For those people protesting that Ron Artest/Metta World Peace is a changed man, that hitting James Harden in the head was an accident, or Artest’s random on-court violence was an aberration, let’s look at the video.
Here’s Artest hitting Juan Jose Barea in the head for no reason, an act that earned him an ejection and a suspension during last year’s playoffs. Was it even his first blow-to-the-head suspension during a playoff series? No, he missed a game back in 2006 for elbowing Manu Ginobili in the head.
Off the court, Metta World Peace might well be a mature, thoughtful, kind person. But on the court, he’s not much different than he was when he went into the stands seven years ago. Except he hits other players in the head more.
