Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Stupid fans come with the territory. Yeah the fan threw the beer, but it was up to the players to respond or not. It doesn't matter how much the fan deserved to get his ass kicked. If Artest hadn't jumped into the stands, the situation wouldn't have happened.
I dunno if an indefinite suspension was necessarily the way to go, but the only time the fans can be blamed is when the players buck up and don't respond.
And going even farther back, if the fan hadn't thrown a beer onto the court, the whole situation wouldn't have happened. Why would you blame the person that responded rather than the person that instigated?
Just because he's rich and he's in the NBA doesn't mean he has to sit there and let people throw shit at him.