yes going into the stands was wrong, but charles barkley had a good point i think. He said, to paraphrase, if you were walking down the street and you threw a beer into some guy's face....would you expect him to just keep walking or punch you in the face?
Going into the stands was stupid...but I don't think that action itself deserves a year suspension. Vernon Maxwell did the same thing a few years ago and only got a 10 game suspension. Because of the ensuing melee, and the national never-ending press, Stern has to send a message....and Artest gets 7 times more punishment than Maxwell did for in essence the same crime.
But, that's life I guess....Stern is over-punishing this instance in the hopes it will never happen again. I bet it will though....probably not this year or the next, but it will definately happen again
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