As Detective Watson reported earlier, Ron Artest got arrested this morning for allegedly hitting his wife.He's out of the clink now, and Artest has been "excused from the team" indefinitely. He might miss Tuesday's ironic Pacers tilt, he might be out a week or more. Nothing is certain at this point...
... except the fact that Sacramento's teetering love affair with Ron-Ron is officially over. The dog abuse, the bad teamsmanship, telling everyone to fellate him -- that all set the spiral downward. I don't see a camel, but this sure as hell looks like the last straw.
Understand that the city was losing its team last winter. All the excruciating neck-wringing over public funding for new digs was hitting full stride. The product was falling apart, slipping so far in the cellar Baron Davis' ass looked like the sun. The roster was 12 marks of the grim and Jamal Sampson. Everything basketball a disaster, we entered the brief era of Mopetown.
Sacramento embraced Ronnie like he'd never really been embraced before. You couldn't walk through the market with seeing gritty 8-year-olds wearing #93's shirt. Mike Bibby, he of the drunken giant testicles dance and the Laker-killing and the six years of service, was a speck of dust in Artest's shadow. The team, the city, the barn -- we were alive, all capped off by an extraordinary run and an exciting May series.
Yeah, the horror stories were well-documented. We knew what the franchise was getting itself into. The general consensus: Enjoy it while it lasts. We did, and it's over. We as a fanbase can be as depressingly melodramatic as I just was for 400 words, or we can c'est la vie it and concentrate on matters more important.
This fan, for one, is forgetting about Ron-Ron. Good effing riddance.
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Etan Thomas made public the notion that David Stern offered to do away with the salary cap if the NBAPA would allow them to do away with guaranteed contracts.
This is a case where the Kings would waive Ron Artest if they could. It's not worth it to have a player that gives the team and the community a black eye.
Instead, Artest will probably be bought out in the near future for an amount that approaches the 14.8 million he's due after this season.
Ron Artest telling the fans to jump off the Centennial Bridge if he faking his injuries? It isn't the first time that a star player of any major sport tells the paying customer to jump into a river because the fans don't believe the injuries are legit. Sacramento Kings knew what they getting when Ron Artest left Indiana for Sacramento. In the words of Britney Spears "Oops I did it again."
Save a Great Dane, put thug Artest in jail
Another black basketballer charged with domestic violence? You can't be serious. There must be some mistake. Are you sure? Ronny is such a sweet, gentle and quiet person. It's not like he ran into the stands to punch somebody out right? Are you sure its Ronny? Didn't Ronny finish his anger management courses and make a 68 on his final exam? What do you want from him? He's black..c'mon, doesn't he get to enjoy a double standard? Please don't pick on Ronny cause he's black...pick on him because he's a psycopathic, degenerate imbecile instead. Thanks...
you know this is really sad! my sons & my grand son are huge KINGS fans & those guys on the court are sapposed to be an exsample for the kids!!! what a jerk!!!! just think of what kind of mesage hes sending to our youth!!! that if your a hot shot you can do what ever you want!!!! Artest your a flipping LOOSER & the KINGS will be better off with out you!!!!!!!!!!!
We don't pick on Ron because he is black. He pick on him because he is a menace to society, not to mention animals. He is garbage!
What a waste!!!
First of all, what happen to innocent until proven guilty ? There's always 2 sides to a story. I have a problem with the caller not mentioning the slap until after she couldnt get anything done about Artest taking the car. I am not an Artest fan but I say let's not crucify him until we get the whole story
It's THUG-O-MANIA!!
Ron is in the running for the 2006-07 Latrell Trophy for his outstanding contribution to youth planning to enter the penal system. He be needin a visit wi Tiny & Bubba in Cell Block 50 to get his head strate.
Quit crucifying that young man all of you holier than thou hypocrites.All of us have done and are doing some really weird things in our lives.We just haven't been caught.It's so much easier to talk about someone, rather than trying to talk to them, in trying to help.I know someone is saying,he can't be helped.In doing what you are doing,always putting someone down because they're not like you think they ought to be,you're the ones who really need the help.Why don't we look for ways to help rather than hurt people more? We,are not faultless.
I heard Artest talking about his rap cd once on tv while he was on suspension from the brawl. He is a real simpleton. He should be thanking God that people are stupid enough to pay large sums of money to men who can put a ball in a hoop. Pathetic.
Your correct Q that there is 2 sides to every story.Actual 3,one side then the other then the truth.But also your reputation preceeds you and in Rons case he is guilty as accused.THAT is the system we live in,not innocent until proven guilty.
I READ ALL THINGS THE NEWS REPORTERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.STRANGE,...THIS LADY WAS BEATING UP ON RON,...BREAKING OUT AUTO WINDOWS AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE THAT THE NEWS DID NOT WANT US TO KNOW IN ORDER TO PLACE ALL BLAME OF THIS EVENT ON ONE PERSON,..RON.NONE OF US WAS THERE AND THE WORD OF ONLY THE WOMAN IS BEING TAKEN AS GOSPEL.WHY? WOMEN DON'T LIE TO HAVE THE POWER TO JAIL MEN? I SEE AND HEAR ABOUT THIS ACTION ALL THE TIME.DID ANYONE ALLOW RON TO SAY ANYTHING? LETS BE A LITTLE BIT FAIR HERE.
Yea 13, like that... And, When she was complaining that he was leaving and realized that she wasn't going to get the authorities to stop him, that's when she pulled the D.V. card. Acutally used the D.V. term by name... Did you catch on that?
Two sides to every story. Cops usually listen to the woman and jail the man. Not a perfect system but the way it is. Oh, he pushed her down. Could it have been she was screaming, yelling, smashing his windshield,and beating on him while he was trying to keep her off and leave? Did he haul off and slug the nice lady? No. This smells of revenge.
Don't be too quick to judge here.
dear mr. artest,
i am afraid you married the WRONG KIND OF A WOMAN. but i guess, we all make mistakes.
with all your millionsw of money, i suggest for you to get a WIFE who would love you the way you are. And please,..don't ever try to touch anyone whom you really don't know.
sincerely,
frank
p.s.
be smart mr. artest. remember kobe bryant and kwame brown....they've been sabotaged like you.
same.