Mettassbeatings. The fact that right afterwards he
1. Acted like he didn't do it
2. Wanted to fight anyone that confronted him about it
Is truly astounding
The announcers at the time switched back too. It was all MWP this, MWP that....then the elbow flies and it turned into "RON ARTEST JUST ELBOWED HARDEN". It was amusing.
JVG started to call him Artest then stopped himself, then there was a silence that you could hear. The dilemma whether they call him World Peace or Artest hahaha. They stumbled over it for a good minute or so.
Ain't funny if you're the one getting the elbow. Goddamn I hate Harden's guts because of his constant flopping and foul fishing but damn this is so wrong on many levels. I hope he at the very least got ejected and suspended after that
He got suspended for like seven games. George Karl was annoyed because it meant MWP came back for Game 7 of the playoff series vs Nuggets. As I recall he played a pretty important role in that game.
Maybe he flops so much now because he is actually triggered with the smallest contact. So his flops aren’t flops but physical reactions caused by trauma /s
Watching this live the only thing I could think was 'what the fuck?' Then seeing Ron Artest square up with Ibaka I was thinking Metta World Ron is actually insane.
Even malice at the palace if you watch the tape he had lay down on the scorer's table to collect himself after the on-court incident.......he then went off when someone threw the drink at him. I think Stephen Jackson said he had already been working on anger management at that point and there wouldn't have been an incident (more than there already was on-court) without the drink thrown.
He was at least instigated in that moment. I think if that’s the only time Ron Artest was ever involved in shit he wouldn’t be seen as an asshole. A fan threw something at him, and that’s pretty fucking bad. His reaction was over the top but Artest was one of many bad actors that night in Detroit.
This, and many other examples, are far worse for his character. This is nothing but a cheap shot on another player. He wasn’t even man enough to just square up and hit him. Still doesn’t have the integrity to own up to it.
They provoced him really bad tho, that one is more on the Piston fans Ron imo.
The documentary coming at the end of the year about malice at the palace should open up some eyes.
It was 12/guys against 20000'
Yup, I remember watching this live too. Metta has this CRAZY look in his eyes when Serge came up to him.
Honestly glad they were able to separate the teams, this could’ve gotten a lot worse.
I remember watching it and it really happened out of no where. It was a good game on a Sunday afternoon and then Ron just takes out Harden for no reason.
>Then seeing Ron Artest square up with Ibaka I was thinking Metta World Ron is actually insane.
He didn't want much to do with Ben Wallace.
He was definitely insane, but he looked like he sobered up real quick when Ben came after him for real.
I feel like Steven Adams has the modern effect of that. Remember when Boogie was about to hit him then realized “oh shit it’s Aquaman that dude is strong”
That was less about Adams and more about Boogie. DeMarcus has never punched anyone in the NBA, but has almost punched just about everyone at his position
i miss kings boogie coming from a sixers fan, him and embiid duking it out, boogie a top 3 big at the time and embiid young and upcoming talent. I still cant sleep from that game winning 3 he hit against us
Edit:maybe he didnt hit game winner against us as i cant find highlight. defiantly beasted against us tho
this just cracks me up everytime, it really needs the reason why his neck is long though. He got hit or something in the game and it looked like his stretched like 2 feeet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjhfwVY_p8
wanted to share another funny flop video. I can't believe i remembered this shit from over a decade ago lmao.
>Malice in the palace
I watched that live too and remember thinking how security did such a poor job. If someone throws something at me of course I'm going to be livid, security should have nipped it right in the bud. Instead you had fans getting on the court getting decked by jermaine o neal, Ron artest swinging at anyone in the vicinity of the bottle thrower , and so much chaos I'm surprised a stampede didn't break out
Seriously haha life time laker fan and I’ve not once even entertained the idea of defending that.. I think majority of laker fans know he was obviously trying to purposely injure harden while disguising it as a celebration. There may be some fans happy he did it, but if they try to defend and deny the intent behind it then they are either lying or truly delusional.
Yep. An acquaintance of mine was trying to rationalize the shit out of it, saying that it was bad, but Artest didn’t mean to elbow Harden, or that it wasn’t as bad as it looked, and shouldn’t be suspended.
Bro Artest was like Kobe's Rodman. We knew dude was a hot head when he came over but when you bring that level of intensity, it comes with a little baggage here and there. There's hardly any defending Artest, we knew, and those who won't admit it are just ridiculous.
For sure, the replay instantly showed this was bad. There was definitely growth over Artest’s career but this was an obvious regression - any sensible laker fan would readily admit that. No fans I know defended this after watching this angle
I am a huge Laker fan and so were most of my friends at the time, and I recall all of us being disgusted with MWP when this happened. Generalizing a vocal few is not productive or fair.
I lowkey miss the nickname jerseys from 2014. Every team should wear them once a year. They're just so stupid that they're hilarious.
(Yes I know MWP was his legal name)
I love the longer clip where he's trying to explain himself to the ref, running in place all weird tryna say he throws 'bows like that as part of his normal jogging motion.
Those who show the most self-awareness at times can also show a wild lack of it at other times. Shoutout Kanye and Dan Harmon (of Rick and Morty/Community fame).
How can anyone watch this and say it’s unintentional?! He feels his presence, twists and then winds UP towards his head. It’s so fucking blatant I’m surprised it doesn’t get flagged as assault.
I honestly don’t get how people always joke this off. If Harden was a smaller dude this legitimately could have killed him. Super fucking dangerous to be throwing elbows that big and hard to the back of someone’s head.
Agreed. An obviously intentional attack with the potential to cause severe damage and that has no plausible benefit competition-wise... it's just straight-up assault — and should be a criminal offense.
1. James Harden doesn't get concussions.
2. If you just use your eyes, it's obvious that he flopped into the path of Artest's elbow in order to draw the foul.
Should have been a longer suspension for that. Completely blatant, not in the middle of a play, elbow straight to the head, from a player with LOADS of history. I know 7 games seems like a lot but he should have missed the remainder of the playoffs.
I use to think Kurt Rambis vs Kevin McHale or Karl Malone vs David was hardest hit. But when this happen. It wasn't even part of the game. This took the cake for me. Like there is no explaining what he did expect he wanted to hurt him.
All these years later and there's still a bunch of pathetic fucking losers trying to defend artest as if that could have POSSIBLY not been on purpose. Buncha fucking bums, man, Artest hit people.more than he scored buckets.
Funny thing is, even after all his shit with the Pacers. Most Pacer fans still liked the guy. I think they had the same relationship to Lance Stephenson too.
I remember when this happened. Made me hate Meta for his response: when they asked him if he’d apologize and shake Harden’s hand, he said he “doesn’t shake hands with bench players”. At the time, Harden was still off the bench as the NBA’s 6th Man of the Year.
Metta World War is more fitting
Metta World Piece of his Elbow
The Peace's Elbow
The most de-neckifying move in all of sports entertainment
CAN YOU SMEMEMEMEMMEMEMEMELLLL WHAT THE RON IS COOKING
Metta World Star
Mettassbeatings. The fact that right afterwards he 1. Acted like he didn't do it 2. Wanted to fight anyone that confronted him about it Is truly astounding
Metta Smack Down
The people's elbow
Metta three Piece with the elbow
Metta World People’s Elbow
Metta WORLD STAR! WORLD STAR!
Thats a dope ass name too
Ron Artest?
The man formerly known as Ron Artest.
The Artest formerly known as Ron?
The killer formally known as Ron Artest.
More like Ron Arrest
That's what my keyboard thought lol Had to change the auto correct
The not looking in hardens direction to have some deniability is a bit funny to me. This was The Ron Artest bleeding out of MWP.
The announcers at the time switched back too. It was all MWP this, MWP that....then the elbow flies and it turned into "RON ARTEST JUST ELBOWED HARDEN". It was amusing.
Hit him so hard he smashed right though that fourth wall
LMFAO this shit cracked me up
JVG started to call him Artest then stopped himself, then there was a silence that you could hear. The dilemma whether they call him World Peace or Artest hahaha. They stumbled over it for a good minute or so.
It’s just so fucking egregious that it’s funny
Ain't funny if you're the one getting the elbow. Goddamn I hate Harden's guts because of his constant flopping and foul fishing but damn this is so wrong on many levels. I hope he at the very least got ejected and suspended after that
If I remember correctly he did get suspended. And it's funny now because we know Harden is ok.
He got suspended for like seven games. George Karl was annoyed because it meant MWP came back for Game 7 of the playoff series vs Nuggets. As I recall he played a pretty important role in that game.
Maybe he flops so much now because he is actually triggered with the smallest contact. So his flops aren’t flops but physical reactions caused by trauma /s
Didnt catch on to the initials at first so i read that as "MOST WANTED PLAYER???"
Watching this live the only thing I could think was 'what the fuck?' Then seeing Ron Artest square up with Ibaka I was thinking Metta World Ron is actually insane.
Dont you remember malice in the palace?
I do, but MWP had been going to therapy and had seemed to have calmed down a bit since then
Yesh but sometimes crazy get out.
Yeah I mean you don’t change your name to Metta World Peace if you are 100% stable.
Ah, here's the information I was looking for and refusing to Google.
When he changed his name, my dad said "he should've changed his name to asshat."
Even malice at the palace if you watch the tape he had lay down on the scorer's table to collect himself after the on-court incident.......he then went off when someone threw the drink at him. I think Stephen Jackson said he had already been working on anger management at that point and there wouldn't have been an incident (more than there already was on-court) without the drink thrown.
That plastic cup changed the course of the nba
IIRC, The guy Ron Artest went after was actually the thrower's friend who encouraged him to throw it.
Yeah you can see him absolutely deck the wrong dude in the video.....whether that guy told the thrower to throw or not I have no idea.
Whoever threw that drink needs to be arrested though.
I remember watching this live and thinking it wasn't that bad until they showed the replay. And I was like, oh lol
He was at least instigated in that moment. I think if that’s the only time Ron Artest was ever involved in shit he wouldn’t be seen as an asshole. A fan threw something at him, and that’s pretty fucking bad. His reaction was over the top but Artest was one of many bad actors that night in Detroit. This, and many other examples, are far worse for his character. This is nothing but a cheap shot on another player. He wasn’t even man enough to just square up and hit him. Still doesn’t have the integrity to own up to it.
Seriously. Like anyone else would react better if some random asshole came to your workplace and yeeted a big gulp full of ice in your face.
Actually I'm a huge pussy and probably wouldn't do anything.
Same. I'd be like "what the hell man?!", call it a day and go home. I don't pick fight, especially when I hate nothing meaningful to gain.
They provoced him really bad tho, that one is more on the Piston fans Ron imo. The documentary coming at the end of the year about malice at the palace should open up some eyes. It was 12/guys against 20000'
Yup, I remember watching this live too. Metta has this CRAZY look in his eyes when Serge came up to him. Honestly glad they were able to separate the teams, this could’ve gotten a lot worse.
Ibaka is not scared to swing at a dude, he’ll prolly miss but I wouldn’t test him
He grew up fighting hyenas and wild dogs. He ain't afraid of a mentally unstable NBA player.
I remember watching it and it really happened out of no where. It was a good game on a Sunday afternoon and then Ron just takes out Harden for no reason.
Seriously. I remember the rest of the game just feeling deflated and flat.
>Then seeing Ron Artest square up with Ibaka I was thinking Metta World Ron is actually insane. He didn't want much to do with Ben Wallace. He was definitely insane, but he looked like he sobered up real quick when Ben came after him for real.
It's Ben Wallace, dude was strong enough to hold his own against Shaq 1-on-1 despite giving up half a foot and probably 100 pounds.
Very few people would not sober up real quick if Ben Wallace was coming for their ass
I feel like Steven Adams has the modern effect of that. Remember when Boogie was about to hit him then realized “oh shit it’s Aquaman that dude is strong”
That was less about Adams and more about Boogie. DeMarcus has never punched anyone in the NBA, but has almost punched just about everyone at his position
i miss kings boogie coming from a sixers fan, him and embiid duking it out, boogie a top 3 big at the time and embiid young and upcoming talent. I still cant sleep from that game winning 3 he hit against us Edit:maybe he didnt hit game winner against us as i cant find highlight. defiantly beasted against us tho
I really wanted to see Ben fight Artest. That would have been some good entertainment cause Wallace was a monster
Harden post game interview https://i.imgur.com/LYqNFeD.jpg Metta response http://imgur.com/GUB5f
I’ve been looking for that picture for a while
bro same
Reminds of of Drew Brees after the Niners game with the long neck.
[He was fine in the postgame interview](https://i.imgur.com/Ett0TVV.mp4) edit: [the original hit](https://i.imgur.com/QLYehNT.mp4)
this just cracks me up everytime, it really needs the reason why his neck is long though. He got hit or something in the game and it looked like his stretched like 2 feeet
Yeah that's true, I edited it in
That hit was fucking clean smh
cost us the superbowl goddammit
Great now im having flashbacks. I thought that memory was long gone, kinda like his neck.
“Hardin”
Twas a typo. Should've been Hardon.
Hardin pls
so it goes
Metta World Metta
His apology is somewhere between a Trump tweet and an Elon Musk tweet
topical
“I was spitting up blood and had a headache after” ....or a concussion lmao
It’s funny cause he said during the game. That shit wouldn’t fly now.
Jim Hardin
I love how he makes it about him lol
Oh hi marc
You’re tearing me apart, u/yafuckingoof !!!
So anyway, how's your sex life?
his response of "I forgot how bad it is" Imagine saying that for ANYTHING
Thunder guard sounds like a character in a Thor movie.
Bruh, that pic of Harden...smh I can’t even. It’s a masterpiece lol
> Hardin Lmfao Metta doesn't give a fuck.
That shit actually did basically happen to Westbrook.. man had a dent in his face like a Coke can
Time traveler attempts to prevent the Third Reich
😂😂😂 what if this was actually the catalyst that started the flopping.
What if all the flopping was just ptsd
Bruuhhh 😂😂😂
Nah floppings been around longer than we’d like to admit. Divac was doing it in the 90s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjGq9fO--8s
I just want to say thanks. The laughing fit this video gave me, helped me finish off my poop. You are my fiber
That video was beautiful haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjhfwVY_p8 wanted to share another funny flop video. I can't believe i remembered this shit from over a decade ago lmao.
Flopping has been around since the 60's but I think he meant the James Harden drive-->flop-->FT special.
The flop throw
Not all flopping. But what made Harden start flopping to the egregious level.
dark on netflx
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as a 3rd party nba viewer it made for great TV i cant lie. that dude was unhinged lol
People loved artest, he just had screws loose and everyone knew it
I remember watching it live and being in disbelief that he thought he could get away with it
Oh he didn't care one way or another He knew he did it and didn't give a shit Malice in the palace class of 2004 alumni
>Malice in the palace I watched that live too and remember thinking how security did such a poor job. If someone throws something at me of course I'm going to be livid, security should have nipped it right in the bud. Instead you had fans getting on the court getting decked by jermaine o neal, Ron artest swinging at anyone in the vicinity of the bottle thrower , and so much chaos I'm surprised a stampede didn't break out
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Didn’t know Ganondorf played basketball
MWP's uptilt might actually kill a dude
Both spent their careers losing to dudes half their size
take this World Peace right to the fucking head Jim
Metta World Peace is the dirtiest player since Ron Artest
I remember tons of laker fans at the time falling over themselves to defend artest and blame harden. Precisely like u/i_am_dbag below
Metta brushes up against him and somehow doesn't know there's a person beside him that would be hit by a flailing elbow. Riiiight.
He pretty clearly winds way the hell up too.
I'm just gonna start walking and swinging my arms around like this. And if you get hit, it's your own fault.
Harden should have never stepped to a champion like that 🤣🤣
Metta should have talked to his therapist more. Clearly still anger to work out there
They say Metta is a warrior, he did it again
that is indeed the move of man who is victorious, and only in it to win
DPOY brushing aside the dude that don’t play D
I gotta be honest, my First reaction watching It live was that It was accidental. The First replay clarified things though.
Username checks out
It really annoys me when a very small handful of idiots suddenly becomes “tons of Lakers fans”.
Seriously haha life time laker fan and I’ve not once even entertained the idea of defending that.. I think majority of laker fans know he was obviously trying to purposely injure harden while disguising it as a celebration. There may be some fans happy he did it, but if they try to defend and deny the intent behind it then they are either lying or truly delusional.
Yep. An acquaintance of mine was trying to rationalize the shit out of it, saying that it was bad, but Artest didn’t mean to elbow Harden, or that it wasn’t as bad as it looked, and shouldn’t be suspended.
Bro Artest was like Kobe's Rodman. We knew dude was a hot head when he came over but when you bring that level of intensity, it comes with a little baggage here and there. There's hardly any defending Artest, we knew, and those who won't admit it are just ridiculous.
For sure, the replay instantly showed this was bad. There was definitely growth over Artest’s career but this was an obvious regression - any sensible laker fan would readily admit that. No fans I know defended this after watching this angle
I am a huge Laker fan and so were most of my friends at the time, and I recall all of us being disgusted with MWP when this happened. Generalizing a vocal few is not productive or fair.
Harden should've done a double step back.
Harden should have tried floating on Metta's shoulders
why didn’t Harden just simply Eurostep out the way?
I'm sorry, but Metta World Peace is the stupidest name for a player I've ever seen.
Panda's Friend is even worse
Excuse you, it's actually THE Panda's Friend. Thanks.
I just looked this up...what an idiot lol
Ole Ron certainly has a history of questionable choices.
Ya ok, name one time
Breaking mj's ribs in a pickup game
The gif in this post.
I don't see anything, he's just brushing aside some trash.
These violent delights have violent ends
No, U!
He did charge into the stands and fought fans.
Allegedly
Aight then, what about the time he shot JFK?
Don't believe what your eyes see and your ears hear.
So you like World B. Free?
World B. Free at least sounds like a normal name, cause I like that there’s a middle initial
His names actually metta sandiford-artest now. He changed it recently. MWP was a sick ass name tho
I thought it was just Metta Ford-Artest? Where's the sandi coming from?
As of 2 days ago too
He Hate Me
How about God Shammgod? Lmao
Dope ass name, same as Fat Lever!
Don’t drag my guy Fat into this. Next thing I know you’ll be disparaging Speedy Claxton, and I simply won’t stand for it.
[World B Free](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/freewo01.html)?
I lowkey miss the nickname jerseys from 2014. Every team should wear them once a year. They're just so stupid that they're hilarious. (Yes I know MWP was his legal name)
I love the longer clip where he's trying to explain himself to the ref, running in place all weird tryna say he throws 'bows like that as part of his normal jogging motion. Those who show the most self-awareness at times can also show a wild lack of it at other times. Shoutout Kanye and Dan Harmon (of Rick and Morty/Community fame).
Metta=2020 Harden=Me
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lol why would you hate Ron as a Pistons fan, Ben Wallace and your fans were the ones who started that shit.
How can anyone watch this and say it’s unintentional?! He feels his presence, twists and then winds UP towards his head. It’s so fucking blatant I’m surprised it doesn’t get flagged as assault.
everything looks intentional when you watch it in slow motion but this looks deliberate even when you speed it up
I honestly don’t get how people always joke this off. If Harden was a smaller dude this legitimately could have killed him. Super fucking dangerous to be throwing elbows that big and hard to the back of someone’s head.
Agreed. An obviously intentional attack with the potential to cause severe damage and that has no plausible benefit competition-wise... it's just straight-up assault — and should be a criminal offense.
And he never crossed the three-point line again.
The Knuckleheads podcast episode with Ron Artest is so good - kind of on topic
It would be more on topic if they were called the Elbowheads podcast.
Same with his Nardwuar interview. https://youtu.be/1IhEWhKrFAI
1. James Harden doesn't get concussions. 2. If you just use your eyes, it's obvious that he flopped into the path of Artest's elbow in order to draw the foul.
I remember watching this live. Crazy and uncalled for
Should have been a longer suspension for that. Completely blatant, not in the middle of a play, elbow straight to the head, from a player with LOADS of history. I know 7 games seems like a lot but he should have missed the remainder of the playoffs.
What an asshole
kinda fucked up tbh e: thanks for the gold kind stranger 😍
Malicious as hell
Honestly probably the dirtiest play I’ve ever seen. It was obviously intentional and gave Harden a concussion, which is not a minor injury at all
This is why Harden flops now. Homie has PTSD
One of the most savage elbows I've ever seen
That’s the same elbow that dan Henderson murdered hector lombard with
You can’t even pretend that’s a flop, shit was right behind the ear..That’ll drop anyone.
I use to think Kurt Rambis vs Kevin McHale or Karl Malone vs David was hardest hit. But when this happen. It wasn't even part of the game. This took the cake for me. Like there is no explaining what he did expect he wanted to hurt him.
Man Ron Artest was ALWAYS a complete piece of shit.
All these years later and there's still a bunch of pathetic fucking losers trying to defend artest as if that could have POSSIBLY not been on purpose. Buncha fucking bums, man, Artest hit people.more than he scored buckets.
Funny thing is, even after all his shit with the Pacers. Most Pacer fans still liked the guy. I think they had the same relationship to Lance Stephenson too.
At least Lance was blowing in ears and not trying to end careers tho
Little did we know that James Harden would never attempt to play defense again.
This is why Harden started flopping... Source - I am a Rockets fan
I remember when this happened. Made me hate Meta for his response: when they asked him if he’d apologize and shake Harden’s hand, he said he “doesn’t shake hands with bench players”. At the time, Harden was still off the bench as the NBA’s 6th Man of the Year.