It was judgment day for Metta World Peace a.k.a. Ron Artest after hitting James Harden with the “Peoples Elbow” during a battle for Western Conference Supremacy against the OKC Thunder. MWP was suspended for 7 games which means that he will probably miss the first round of the playoffs.
Personally I think the suspension was a bit much, but with his history we all knew a hefty suspension would be coming. Oklahoma City Thunder’s James Harden received a concussion from the blow that made the incident a major headliner with the combination of who committed the act.
In the past few seasons MWP has been a model citizen. Being awarded J. Walter Kennedy NBA Citizenship award last season was a great accomplishment for World Peace given his history. There were many people complaining that MWP should be suspended for the playoffs and etc. The elbow to Hardens head was blatant to the viewer, but World Peace claims that it was not intentional.
We all know dude is deranged so I don’t know whether to believe him or not. It does suck to see a double standard when it comes to MWP. For example Kevin Love stepped on Luis Scola’s face, but only faced a two game suspension. Commissioner Stern had no choice to give MWP a heavy punishment due to his bad history. Seven games is a very long suspension especially at this point of the season.
I do agree that MWP should have been suspended for the elbow, but seven games may be a bit much. A four to five game suspension may have been ideal, but we are talking about the artist formerly known as Ron Artest who has a rap sheet of being a “bad boy” in the NBA.
