think that he intentionally AIMED for his head. The elbow is clearly intentional, but he doesn’t really ever look at him, and his elbow just happens to clock Harden where it did.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Got to say my piece on this.
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    MWP clearly knew he was throwing an elbow, he is not a 4 year old who sporadically loses control of his limbs.
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    MWP knew he hit a Thunder player in the least, after the elbow hits he doesn’t look back, he knows he didn’t hit a teammate or official, if he had any doubts he would have looked back.
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    If the elbow he threw was somehow accidental, that makes MWP even more dangerous. Because he doesn’t have control of his body and the violent outburts it is capable of.
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    Either way, this was vicious, and his punishment should not be handed out lightly AT ALL.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Yea, I’m not defending it he screwed up. But don’t sit there like an idiot saying he aimed for the head. As far as his punishment I’d say 3 games no pay + fine.

  • Mike

    $25K fine and one game suspension? I don’t think so. The NBA office will look at this very carefully, consult medical staff, and review its file on what was discussed with MWP (RA)after the Detroit incident. I am old enough to remember the Kermit Washington punch and there is no place for this in the NBA. I believe KW was banned from the NBA for life and MWP may face the same punishment.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNzF0mZUPI MeloMan15

    Theres a big difference between playing physical and elbowing someone to the head when theyre not looking. Artest should be in prison

  • bike

    Allen took the words off my fingers as I were to type them, yo

  • LP

    RON ARTEST will gain the respect he desires. I think you guys are missing the point. Nobody will again f*** with him after this episode. betcha harden won’t get in the way again… nobody will..

  • http://Yahoosports OLOU

    World Peace should be suspended for the entire season and the playoffs, or maybe even removed from the NBA. He does not symbolize World Peace.

  • http://slamonline Brion

    It sux that this incident is taking away from the great comeback the Lakers had. Also I thought Bynum would be complaining about his lack of P.T. today.

  • Kevin

    I personally don’t think it was intentional . He didn’t even look for harden after dunk . He just ran and felt contact . He was just jawing to himself seems like after a play.. Just b/c it’s Artest we assume the worse … I’ve seen players do the same exsact play … Harden flopped replay shows it …

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Harden has a concussion idiot.

  • @boweezy24

    Yeah I Think He Was Trying To Shove Him Away With His Elbow/Arm, but Caught Harden In The Head. :) MWP A Hood Nigguh Tho.

  • Geoff

    @TheMaleGroupie: As I said, hard fouls happening during a play have NOTHING to do with Artest’s elbow. They have no relation. Just because they’re all basketball players doesn’t mean they’re comparable. You’re just slow. Not that this is a comment section of rocket scientists, but the fact that you’re the only one trying to make that correlation says a lot about how dumb you are.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    @Jerkoff, Your intellectual prowess is minute compared to mine. Your comprehension skills are evident of that.

  • http://www.thedynastyboys.com lix

    I’m with Geoff and everyone else. Slick Ric is totally wrong. There is a reason you’re on that island alone buddy. You are definitely reaching tryna compare the elbow to Harden’s head with those other guys getting fouled. Just because a player gets hit doesn’t mean the circumstances are the same.

  • jinolin

    Whoe’s tha Jerkoff?

  • jinolin

    That one replay where Ron is trying to show the ref how he celebrates is quite amusing, I can just imagine the conversation that went on followed by that “ape” gesture.

  • BRYANT BYNUM GASOL 24 17 16

    No suspension no fine. Accidents happen

  • Marc

    Its easy to be keyboard warriors and judge him. But he made a mistake and i dont think he was going for the head. I bet none of yall would call him these names to his face. It was a stupid act it doesn’t mean he is a malicious person. Chill out I seen worse fouls and harder hits in the game.
    PS. I’m not justifying what he did but YOU can’t be so judgemental callin him stupid and a douche.

  • Cizzo

    No justice no WorldPeace…… I would of pop the trunk on his punkass and ended WorldPeace… He would be in a Box and i would be in Prison….

  • http://slamonline.com KRon

    MWP does Muay thai…That was a muay thai elbow!!!

  • Jim Hunt

    I think he should be expelled for the duration of the season and given a stiff fine. If this is overlooked it will only get worse. We can watch hockey if we want to see the fights..

  • REC

    Should never have happened. How sad. A blow like that could kill, then what?

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