Ron Artest
So, I completely missed this upon first viewing of
Ron Artest's vlog post, but thanks to Pete Gaines, it was brought to my attention: Artest appears to be smoking...
something. Maybe it's a cigarette. Maybe it's a napkin stuffed with pine needles. Maybe he's doing a dragon impersonation. Or, you know, maybe it's a spliff. But...Ron Artest wouldn't be THAT stupid would he? Would he actually film himself smoking weed on camera and then submit it to the website HipHopGame.com? I know he's very adamant about being "hood" and all that, but, man, if this is what it appears to be, well, that tops the list of questionable decision-making from a man who's history of questionable decision-making is already well known.
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NBA
It's pretty rare to have an interview with Ron Artest that isn't entertaining, but the one he did in the latest issue of
"King" magazine is unbelievably candid. Writer Thomas Golianopoulos was a former elementary school classmate of Artest's back at P.S. 122 in Astoria Queens, which evidently gave him a level of trust beyond most reporters. Artest answered his questions with even less of a filter than usual, revealing some pretty amazing stuff. Here are some of the most interesting/disgraceful/memorable quotes from "The Education of Ron Artest":
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NBA
Yao expressed some concern about whether or not Artest would still be fighting and going into the stands. Which isn't that big of a surprise considering that the Chinese calendar says it's still 2004. But Ron Artest wasn't pleased by the comments. So he did what Ron Artest always does, gave the Houston Chronicle
a cogent explanation of his position. That, or said that Yao hadn't really played with any black basketball players yet. Okay, the latter.
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Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius/XM Satellite Radio host
Scott Ferrall actually had Ron Artest on-air last night and asked the forward about the pending trade to Houston. Unfortunately, Artest wasn't aware of the trade at that time. "I had my phone off," Artest tells the raspy-voiced Ferrall. Although he was a little shocked, Artest seemed pleased to be headed to a contender. The person who was apparently most pleased about these fortuitous events? Ferrall's producer, Lou Pellegrino, who is determined to get this news item across to the whole sports media universe because it'll get "get plenty of pub."
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NBA
Ron Artest is kind of like El Nino: Not fully understood but capable of wreaking unspeakable havoc when you least expect it. Although, honestly, we probably should have anticipated that he'd go a little crazy(er) after watching Baron Davis, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette get rewarded with bags of free money for opting out of the final year of their contracts after he chose not to. It was like the Joker just read that Kite Man got named "Batman's Greatest Enemy" by Supervillains Digest.
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media relations
There are many adjectives you can use to describe Ron Artest, but a couple more you want to add to that list are "fair and balanced."
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i love this game
The life of an NBA entourage member is a hard one. Even though it may offer an otherwise unemployable sect of society the opportunity to live an exciting, fulfilling life vicariously through a pampered professional athlete, there is legitimate "work" to be done in order to maintain a prime spot in the posse pecking order.
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i'm back from the snack bar. what'd i miss?
Please bear with me
if you've seen this before; any time I see something this large and angry go into the stands that isn't Ron Artest, I must post it. Three things of note here: 1. Love the three guys sitting under the little overhang in the middle there, safe from harm in the stadium's finest luxury box. 2. Insult a squirrel, and PETA will sue you back to the Stone Age. Throw spears at bulls in a ring until they die? Nothin'. 3. As seen following the jump, at least five people in the crowd refuse to drop their beers,
even though an enraged bull is inches away, about to gore them. Party on, Enrique. More photos:
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do not cross david stern
This is an interesting way to end the blogging day: Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson were just suspended by the NBA for the first seven games of next season. Yes, you read that correctly:
next season.
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there is another
As some of you might have heard, Ron Artest's little brother is trying to make it in the NBA. He's got a few strikes against him. First, he's Ron Artest's brother. Second, he weighs about 300 pounds. Third, he weighs about 300 pounds and thinks his jump shot's gonna get him to the League.
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