Face the fact people: the reason that dude threw beer at Artest was coz his home team got whipped by Artest and the Indiana Pacers. I totally blame the fan who threw the beer at Artest. Paying $50 to watch the NBA doesn?t give you a right to abuse opposing team players and throw objects at them coz they make millions of dollars. I believe Artest and O'Neal made the right decision by knocking down those two fans that came to the court. Fans have no right to come to the court?? will you guys feel comfortable someone else harrasing and threatening at your workplace??? The best thing should have been David "Dumbass" Stern taking the pay cut from his 10+ million salary and use that money on security. Why was security not there??? Shouldn?t someone be protecting when Artest was lying in the table??? The only police I saw during those airing was the one trying to use pepper spray @ players. And can someone justify me why Pistons organization is not penalized? I hope Pistion organization will be drageed into law suit to come. I am appalled by Dumbass's decision. David "Dumbass" Stern and his NBA associates would not have handed out such harsh punishment if the player were in the likes of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, Allen Iverson, JKIDD, CWebb and Kevin Garnett. If you are a superstar in the league you will get a free pass whether you are a wife beater or accused rapist or teammate beater. NBA trying to pose itself and untainted league, come on now?. The NBA's problems run deeper than image, suspending Artest won?t do it. The situation we are now is coz you have been giving free pass to the superstars for longtime. Mr. Dumbass, have you realized why there is no connection between fans and the NBA players??? Coz the players are arrogant, selfish and overpaid, didn?t we got to know more about them in the last World Championships and Olympics??? The only thing matters to you is the attendance, TV ratings, sponsorships and advertising deals, and broader interest worldwide, NO??? As long as players perform in the court, that?s all it matters to you. You have compiled full thugs who are wife beater and deadbeat father in the NBA. Mr Stern, there has been declining attendance and awful Finals ratings for the past few years, why not take the responsibility and resign from the post??? I hope the major sponsor will pull out from the deal so NBA can learn the lesson...... NBA needs new leadership??..a new leadership who will start to promote teams and great teamwork, not individuals and highlights. and who will stop encouraging the kids from high school to jump into NBA.