A Year after the palace brawl

Its been a year since the Palace Brawl and folks are still talking about it. You remember an early season matchup nationally televised between two teams that had played a tough 7 game series the previous spring and the Pacers were winning this matchup over the Pistons when all hell broke loose. It started when Ben Wallace and Ron Artest got into a scuffle late in the game. There was the customary pushing and shoving, but Artest who is known as a quick tempered individual actually walked away and laid across the scorers table. It was a funny pose at first glance. The calm Artest looking relaxed and saying "Ya'll ain't baiting me into a fight. I'ma chill over here." Then a cup of ice hits him from the stands. Artest jumps up and charged into the stands. He passed the person who really threw the cup and instead belted a laughing patron who looked surprised as anyone the Artest was actually in the stands. You could see the fan laughing, then mouth the words "Oh, not me not me!" Before Artest slugs him, the guy who threw the cup jumps on Artest from behind. I'm not in anyway excuse Artrest's actions. He was suspended for the rest of the 04-05 season and rightfully so. The Pacers struggled to make the playoffs at 44-38 but got to the conference semis before losing to Detroit. But the fact that people are still talking about it and the impact on the game boggles the mind Will TO get his job back...does anyone care? why are we even talking about it?