A Kinder, Gentler Ron Artest Emerges in China
1-liner, NBA August 7th. 2009, 11:15amRon Artest: “On his recent trip to China, Artest played basketball with a 15-year-old Chinese boy who is the captain of his high school team. The boy comes from a poor family, but excels in basketball and impressed Artest with his ability … Artest gave the boy his (reportedly) $45k diamond watch.” [Lake Show Life]
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August 7th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Why’d they leave off the full quote?
August 7th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Why shouldn’t he? The kid probably made the watch.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Why? Because he burned the slow footed Artest? Yea real impressive.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
And yet, the media still got the story. Thank God. I hope this doesn’t hurt his “image” too much.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Did he tell the kid just throw it in the bag?
/Fabolous’d
August 7th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
I hope this doesn’t hurt his “image” too much.
He’ll just have to uppercut Adam Morrison during the next Lakers practice.
Ironically, the NBA has a “thug” image to many in the US but I remember that after Hurricane Katrina, they were the most ardent donors, organizers and charity givers around.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:57 AM
background jersey?
August 7th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
By your same logic, one could argue that Hitler wasn’t so bad because he made the trains run on time.
/not comparing NBA players to Nazis, just saying the logic here makes no sense.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Does this mean the kid is banned from ever playing in the NCAA?
August 7th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
This makes even less sense to me.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:20 PM
on the contrary, it makes him eligible to attend Kentucky or USC.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:23 PM
By your same logic, one could argue that Hitler wasn’t so bad because he made the trains run on time.
never mind being needlessly incendiary, the guy with the trains is Moussilini.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:24 PM
TBL – why aren’t Nazi and Hitler in the moderation filter anyway?
August 7th, 2009 at 12:27 PM
My point was that the NBA has a “thug” image because there are a lot of thugs in the NBA. Your post makes it sound like the NBA is nothing but choirboys who are getting a bad rap.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:33 PM
More valuable than the watch, however, was the song he composed in the youth’s honor:
August 7th, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Yet another fine example of Godwin’s Law.
yes you are.