WWE King of the Ring vs. NBA’s 16 Craziest Players Ever
By Rob Perez
This 2014-2015 NBA season is the 10th anniversary of ‘The Malice at the Palace’ between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons.
I feel like the anniversary of this memorable moment in history wasn’t given proper recognition.
This upsets me.
I think we should celebrate it now.
What if the 16 craziest guys in NBA history fought each other in a single-elimination, “King of the Ring”-style Deathmatch? (No Disqualification Cage Match, of course…)
Was/Is Metta World Peace, the artist formerly known as Ron Artest, the craziest player in NBA history?
Let’s take a look at the nominees and find out….
Charles Oakley
Resume:
- Heat/Knicks Brawl Champion, 1996
- Open-Hand Slapping Charles Barkley, 1996
- Annihilation of Rick Mahorn, 1996
- Michael Jordan’s personal bouncer and body guard
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Michael Beasley
Resume:
- Putting heckler in hospital after Dyckman Summer League Game, 2011
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Charles Barkley
Resume:
- #1 Irritant in NBA History
- Stone Cold Steve Austin-esque pummeling of Shaq, after throwing a ball off his dome
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DeMarcus Cousins
Resume:
- None yet, but, I fear the day he adds to it…
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Stephen Jackson
Resume:
- ‘Malice At The Palace’ Participant and Champion
- Choking out Steve Francis in a club
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J.R. Smith
Resume:
- Brawl with the Knicks at the Garden (as a Nugget)
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Bill Laimbeer
Resume:
- Leader and instigator of every single ‘Bad Boy’ Pistons fight, during the late 80’s & 90’s
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Zach Randolph
Resume:
- Been in and dominated so many fights, he has his own YouTube Compilation and Channel…
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Ron Artest
Resume:
- Once fought an entire arena of hostile humans, and won…
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Delonte West
Resume:
- Pummeling of Von Wafer during practice, 2010
- Brawl with Amare Stoudemire, 2011
- Supposedly hooked up With LeBron James’ mom, and lived to tell the story…
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Kendrick Perkins
Resume:
- Fight with LaMarcus Aldridge, 2012
- Fight with Zach Randolph, 2012
- Trying to fight every single opposing center he guards
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John Starks
Resume:
- Fought the entire Eastern Conference between the years 1992-1997
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Rasheed Wallace
Resume:
- ‘Malice at the Palace’ Participant
- Leader of the 2000 Portland “Jail Blazers”
- Pummeling of Pau Gasol, 2010
- Pummeling and choke out of Andre Riddick in COLLEGE
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Matt Barnes
Resume:
- The OG of basketball fights
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Chris “Birdman” Andersen
Resume:
- Probably be a bit easier to talk about what Birdman HASN’T done, rather than type out his grocery list of brawl achievements.
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Latrell Spreewell
Resume:
- Choking out his coach, P.J. Carlesimo, during Warriors practice
- Instigator of three separate Knicks vs. Heat/Pacers fights during the late 90’s/Early 2000’s
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The results may shock you…
How’d I do?
Discuss…