Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang
The Pacers come out firing…>>>UPDATED<<<
So the Pacers got rid of Ron Artest and were ready to move on, to build a team that would 
connect better to the community and perhaps be a better reflection of the people that support their franchise.
And then this happened.
Here’s what we know: Four members of the Pacers (my main man Stephen Jackson, Jamaal Tinsley, Marquis Daniels and new guard Snap Hunter) were at a strip club at 3:00 a.m. Sure, they’re in the middle of training camp and should probably be focused on working out and, for Hunter at least, making the team. But heck, it’s a strip club, it’s Indy…
According to the Indy Star, someone punched Stephen “Whoo!” Jackson in the face and then tried to run him over with a car. S-Jack then allegedly grabbed himself a gun (his own, which he had permits for) and he squeezed off five shots into the air. One of the Pacers had pot in his car, and Tinsley and Daniels also had guns in their cars. (Remind me not to ask to borrow any of the Pacers’ cars).
Thus far, none of the Pacers have been charged with doing anything other than being dumb. The Pacers say they’ll have a statement later today. The Blazers say they’re interested in picking up any of of the four to team them with Zach Randolph.
UPDATE: 12:17 p.m.
I just went on the Pacers page at indystar.com to see if there was any new news on the situation and came across this…
Um…maybe not the best way to phrase that second part, considering what happened the previous evening.
34 Responses to “Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang”
Oct.6 at 9:49 am
Derms says:
Nice touch on the blazers comment. Jackson is crazier than Ron Ron in my opinion
Oct.6 at 9:54 am
Nads says:
All aboard the Stankonia express…
Oct.6 at 9:58 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
The Jailpacers?
Oct.6 at 10:07 am
t dot j says:
hahahaha i always knew s jackson and tinsley were G’d out you can tell from their eyes and when s jackson rushed into the stands with artest in the malice at the palace. but firing into the air?? bullets are expensive and hard to come by (up here in toronto, in the states ya’ll just go to gunstores) at least hit something a car, a tree or maybe the mens that punked you? jus jokin, don’t wish no harm on nobody. but seriously if someone starts something you gotta finish it. tdot……………..
Oct.6 at 10:10 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
This is well-timed with Jack McCallum’s column from yesterday (which I think will be in the magazine this week)
Snap Hunter… now that’s a name!
Oct.6 at 10:15 am
CASHVILLE says:
There’s nothing dumb about self defense. He actually showed pretty good judgement because I probably would’ve been drunk and really shot that MF if I got hit by a car. These haters gotta learn some how! At least they had permits and not some AK’s in the trunk with the serial numbers scratched off.The dumbest thing to me was the weed. It still amazes me how pot heads can play an eighty two game season and still blaze up everynight.
Oct.6 at 10:23 am
Marcel Mutoni says:
hey, at least it wasn’t coke
Oct.6 at 10:40 am
Darksaber says:
JailPACERS indeed Sam, make that official folks. Since Randy Randolph is ailing and noone else on the team wants to take the mantel of the malcontent, time to make Indiana the official bad boy team. Larry Bird must be spinning in his gra…, wait a minute, he’s still alive. Whooo!
Oct.6 at 10:49 am
Ryan Jones says:
Russ, you’ve spent some time in strip clubs in Indy. What gives?
Oct.6 at 10:53 am
Rob Stewart says:
I remember during the big fight in Detroit that for some reason Stephen Jackson looked the craziest. It was something about his eyes. Ron Ron looked stupid, but Stephen Jackson looked super wild.
Oct.6 at 11:20 am
Gilbert0 says:
i will never forget jackson running into the stands and throwing a crazy right hook at some dude just standing there, then shaping up to guys on court and inciting the crowd as he walked off. memories… i agree though, he looked plain wild, like his primal urges kicked in and he just lost it.
Oct.6 at 11:29 am
Rome says:
Wasnt that Tinsley that came out at the Palace with a broom or dustpan ready to crack some heads!!! Look at Tinsley’s lips, he looks like a Blazer.
Oct.6 at 11:39 am
ATrain says:
One way or another Donnie Walsh had a hand in this. He is the definition of Gangsta.
Oct.6 at 11:48 am
Roy Twist says:
What did he do wrong? He has a gun for SELF DEFENSE and he used it in SELF DEFENSE and he could have shot someone but he shot it in the air. It could have been really bad because three Pacers had legal guns and could have caught a few bodies, but they didn’t. I’m behind Whoo! on this one. (Why did the Nets let him go? Especially with their whack bench, I knew it was a dumb move those many years ago.)
Oct.6 at 11:53 am
Rob Stewart says:
Why would you just shoot a gun in the air. That’s how you get shot yourself. That’s stupid. Leaving a strip club after getting into it with someone and then shooting your gun “in the air” just because. Come on.
Oct.6 at 12:04 pm
Shiz says:
shooting at somebody probably isn’t high on the priority list right now. Firing off in the air isn’t stupid. Staying around when someone pops off is stupid. Shooting someone when you make enough money to buy the strip club you just left is stupid…
Im just sayin…they kept it in the proper perspective…not like Lonnie Baxter lickin shots near the capital (which is gangsta gangsta) for no reason…
Im just wondering how Larry’s gonna turn this one into a Ron-Ron thing to, seeing as how he blames dude for every sub-par performance from the Pacers since the brawl and even after the sacto trade…never mind the fact that JO melts like icecream on a hot ass day when the pressures on. I love Stephen Jackson. Son been thuggin like Hacksaw Jim Duggin…tough guy! HOOOOOO!!
Oct.6 at 12:15 pm
Shiz says:
Were Tinsley and the other dude licensed to carry?
And another thing…why go to a strip club? Why not throw your own parties? These NBA guys just will not learn until one of em gets shot fa real fa real. You’d think dudes learned there lesson when PP got ventilated. Then “Orange” Julius Hodge gets popped and his career is hanging in the balance… Its like fella’s you got enough dough to throw one of those limo parties with the hot tub for a trunk an all that super hot shit…So why go out and risk physical harm? I wonder if it was like a hateration thing. You know Whoo got bling like whoa. Dudes proly seen him iced out like Dr. Freeze and stomachs started growlin.. The wolves was proly out and seen that shit an thought son was sweet like bear meat…NAH, playa! The Pacers dont play/they ball but they strapped/Snap got the shotgun/and Tinsley got the Mac/Stephen got the sweeper, he dyin to hear it clap/ you wont have another birthday CAKE after that. LOL!
Oct.6 at 12:30 pm
CASHVILLE says:
Damn Shiz,
What do you think this is? Freestyle Friday or something. Ha Ha. I see your point on killing clouds but this man got hit by a car. I mean damn, if I was him I would’ve been like, “is Steve Jackson gon have to shoot a bitch”. Man, Dave Chappelle will never get old.
Oct.6 at 12:34 pm
allenp says:
Whoo Jackson said he used to be blood down in PA, so I’m not surprised by any level of thuggin he commits. And yeah, his eyes were crazy when he was whipping people’s asses in the stands.
Oct.6 at 12:46 pm
CASHVILLE says:
Yeah, you trill if Bun B shouts you out on a record. Big Up UGK!! “I got a pocket full of stones”
Oct.6 at 12:46 pm
Shiz says:
Cashville: That’s super hilarious! He pops dude and peals off “Im Steve Jackson bitch!” And I was just twistin a Lloyd Bank$ rhyme around cuz it kinda fit. LOL. I do rhyme though…yeah…you can check me out on myspace…lol…aint everybody an they momma on myspace? AllenP: I think I like Whoo!’s bolo punch more than his game. Especially when dude just kinda looks at him like a shook up deer before he gets socked like “I dont want no beef, but Im up shits creek”. (that was completely unintentional, I swear! lol)
Oct.6 at 1:15 pm
Dj says:
i never fail to be amazed at why ANYBODY would mess with an nba player. dudes are the baddest m*thafucker on the planet. Huge, strapping 6′5+ men with gigantic posses/security guards, always carrying loaded weapons everywhere, and are rich enough to never get jailed. WHY IN THE HELL would you pick ANY sort of confrontation with someone like that?
Oct.6 at 1:16 pm
Waltonia says:
Typical whoo! Takes 3 straight shots and gets nothing but air and then keeps shooting anyway.
Oct.6 at 1:25 pm
Simply Turrible says:
Omigod! They had POT! The guns, they were legal (and c’mon, none of the bullets hit anyone), but can’t have any of that sticky-icky, it might, you know, make you hungry or something…
Too bad they weren’t here in Cali, cuz they could have had a permit for that too.
Oct.6 at 1:30 pm
Myung says:
Shiz…Cashville…Waltonia. All funny. I wonder what T.O.’s thinking today…
Oct.6 at 2:28 pm
albie1kenobi says:
this is probably the most incredible news i’ve heard in a while. came outta nowhere. i can’t wait to see what Bird has to say about this. “changing the culture” is right. let them know pacers ain’t nothing to fuck with.
Oct.6 at 2:39 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Hmmm…Zach Randolph’s originally from Indy, right? MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Oct.6 at 3:05 pm
Big Al says:
I don’t think he was ‘crazy’ when he went into the stands. I think he was just having fun…it brought back memories for him. taking those shots was just another excuse for him to go back to his roots.
Oct.6 at 3:06 pm
Dutch Rich says:
Stephen Whoa Jackson reminds me of a black Willem Dafoe.
Oct.6 at 6:05 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
WHOO! = The most chemically imbalanced player in the leauge. By far.
Oct.7 at 5:51 pm
Ted aka Buckets says:
Jackson show as hell aint crazier than ron ron i dont think but…i mean he shudda known he fucked up after tha first 2 shots
Oct.8 at 2:12 pm
Maha10k says:
“Wasnt that Tinsley that came out at the Palace with a broom or dustpan ready to crack some heads!!! Look at Tinsley’s lips, he looks like a Blazer.” Damn Rome, made me seriously LOL. Yes Tinsley had the dustpan.
Oct.9 at 5:53 am
Santtu says:
Oh, you crazy kids with your self-defence this, self-defence that, and of course the thuggery. (I just bet that most of the guys here trying to talk street are actually white, middle-class suburbanites.) To me, the most amazing thing about this whole affair is that I just checked out Nba.com and the Pacers site and neither made any mention of the fracas (if you can even call it that). Talk about trying to sweep shit under the rug…
Apr.1 at 10:11 pm
Sesa says:
LOL, y’all are so damn funny! I never even noticed that Jack had one of those “crazy eyes” until y’all mention it, and Tinsley had one of those Blazer’s lips (whassupwithdat? lol). Never heard of Snap Hunter, though.
LOL