Kobe Elbows Artest In NBA Playoffs: Was it in the neck?

by Mr. T Posted 2009/05/07 18:18:37

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	Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.	8 votes	24%
	No. Kobe hit Artest in the chest with his elbow.	1 vote	3%
	It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.	25 votes	74%

Kobe Bryant has been accused of elbowing Rob Artest in the neck during the 2nd semifinal game between the Lakers and the Rockets. After the incident, Artest made a big scene, which got him ejected from the game, while Kobe just tried to remain innocent and quiet. It's an automatic ejection if any player elbows another player above the shoulders... but in the video it looks like Kobe hit Artest in the chest. Stu Jackson is going to take the play and review it back in NY.

What do you think? Did Kobe really elbow Artest in the neck?

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rabbit 2009/05/08 07:31:25

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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Kobe is a dirty player and should not be able to get away with it.
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kaibaman 2009/05/11 15:59:34

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

Hey Mr T-I told you before I don't like basketball, but you continue to send me this shit. Remove me from your sodahead list.

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diszay20 2009/05/10 13:34:44

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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Man people get hit all the time in ball refs cheat and sometimes miss what happens......what i hated is that kobe acted like he didnt do anything punk as* own up to what you do. Artest was gonna knock him smooth off hi feet thats y he put his hands up. Kobe has a problem with elbowing people anyway, he's still a amazing ball player.

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Q-TIP 2009/05/09 22:10:16

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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Its basketball! Artest shouldnt be in NBA if he's gonna freak like that!

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Elizabeth 2009/05/09 17:26:26

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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I missed that one, but where were the officials? Out for a beer?

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jacktown kid 2009/05/08 21:55:53

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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Kobe should have kick artest in the Gonads

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ShahnazRoxs(: 2009/05/08 15:42:32

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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Yep. Kobe hit him the neck and I can't stand them referees. They cheat sometimes and when they cheat, they cheat a little bit too much.

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rabbit 2009/05/08 07:31:25

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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Kobe is a dirty player and should not be able to get away with it.

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Serraphim 2009/05/08 02:59:47

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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sorry... while it is obvious that Mr Slimeball intentionally elbowed the other player, the angle prevented me from determining where he hit him...

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glo 2009/05/08 01:43:51

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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It looks to me that Artest was trying to make truble for Kobe.
He was trying to make Kobe hit him, but it look like he didn't.

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cherokeefox 2009/05/08 00:33:08

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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sorry never watch ball games

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CornerBlitz 2009/05/07 23:25:04

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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I have seen it replayed a billion times already. Do I think it was intentional? Well hell yes. Hard to get away with playing prison rules nowadays.

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jerrichard11 2009/05/07 22:35:25

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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it was originally supposed to be a noncontact sport LOL :-)

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jenn 2009/05/07 21:28:36

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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knowing kobe to be the dirty player he is, yes. i dont mean to disrespect the guy, hes very talented. but you also have to look at the history between the two. theyve been at it before. kobe pulled up his elbow and yanked it. cmon now, u dont yank ur elbow back before you catch a rebound. artest was also up on kobe, but kobe took it too far.

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Lalo to jenn 2009/05/07 21:46:05

actually you dohave to puch back with your elbows to box out. He yank hard, but if you see the play artest was pushing in using his hand and elbow on kobe's neck.

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Serraphim to Lalo 2009/05/08 03:01:35

if you watch.. the elbow action was independent and calculated... just can't see where he hit....

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jenn to Lalo 2009/05/08 17:43:55

to box out is one thing

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Lalo to jenn 2009/05/08 19:06:46

yeah, it sux that the game my elders speak about is a tough and manly game and when they put down my generation for being soft players and then you see plays like this get over blown it sux. Back in the day a play like that would just have been a foul. As a hs bball player, coach always says do what u have to do to let the player know that’s your ball and that you will not be punked around. The fisher foul is something I’ve done before. At the beginning of a game if a player screens you, you have to let him think twice about screening, n that laps of time would help you during the game.

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Pet Rock Whisperer 2009/05/07 21:28:28

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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Artest is a crybaby asshole from way back

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jenn to Pet Roc... 2009/05/07 21:31:22

people change.

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Serraphim to Pet Roc... 2009/05/08 03:05:56

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um.... artest is NOT the guy in white, right..

YOUR video clearly shows the guy in white nailing the the other guy in the throat.....

I don't know.....all I can tell from the bad video and clipped action is that number 3 nailed the other guy in the throat....

that was clear.. the rest is a mess...

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Pet Roc... to Serraphim 2009/05/08 03:21:51

The guy in white is Ben Wallace. Do you think maybe there was a reason Wallace popped him one? Don't suppose you noticed Artest up in the stands attacking spectators or the guy he sucker punched.

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Serraphim to Pet Roc... 2009/05/08 10:27:17

I saw the nonsense afterward... most of it...

I could only comment on what lead up to it at the beginning of the video...

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Shahnaz... to Pet Roc... 2009/05/08 15:48:49

what happened for them to start fighting?

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Pet Roc... to Shahnaz... 2009/05/08 18:19:01

Artest hit Wallace, which the camera didn't catch.

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Shahnaz... to Pet Roc... 2009/05/09 13:07:58

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oh ok....so yea he is a crybaby...:P

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Pet Roc... to Shahnaz... 2009/05/09 15:46:36

That brawl cost him some loot. He was sued by at least a cpl people he attacked. When he was laying down on the table he got beaned with a quarter, flipped out, ran up into the stands swinging. The guy on the floor he sucker punched just asked him for an autograph. He tried whining his way out of that by claiming self defense. That guy did look pretty menacing with his arms at his side n all. lol

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Shahnaz... to Pet Roc... 2009/05/10 01:27:55

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wow...yea crybaby.

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Pet Roc... to Shahnaz... 2009/05/10 01:53:10

lol

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rabbit to Pet Roc... 2009/05/08 18:17:08

Maybe so. But the game the other nite, Kobe was playing dirty as he alway do. And gets away with it. That was a bad call on Artest!!!

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rabbit to Pet Roc... 2009/05/08 22:04:47 (edited)

That may so. Kobe is a dirty player from way back and should have receive a foul for what he did not Artest.

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Pet Roc... to rabbit 2009/05/09 00:31:42

So is Artest. This time it didn't go his way so he stomped his feet and had a hissy fit till he got himself booted. It's no bid deal really.

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Katrina 2009/05/07 20:32:56

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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I played the video over and over and over again but I could not make out that Kobe hit Artest. I am not saying he didn't I just couldn't see it.

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Ron 2009/05/07 20:29:21

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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I don't know--

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melly~thwarting Satan since... 2009/05/07 20:25:27

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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It is BS that Artest got ejected and Bryant didn't. Kobe Bryant is not a pillar of decency--on or off the court. They should have both been ejected.

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gibyob 2009/05/07 20:24:14

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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I can't tell with 100% certainty but It looks like he could have. I wouldn't want to have any money bet on the outcome.

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ctuagentdown 2009/05/07 20:16:20

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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but artest was all over his back prior to the elbow

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Spider20 2009/05/07 19:53:29

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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Kobe knew exactly what he was doing...that's a move going back to playground days.....you toss an elbow like that, you know you're going to nail somebody in the head area.....hey, hockey players do it too......

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Mully 2009/05/07 19:40:09

Yes, Kobe hit Artest in the neck with his elbow.

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Yeah, it's hilarious how biased NBA refs are sometimes. Kobe Bryant elbows Artest in the neck. No call. Artest stares at Kobe. ejected.

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max@r to Mully 2009/05/08 03:36:38

no what the hell he went up 2 Kobe already having a technical foul. and Kobe got a tech also for talking so that's not completely true. but i do agree with your other statement

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NoMoreBS 2009/05/07 19:39:00

It's too hard to say where Kobe hit Artest.

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Who cares. Do you think if you hit someone in the neck Kobe will care if you did it intentionally.

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