"You can suck my balls"

[Glenn]

From the Smoking Gun...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...62bballs1.html

Words Sparked "Malice At The Palace"
What Ron Artest said to Ben Wallace to trigger infamous 2004 brawl

NOVEMBER 16--With the second anniversary of The Malice at The Palace approaching, a report obtained by The Smoking Gun finally reveals what Ron Artest said to Ben Wallace to help trigger the notorious brawl between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. According to a Pistons official present at the November 19, 2004 game, Artest made a crude five-word suggestion to Wallace in the midst of a scrum at the game's conclusion. The fracas quickly got out of control when a Detroit fan threw a drink at Artest, who responded by jumping into the crowd with his fists flying. In a statement given to an NBA security official, Matt Dobek, Detroit's vice president of public relations, recounted what he saw from the corner of the Pistons bench. The Dobek statement, a copy of which you'll find below, was provided by the NBA to the Michigan prosecutor who investigated the brawl. Artest, who now plays for the Sacramento Kings, and Wallace, who has since decamped to the Chicago Bulls, both later copped pleas for their roles in the melee. (1 page)

[Matt]

the chronology of the report is off....Jermaine O'Neal hit the fan AFTER Artest got hit by the cup.

"You can suck my balls." Classic.

[metr0man]

So the suck my balls line (lol) was when Ron was on the scorer's table? Um if that's true, that didn't spark the brawl.

[Tahoe]

Something doesn't jive with the story, but Ben can suck balls cause he left.

[Uncle Mxy]

This just goes to show that Artest is a total nutjob.

[metr0man]

He's quite a BALL player.

[Black Dynamite]

[BigggChris04]

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I was think the sammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme thing
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[Vinny]

Thanks Grantland, for bringing this all back to life leading to an extensive email battle with my friends.

[DE]

ESPN, Bill Simmons and all his fucking asshat crew at Grantland can suck my fucking balls.