Earlier today, we featured a photo of Goldstein. He was wearing a black cowboy hat, a sparkling gold jacket and a skin-tight pink shirt that matched his belt. Daulerio referred to him as "that little thing seated behind the Cavs' bench," referring to the fact that he stood an arm's length away from Mike Brown. In the last few hours, we've learned plenty about Goldstein (cited as James, Jim and Jimmy). He's been the feature of full-length magazine profiles and newspaper features, he's friends with David Stern and knows about 75 percent of the league's players, he likely made his fortune in real estate and he lives in pretty much the sweetest house ever built.

Enough of Wikipedia, though. Here are five Goldstein facts and anecdotes you won't find on his Wikipedia page:

1. He's not one to kiss and tell.

Wilt famously counted his successes. Do you have your own mark?

We often went out with girls together. But I believe in quality over quantity.

2. His hobby ain't cheap.

This is a familiarity that Goldstein has certainly earned — or at least paid good money for. He easily spends six figures to attend between 110 and 120 games per year and often finds himself living out of hotels during the playoffs, trying to catch as many games as possible and even scurrying to get to two cities in a single day.

3. Jack Nicholson has nothing on him.

Do you get jealous of all the attention Jack Nicholson gets when he goes to games?

I don't care when they show him on camera, but it bothers me when people say, "Oh, you're as big a fan as Jack Nicholson." He goes to maybe 25 games a year. I go to about 115. He doesn't even go to Clippers games. We're not in the same ballpark.

4. He doesn't really have a job.

Goldstein hands out over-sized business cards. Under his name his occupation is listed: Fashion. Architecture. Basketball.

5. PETA isn't his biggest fan.

He has worn ostrich leather jackets, designer jeans, exotic leather boots and wide-brimmed hats. One time during a game, Shaq snatched Goldstein's python leather hat from his head and put it on. Shaq also appreciates fashionable headwear.

Super Fan [American Way]
Outtakes: Jimmy Goldstein [ESPN The Mag]
Superfan gets in everywhere [Detroit Free Press]
Goldstein well known in NBA [Miami Herald]

So - Ron being Ron - he sent a few long, rambling and segue-heavy emails to ESPN over the weekend to express his intense displeasure over his decision to remain a King.

"It's weird because [the] Maloofs [were] high on me [after] the initial trade," Artest wrote, referring to the January 2006 deal that brought him from the Indiana Pacers to the Kings in exchange for Peja Stojakovic. "But during this opt-out time in my career I have not heard from them. That should have been a sign to me that my future in [Sacramento] is N/A or undetermined.

"In a way I wish this [coming 2008-09 season] would have been [Theus'] first year and [Adelman] would have left this summer, because it could have showed how much [of] a winner I am. Guys like Rick Adelman and Rick Carlisle [brought] that out of me. Isiah [Thomas] was going to bring that out of me if he didn't get fired [by the Knicks]. A coach like Phil Jackson can bring that out me."

"Reggie more than qualifies," Artest continued. "[But] as much as I have to prove I can win like a Rasheed [Wallace] or [Kevin] Garnett in the first year [with their] respective [new] teams, I can make an argument [that] firing Rick Adelman was not the best thing to do. It put me in a position where I had to start over. The good thing is, I should be in my prime at 32 years old, so I have time and, with faith in God, I can move ahead with progress to reach success."

I don't know about you, but when I think "Ron Artest," I think "faith in God." Anyway, Ron also complained that he's "being experimented on like a lab rat" and blamed the departures of Rick Adelman (fired) and Bonzi Wells (not re-signed) for ruining his "legacy as a King." He even managed to drag the Maloof brothers' mom into it.

"I was blinded by friendship. Even Mama Maloof [Colleen Maloof, Joe and Gavin's mother] told me she wanted me to stay. I never knew that meant one more year. I thought it meant several. When Mama [Maloof] talks, you listen, and it's a must you consider and take heed to what she is saying."

And you know, once you bring somebody's mom into a dispute, there's going to be a response. And here's what Kings co-owner Joe Maloof had to say:

"He has to balance the way he acts," Joe Maloof said by phone. "He's got to control his emotions a little better. You've got to try and keep your cool a little bit. Take a deep breath and quit flying off the handle with comments that don't make sense. I hate to say it that way, but that's how I feel. It doesn't make sense to me."

Uh, Joe, comments that don't make sense are Ron's specialty. You might as well ask him to stop breathing, eating and using the toilet. Or, you know, making trade demands.