Jamaal Tinsley is Lucky to Be Alive After Shooting Incident.
December 11th 2007 05:36
Loving a sport which is dominated by young, black males, it’s easy to get caught up in lazy stereotypes in what transpires in the NBA by the wider public. No, other professional sporting league in America comes under intense scrutiny as basketball. Whenever something negative happens to a player, the whole league is tarred with the same brush. Being a long time NBA observer it gets frustrating dealing with the euphemisms and assumptions that are made about the players and the Association in general.
Then players like, Jamaal Tinsley of the Indiana Pacers, get themselves in trouble and once
again places the lifestyles of players, and their acquaintances under the microscope.
We should begin with the stark reality that the Pacers point guard is extremely lucky to be alive after being targeted by gunmen with an automatic weapon over the weekend in front of an Indianapolis hotel. He should count his blessings, and according to news reports he has.
“The man upstairs, he gave me another opportunity to see another day. When athletes step out, anything can happen…” (AP, 2007)
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first off-court incident involving, Tinsley, previously being involved in a bar room brawl. Jamaal was also present when former teammate, Stephen ‘Action’ Jackson started firing shots into the air outside a strip club a few years ago. Trouble seems to find, Tinsley.
Perhaps the latest incident might knock some sense into the Pacer guard because he was extremely close to calling it a day on this earth, with the only victim being the team’s equipment manager who was hit in the elbows.
Tinsley met with coach Jim O’Brien and president Larry Bird to discuss the latest incident, but the team didn’t feel punishment was warranted in this instance because the player wasn’t to blame in instigating the shooting.
Indiana have been struggling to cope with their image since that infamous brawl a few years ago, which still continues to be a blight on the franchise: “Of course, you worry about your fans and the community and how people look at you,” Tinsley said. “I made a stupid mistake, again.
“I'm very disappointed that it happened, with me. It was supposed to be fun. That's all I wanted to do is have fun.” (AP, 2007)
In the latest incident, Tinsley and his entourage, traveling in a Mercedes, Rolls Royce and Dodge Charger, all owned by the Pacer, rolled to a club where a group of men were giving him a hard time for his wheels and salary.
Upon leaving the venue, the group was followed, and instead of going to a police station, or home, Jamaal’s group instead stopped at a hotel car park where the vehicles tailing them started opening fire with their automatic weapons.
After the shooting, James Tinsley, who is the brother of Jamaal, followed the car with his crew and started firing shots towards the original perpetrators.
This case just illustrates that fame and fortune doesn’t protect athletes from the possibility of violence.
Then players like, Jamaal Tinsley of the Indiana Pacers, get themselves in trouble and once
Jamaal Tinsley is proof that sometimes keeping it real can go wrong. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
We should begin with the stark reality that the Pacers point guard is extremely lucky to be alive after being targeted by gunmen with an automatic weapon over the weekend in front of an Indianapolis hotel. He should count his blessings, and according to news reports he has.
“The man upstairs, he gave me another opportunity to see another day. When athletes step out, anything can happen…” (AP, 2007)
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first off-court incident involving, Tinsley, previously being involved in a bar room brawl. Jamaal was also present when former teammate, Stephen ‘Action’ Jackson started firing shots into the air outside a strip club a few years ago. Trouble seems to find, Tinsley.
Perhaps the latest incident might knock some sense into the Pacer guard because he was extremely close to calling it a day on this earth, with the only victim being the team’s equipment manager who was hit in the elbows.
Tinsley met with coach Jim O’Brien and president Larry Bird to discuss the latest incident, but the team didn’t feel punishment was warranted in this instance because the player wasn’t to blame in instigating the shooting.
Indiana have been struggling to cope with their image since that infamous brawl a few years ago, which still continues to be a blight on the franchise: “Of course, you worry about your fans and the community and how people look at you,” Tinsley said. “I made a stupid mistake, again.
“I'm very disappointed that it happened, with me. It was supposed to be fun. That's all I wanted to do is have fun.” (AP, 2007)
In the latest incident, Tinsley and his entourage, traveling in a Mercedes, Rolls Royce and Dodge Charger, all owned by the Pacer, rolled to a club where a group of men were giving him a hard time for his wheels and salary.
Upon leaving the venue, the group was followed, and instead of going to a police station, or home, Jamaal’s group instead stopped at a hotel car park where the vehicles tailing them started opening fire with their automatic weapons.
After the shooting, James Tinsley, who is the brother of Jamaal, followed the car with his crew and started firing shots towards the original perpetrators.
This case just illustrates that fame and fortune doesn’t protect athletes from the possibility of violence.
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