Thug NBA player goes nuts on girl's wheelchair!!!

[Coach]

Every large group of people has idiots (Artest, Sprewell), but most are good people. This actually happend a couple of hours before the melee in Detroit, but which story do you think ended up on the cutting room floor for SportsCenter?

Jefferson buys wheelchair

[Guest e-bone]

Kick him out of the TBA.

[Rudy]

Thats freakin awesome. Why can't there be more professional athletes like that. After all, athletes ARE role models, whether you like it or not Mr Barkley. This guy appears to be a true, worthy role model.

Way to go.

[Coach]

I honestly think that more of that goes on than we know about.

First of all, when it does, the media knows that the bad news sells, so it doesn't make the news. Also, I think that when a sports figure (or any celebrity) does something like this, they are almost embarrassed about it and want to keep it confidential. Do we tell everyone everytime we give to a cause? If they are doing it for the right reasons, then they don't want the big presser on it, because that would make it about them. I never thought about this before Mark Cuban donated 1 million dollars to the victims of 9/11 and was very upset when the newspapers leaked it.

[eagle60]

I remember watching Jefferson play in high school shortly after my own kids attended there. (Moon Valley HS, Phoenix AZ) A very focused player even then.

[MeanGreenBuzz]

Its always good to hear stories like this. I just wish the media would report on them more.