Comments on: Searching For the NBA’s Version of the Charlie Sheen Fiasco

By: Quintin Faske

Quintin Faske — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:23:11 +0000

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By: Jason J

Jason J — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:27:41 +0000

Shouldn't the Sheen figure have a beloved and even more successful father from the same field who tries to reach out and save him but gets rejected on national TV? Too bad Jellybean wasn't amazing, and his son recovered from offseason kneerapeallegationsurgery and ruined the story and my Celtics dynasty.

By: P Middy

P Middy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:07:01 +0000

"Gilbert is a fool. Fool. Troll. Weak. Defeated. He allowed defeat to be an option. I will not."

By: JM

JM — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:55:49 +0000

I don't know if waiving a player is really the equivalent here. CBS hasn't fired Sheen, just suspended him for the last 1/3 of the season. They could still bring him back for next year, and given the cash machine that the show is, they may well choose to do so.

If we look at great players who were just suspended for major portions of the season, the list gets much longer:

* Gilbert Arenas (50 games)
* Ron Artest (73 games)
* Carmelo Anthony (15 games)
* Latrell Sprewell (68 games)
* Dennis Rodman (11 games)
* Kermit Washington (26 games)

I would vote for Gil as the Charlie Sheen of the NBA, not only because of his long suspension, but because of his bizarre media antics and the way those antics directly led to his suspension (which is analogous to how Sheen's rants led CBS to pull the plug on 3/2 Men due to public embarrassment).

By: P Middy

P Middy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:23:26 +0000

I think I am with Bryan on this one. If we believe the conspiracy theories about Jordan's 1st retirement, he's the only one of them who after the whole fiasco could sit there and point to himself and say, "WIN."

By: Max

Max — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:25:50 +0000

Marbury doesn't work because the Knicks were definitely not a winning team when he left

By: Greyberger

Greyberger — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:12:30 +0000

Ron Artest! Credit to thirteen, Artest is the closest thing you have to Sheen.

1. Bright Future.
2. Warning Signs.
3. Key Moment.
4. Irrevocably Public Madness.
5. Breaking up the Band.

A lot of people think the Pacers had something special going in that '04 season. And 2005 was Artest's best chance to shine. The only difference is it's suspension/trades that ended the Artest era.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:52:39 +0000

If you believe in the (unfounded) rumors that Michael Jordan's 1st retirement was actually due to his gambling problems, he fits the model pretty well.

By: Kevin Hartrich

Kevin Hartrich — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:47:06 +0000

How about T-Mac before went to NY? He on paper was still very talented, he wasn't happy, wanted changes, and the show got canceled (Rockets missed playoffs) after almost beating the Lakers the year before.

The best example though is the Artest melee

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:59:45 +0000

Good point, although I wasn't sure how much of a role that played in the Detroit situation (I thought that was more about insubordination/his refusal to go to the bench than anything else). Also, his daughter's health was brought up a great deal with regard to his departure from Philly a second time, although Stephen A. Smith did report on the alcoholism as well:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4975922