Will Metta World Peace’s Suspension Cost The Lakers A Shot At The NBA Title?
Boy, the Lakers are lucky. Not because Ron Artest Metta World Peace was suspended for 7 games after delivering a “Macho Man” Randy Savage-sized elbow on James Harden. That part sucks. Where they (perhaps) lucked out is their placement in the first round of the NBA Playoffs where they will draw the Denver Nuggets instead of the red hot Memphis Grizzlies. Either way, however, Metta World Peace’s suspension is yet another issue the Los Angeles Lakers have to face heading into the playoffs.
This has been a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of year for the Lakers. From the Chris Paul trade that never happened, Andrew Bynum‘s brilliance to baffling transgressions and Mike Brown‘s seeming inability to keep the band together, to their occasional flashes of genius as a team and the fact that they landed the #3 seed even though everyone had them shoved behind the Los Angeles Clippers; it all has us scratching our heads heading into the post season. When Kobe Bryant sat out with an injury, it appeared that the Lakers were destined for that #4 or #5 seed. But good ol’ World Peace swept through and had a remarkable resurgence as both an offensive and defensive player in April.
And then he goes and clobbers Harden with an elbow to the dome.
That’s just the type of season the Lakers are having. Now they will enter the playoffs a man short and that man is the one that contains offensive threats. Fortunately, the Nuggets are steamrolling into the playoffs like the Grizzlies. Nobody wants to play that team right now. They excel in the areas where the Lakers falter (point guard) and have the size to bang on the inside. The Nuggets aren’t as dangerous, but they certainly will give the Lakers problems in the first round. Aside from World Peace being suspended, Ramon Sessions has been in a funk and the bench has been putrid.
However you look at it, this is the last thing the Lakers needed to happen. It doesn’t matter who they are playing, they haven’t been consistent enough for any fan to feel comfortable rolling into the playoffs. Without MWP, their chances are 50/50 at best.
And if you’re a Lakers fan, that’s not good enough.
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IT IS PAST TIME FOR THE NBA TO SAY THAT IT IS BIGGER THAN EVEN ONE OF ITS INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS AND THAT THE HOOLIGANISM MUST STOP! EVEN ONE PLAYER WHO IS NEEDLESSLY INJURED IS ONE PLAYER TOO MANY! IT SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF THE THUGGISH BEHAVIOR OF THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY THE GAME FOR MONEY DOES NOT CEASE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING INJURY TO PLAYERS WILL BE FORCED TO RETIRE FROM BASKETBALL!
The Los Angeles Lakers DESERVE TO LOSE IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN FAILING TO CONTROL THEIR PLAYERS’ ACTIONS DURING NBA GAMES! THE OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ABUSE THEIR POWERS WITH IMPUNITY IN ORDER TO GET THE MISCREANTS OFF THE COURT WHO SET OUT TO DELIBERATELY INJURE PLAYERS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT!AND SOME OF THESE PLAYERS SHOULD BE SIDELINED FOR KEEPS IF THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF INTENTIONALLY INJURING OTHER PLAYERS!What “Metta World Peace” did to James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder WAS BEYOND DISGRACEFUL!
The Los Angeles Lakers are headed for the sewer just as
sure as I’m sitting here. AND THEY DESERVE TO BE IN THE NBA
CELLAR FOR NOT CONTROLLING THEIR PLAYERS’ ACTIONS. “METTA WORLD
PEACE” HAS BROUGHT OPPROBRIUM TO THE NBA FOR HIS ELBOW ASSAULT
ON JAMES HARDEN. THE NBA SHOULD KEEP HIM ALWAYS ON THE MOVE,
TRADING HIM FROM TEAM TO TEAM, WITH NO STAYING POWER LASTING
LONGER THAN TWO YEARS WITH ANY TEAM BEFORE BEING FORCED TO
RETIRE FROM BASKETBALL ONCE THE INFIRMITIES OF OLD AGE HAVE
CAUGHT UP WITH HIM!
I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE A TEAMMATE, LET ALONE AN OPPONENT, OF THE MAN WHO HAS TAKEN THE ASININE NAME “METTA WORLD PEACE,” AND AS LONG AS HE REMAINS ON THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS’ PAYROLL HE’S BAD LUCK FOR THE TEAM! HE NEEDS TO GO-RIGHT NOW!