Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
Malice na Obí gosipụtara ma mmegbu nke anụ ahụ na nke okwu ọnụ, ma nyere aka na ọtụtụ ọrụ ndị egwuregwu na-agbanwe n'otu ntabi anya. A kwụsịtụrụ Ron Artest maka oge fọdụrụ n'ime oge ahụ, ọ kwụsịrị na nkwalite basketball ya, ma gbanwere egwuregwu 16 n'ime oge ọzọ, na-akwụsị oge nke ndị otu Pacers ya / ọchịchị ya. Na Disemba 8, 2004, ebubo ndị egwuregwu Pacers ise na ndị na-akwado ise maka mwakpo na ihe ike. A machibidoro ndị nile na-akwado ya iwu ịbanye n'obí nke Auburn Hills. Nchedo n'egwuregwu egwuregwu ndị ọkachamara gbanwere nke ukwuu mgbe ihe ahụ mere, na nkwupụta sitere n'aka ndị egwuregwu dịka Jermaine O'Neal na-ekwu na "Enweghị nchekwa. Ị na-ekwu maka otu n'ime ebe kachasị ukwuu na NBA ma ị na-ekwu maka... otu nnukwu ìgwè nọ n'ebe ahụ na-anwa imerụ anyị ahụ. " Sekou Smith (Onye edemede NBA, "Indianapolis Star") kwuru """Enweghị nchekwa iji gbochie ndị mmadụ ịwụli n'elu obere okporo ụzọ ahụ wee gbadata n'ala. " N'ihi mmetụta mmanya na-aba n'ahụ ọnọdụ ahụ, NBA machibidoro ire mmanya na-aba n'anya mgbe nkeji nke atọ nke egwuregwu basketball ọ bụla.