Ron Ron this season

[jerry springer]

Im very excited about this season,The Spurs have retooled and have on paper
look to be contender's.So have the Cav's,Magic and Mav's.Boston have got sheed and KG should be fit.That and the continued improvement of Denver,Portland,Atlanta,NO lead's me to think that this is shaping up to be one of the closest finishes in NBA history

That said,I get the distinct feeling that the biggest headline this year will come from one Ronald William Artest Jr.

For the last 9 seasons Ronald has made headlines playing in low markets like Indiana and Sac-town with a brief stint in Houston where he was on his best behaviour.This year he has taken a pay-cut to go to tinsel-town in L.A.Apparently he has been trying to get there for several years and was found consolling Kobe after the finals loss against Boston in the change rooms afterwards.In the shower

Now that he has got his wish, I think that this season he is going to explode in the limelight on national TV but im thinking that its going to be in a bad way.Im not sure why i have this gut feeling but here some reasons why.Remember this is from a guy who once turned up to practice in his bathrobe

http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

On these wild contests he holds and how he ended up singing Celine Dion on camera, via karaoke, at a random Filipino household:

“What happened was I had a contest; all LA fans get access to Ron Artest. So, what I did, I gave my number out and my Twitter out, so I speak directly to my fans and I give contests - I invite people places, I go to people’s houses. So, this one contest, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I need something to do. Whoever comes up with the most interesting thing to do, I will come and visit you anywhere you’re at. Some people asked me to be their best man, come play basketball, a bunch of other things. The one thing that was interesting was the Filipino food; this whole family asked me to come to their house and eat Filipino food, and I have a Filipino son, half-black, half-Filipino. And, I knew that the Filipinos, they love karaoke, some Vietnamese people, a couple other cultures, they love to do karaoke.

So, what I didn’t think was they would ask me to do karaoke. So, the first night, we went over, we had dinner, we laughed, I got outta there. It was the third day, me and my friends was hungry, so we said, ‘Hey, what about calling the Filipino family again and eat some more dinner, some more free dinner.’ So, we go over there, eat some free dinner, by the end of the night, they wanted to do karaoke. I’m like, ‘I’m not doing karaoke.’ The mom said, ‘No, Ron. You have to do karaoke, please do karaoke.’ I said, ‘Ah, are you serious?’ Four songs passed and I said, ‘Nah, I’m not doing this karaoke.’ She asked me again, I respected her, I did the karaoke, I did Celine Dion, and it was just classic, classic footage. I was gonna save it for my reality show but I just thought the fans probably wanna see it now.

I actually did a lot of crazy things in a house that night that I had never been in. I was eating dinner, laughing at one of my friends, and I had some gas… So, now, I’m laughing at my friend, I’m laughing so hard at the dinner table, and I just let one loose: PRRAAHAHAAHAHAHAH. Real loud! Real loud, Mr. Carmichael. I’m not releasing that footage. (Host: Is there footage somewhere?) There’s footage, I might let people see it one day, it was funny. So, tomorrow I’m gonna go see a Mexican family and I’m gonna go eat some Mexican food.”


Congrats to Phil Jackson you now have a SF who can sing Celion Dion and farts at the dinner table whilest eating with random immigrant familes.

but wait there's more

http://www.mouthpiecesports.com/blo...-table-leg-through-the-chest-really-happened/

I remember one time, it was um…one of my friends, you know, he was playing basketball, they was winning the game, they were so competitive, they threw a, um, they broke the … a piece of leg from a table and they threw it and it went right through his heart and he died.

True story apparently too

More on the underwear warrior here

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090727

To Artest. Here's a classic case of someone hoodwinking the American public with a 10-year pattern of bizarre behavior that eventually immunized them to all future crazy Ron Artest stories and anecdotes, such as the fact that he's wearing No. 37 to honor Michael Jackson because it's the same number of weeks that "Thriller" led the charts (um, what?), or his recent revelation that he had been pining to play for the Lakers for two solid years. Artest told reporters that he wandered into the Lakers' locker room to express that desire to a showering Kobe Bryant -- right after L.A.'s bitter Game 6 thrashing in Boston in the 2008 Finals, no less -- adding, "Yeah, I walked in the shower. I'm not a homosexual or nothing like that, but Kobe had no clothes on."

These anecdotes just bounce off people now. Artest is a benevolent crazy. Or so we think. Being around this nuttiness every day is a little different from merely hearing about the nuttiness in secondhand anecdotes. I know for a fact he routinely broke plays on offense and is still a handful behind the scenes, and the Rockets buried every 2008-09 story that would have made this patently clear. For instance, Artest routinely walked around in his underwear in public places: the Rockets' team bus, hotels, you name it. People around the team barely flinched after a while. Before Game 7 of the Lakers series -- only the biggest game of the entire season -- they finally flinched.

Here's what happened: Artest missed the first two team buses (the ones for players, coaches and team personnel) from Houston's hotel to the Staples Center and barely made the third and final bus, which was reserved for business staff, sponsors and friends of the team. These stunned people watched Artest sprint to the bus right before it left, jump on and take one of the remaining seats ... yes, wearing only his underwear. Owner Leslie Alexander happened to be sitting on the bus and witnessed the whole thing. And you wonder why the Houston Rockets didn't make any effort whatsoever to bring back Artest



I guess this interview sums it up.In here they talk about when Ron was a rookie and went to the local department store to get a job so he could get a discount card among other things

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So what are your thoughts on Ron?do you have anymore other stories to share?What are your predictions on how he will fare this season?Will he make dennis Rodman look like Mother teresa?

 

[coachhzl]

First of all, my first post... and I'm happy to get on board. Looking forward to some great conversation here on this forum.

As for Ron and the Lakers, I think they will both be fine.

Artest is a lock to do some things that make people nervous, (especially Laker people) but I find it comical, (respectfully ofcourse) that people so often compare him to Dennis Rodman.

I'm a massive fan of both players but really, if it wasn't for the 2004 Palace brawl and the jersey number tribute in Indiana, I don't think people would really make any connection. Totally different players... Just because Starbury has tattoos and has lost his internet marbles, does that make HIM like Rodman? But anyway... I'm getting off track a little. I should chill, it's my first post after all. Haha!

I think Ron will work fantastically with Kobe... and I think Ron could be the x-factor in turning Andrew Bynum and even Lamar Odom into beasts this year. I also predict an in-training punch-on between Ron and Sasha Vujecic... which won't end well for Sasha.

Overall, I look forward to a Lakers 60 win season and a return trip to the Finals to meet LeBron and the Cavs. It might take 7 games to get past those pesky Spurs though. They look great on paper. very much agreed.

 

[peternorth]

on one hand i can see him providing awesome lock down D and improving his shooting/decision making

on the other hand i can see this ending badly.

 

[celtic_pride]

I agree with Pete N ...

This Ron experiment has the capacity to go 'pear-shaped' on the Lakers ...
Frankly the Spurs are my tip to win back the West, esp with the impressive signing of Jefferson.

 

[Theeighthhamster]

Ron-Ron needs the ball in his hands a lot. Pau is starved as is and Kobe aint big on sharing, then there is Bynum. I see this one ending in tears.

 

[mdc]

Ron-Ron needs the ball in his hands a lot. Pau is starved as is and Kobe aint big on sharing, then there is Bynum. I see this one ending in tears.

+1

I expect the Lakers will be fine, but I see a trade request from Ronny within 12 months.

 

[coachhzl]

Ron-Ron needs the ball in his hands a lot. Pau is starved as is and Kobe aint big on sharing, then there is Bynum. I see this one ending in tears.

I think Ron will understand where he stands in the scheme of things... It's clearly Kobe's team and they've been extremely successful for the past two seasons with virtually the current line-up.

It's not like Bynum is even a true third option offensively in the current lineup, let alone with Artest around.

I still see a 60 win season and I wouldn't think Ron's potentially sporadic behaviour will stop that from happening.

I look forward to a Lakers vs Spurs WCF too...

 

[Gak Attack]

I watched a lot of Rockets games last year with league pass and in my opinion it is unlikely Artest improves them at all and the risk is bigger than the reward. Most Rockets fans wanted him gone before the all-star break with his constant ball stopping and bad shots, he has lost A LOT of speed and agility and got beaten by a lot of players he would of locked down in previous years, think this was hidden a bit by the fact he was the #2 defender behind Battier.

That being said he has the ability to help if he uses his brain, which it is unlikely he will. His three point shot was pretty decent and if he is happy to spot up for that when Kobe is on the floor and move the ball when he has to then sure O will be ok. However once Kobe is off the floor or is not open he will go to the bad shot taking Kings and Rockets fans got so frustrated with. They have basically traded a quick defender for a strong one, so on defense I can understand it, on offense however while Artest will get you more PPG he can cause a lot of damage to the team play.

 

[Gak Attack]

I think Ron will understand where he stands in the scheme of things... It's clearly Kobe's team and they've been extremely successful for the past two seasons with virtually the current line-up.

Ron Ron also said he was happy to be a 3rd option in Houston, a few games coming off the bench and averaging about 13ppg and we started to hear some rumblings about being unhappy with T-Mac and would often kill momentum with some atrocious shot selections. Perhaps winning will be the key, if they are winning 8 out of 10 games and hes not getting shots maybe he won't care... if they are losing a few he will think he can turn it around himself.

 

[jerry springer]

Its all good Ron will take the blame if the laker's dont repeat

"They won last year, and I'm the new addition. The fans expect to repeat. Everybody in L.A. expects a second ring. And if we don't then yeah, they should point it right at me, throwing tomatoes and everything."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/09/21/Lakers.Artest.ap/index.html

Artest said he was proud to be making his first promotional appearance for the Lakers. He wore an all-black Kobe Bryant jersey as a tribute to his new teammate.

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Anyone else feeling a bit wierded out by Ron's continual mancrush with Kobe?I didnt realise he sign on for 5 years either.This is going to end very badly.I love it

 

[peternorth]

Anyone else feeling a bit wierded out by Ron's continual mancrush with Kobe?I didnt realise he sign on for 5 years either.This is going to end very badly.I love it

ron has the media eating out of his hands.

its setup for a big lakers fail really. if we dont win it all again it will be deemed a failure such are the high standards the lakers organisation has. tanking does not exist in LA.