Artest: Man Of Elbow

Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace.

As a self-proclaimed ambassadorfor love, he proceeded to put it into action as we see here:



Of course, this has little to do with any arguments favoring "in the heat of the battle." This was simply a flagrant assault where a player lost control of his emotions. Simple as that. For this, he got seven games. A little light if you ask me. Artest is no stranger to behavioral problems. His rap sheet (no pun intended - for those who may not, he once asked for a leave of absence to go and record a rap album), is very long. Disturbingly long. He's been suspended, I think it's 115 games in total during his career.

The most infamous offense was the brawl in Detoit between the Pistons and the Pacers - who Artest was playing for at the time. He got 73 games for going into the stands. I think that's the longest suspension in pro sports history outside of Shoeless Joe.

I think he should reconsider. How about Global Conflict?

Artest (which really is close to the word 'arrest' interestingly), should hook up with Man City's bad boy Mario Balotelli.

Riot police stand guard. If I'm Vienna, I'm making those calls to conduct psychology tests.