From David Harrison, Artest’s teammate at the time, about arriving back in the locker room after the fight:
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(Artest was suspended for the remainder of the season — 72 games — and the playoffs by then-commissioner David Stern.)
“Then Ron was literally like my 6-year-old son and [said], ‘Oh man, you think they’re going to suspend us? I don’t want to be suspended.’ And everyone starts laughing.”
Things apparently got so bad that the players had to lie on the floor of the team bus because of reports of people bringing guns to the arena.
In any case, that kind of disassociation seems par for the course for Ron Artest Metta World Peace The Panda’s Friend.
