I posted this here b/c this brawl was more than just basketball...

Metta World Peace Is Now Friends With The Fan Who Threw A Drink At Him In Detroit

Metta World Peace and John Green joined ESPN Los Angeles with Mason and Ireland to discuss how they became friends, why the cup was thrown in the first place, the weirdness of them becoming friends since then, what they're trying to do now and why Artest laid down on the scorer's table.

How did you become friends with John Green, the guy who threw the cup at you that ended up instigating the brawl?
"What happened was, when I got into the brawl in Detroit, I was transitioning into a different type of person, that person that I've become, but that game had so many emotions involved. So I get suspended and I think the whole world hates me and I'm walking around not wanting to talk to anybody. Then my psychologist, I was talking to her about a few things and I said, ‘You know what, I'm going to reach out to John.' So I went on Twitter and said, ‘Anybody that can find me this guy's number or information, I'll take you out to lunch.' … Somebody from Chicago found his number … so I called him and his wife picks up the phone. And I said, ‘Hey, this is Ron Artest. I'd like to speak to John.' … Then I spoke to John and he answered the phone like he knew I was going to call."

John, is that the way you remember it?
"That was, he pretty much hit it right on the head. … I never knew, really, that that was going to happen, but it was weird. Just to clear things up, it wasn't a beer that I threw. It was a Diet Coke."
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Pretty cool.


Do you know Artest has won Sportsmanship awards since then?