Ron Artest: Crazy or really crazy?

agreed, artest gets a bad rap and isn't quick enough to explain/defend himself most of the time

but it doesn't seem like a convincing case for bird's villainy to me

more like kneejerk contrarianism

anyway ron was totally being phased out of the offense- when i saw him in person here it looked like there was a "ron zone" on the court where he was allowed to mess around, but nobody was necessarily interested in passing there or going there to run picks or what have you. it's pretty much a testament to how skilled he is that he was able to put up something like 20 points anyway.

seriously though, could you blame carlisle or bird for overreacting to anything ron did by that point though? even if i loved the kid to death i'd still want to smack him silly every time he spouted off.

you can't even expect a decent size business not to claim they own every email you write or thought you have in or near their building. i'd be fairly cranky if i was involved in the BIZ side of the pacers and walked around with an ulcer from worrying if ron was going to tick off more paying fans

*or more accurately, probably, corporate skybox purchasers

add this to the list:
when he played for chicago he used to drink hennessy during halftime

FUCKING LOVE THIS DUDE

"We're hungry. I know I am, as much as anybody else is. And you know Kobe is. Kobe's after something, I don't even know what it is. I think he's after stardom on Pluto or something," Artest said, taking off on one of his humorous tangents. "Pluto's not even a planet no more, which I'm very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I'm 25, I turn around and Pluto's no longer a planet. I'm going to elbow that guy in the nose. I love Pluto. Everybody loves Pluto. There's a dog named Pluto in the cartoons. I don't know how we got on that subject. We've got to see if we can get Pluto back."

dying here

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/6977866/los-angeles-lakers-ron-artest-name-now-officially-metta-world-peace

IT'S OFFICIAL

omg the graphic at 0:50 in that video

:D :D :D

Artest's 8-year-old daughter, Diamond, also plans to change her surname from Artest to World Peace now that her father's name change has become official.

:D :D :D

*buys world peace jersey*

fuck, can he not be on the lakers?

Artest told Yahoo! Sports he plans to wear No. 70 next season, but the NBA has rules that prevent players from switching their uniform number from year to year. The deadline for a player to change his number is in early March to have it go into effect for the next season and once a number is changed, it has to be worn for five seasons with that team before a player is allowed to change it (unless he is traded to a new team or leaves as a free agent).

Artest wore No. 37 after signing on as a free agent with the Lakers in 2009-10 and did switch to No. 15 last season. It's not clear what he had to do to accomplish that.

The uniform rule does not come with any stipulations for a name change, however.

If there is a request or circumstance that calls for a number change within the five-year period is approved, it may come with a cost of some kind, according to a league source.

stern is such a fuckin gangster

"the artest formerly known as"
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I expect this number to climb.

I love how articles are forced to refer to him by his new name:

"World Peace must now obtain a new driver's license and passport."

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TD098VdRqfo/TMb3p7DkxNI/AAAAAAAAACk/DmkR-NguzwI/s1600/World+B+Free,+86+fleer.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/7eVxzMM.jpg