Posts Tagged ‘Ron Artest’

Report: Ron Artest To Play Basketball In Finland

“Metta World Peace” a.k.a. “The Ron Artest Show” will be traveling to Finland to play hoops this fall, according to BallinEurope: “Finland’s top league Korisliiga will witness some serious NBA talent in September 2011, when Los Angeles Lakers forward/multipersonality Ron Artest will join league newcomer LoKoKo Loimaa. How is this when World Peace has three [...]

Odom Set To Start Tonight For Lakers At Small Foward?

Odom Provides More Of An Offensive Threat Than Artest “I haven’t said anything about it,” “You know I’m not going to say anything about that. Why would you even ask?” – “The Zen Master”, addressing the media on who’s going to start for Artest tonight. With the Lakers facing a must-win situation down 0-2 in [...]

Artest’s Hard Foul Earns Him Game Three Suspension; Bynum Says Team Has “Trust Issues”

Ron-Ron Channeling His Inner-Kurt Rambis “It was uncalled for,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.  Uncalled for: just like your team’s game two fight, Phil?  Could it be that Artest was sending a certain team (which one?) a message; or was it just “Ron-Ron being Ron-Ron”?  No matter how you slice it, there’s a good chance [...]

Lethargic Lakers Collapse At Home; Shell Shocked By Mavs 93-81

Time To Put To Rest A Potential Lakers Three-Peat? Is the reign over?  It might as well be.  After the Lakers put up a stunning lowly 32 points in the second half, you can say the chances of bringing La La Land a possible three-peat are quickly dwindling away.  With their supporters at Staples witnessing, [...]

Lakers Hurdle Hornets 98-80; Jump On To Meet Mavs

To Those Who Said He Lost A Step It doesn’t take a rocket science to realize the Lakers are playing like champs again.  “Potential to be as good as any team I’ve coached with the Lakers.”  Remember, Phil Jackson has already coached one Lakers three-peat.  Consider that club a decade ago had not only Kobe, [...]

Kobe, Dominant Post Play Lifts Lakers Over Hornets 106-90

Kobe Posterizing Emeka I believe the Hornets big guy lost a “couple of vowels” in his name on that dunk – he still might be trying to retrieve them. You knew he was going to play.  So, he was in the starting line-up, and everything was going to be alright.  Not until six minutes and [...]

Los Angeles Lakers Ron Artest Wins Kennedy Citizenship Award

The Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest has truly made a full turnaround in his life and career by winning the Kennedy Citizenship Award for the 2011 season. The Kennedy award goes to the best citizen in the NBA, and Artest was able to garner the most votes. The award is presented and voted on by the [...]

CP-3 OH! Paul’s 33 Helps Hornets Sting Lakers 109-100

The Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets. Two teams that while obviously are winning franchises, hardly resemble each other. The Lakers have Kobe Bryant and a decent supporting cast; however, at the point, they’re iffy at best. The Hornets, on the other hand, have one of the better point guards in the National Basketball [...]