The continual Ron Artest quotefest lives on. A day after thoughts of retirement filter out, a source close to Ron-Ron tells Sam Amick of The Sacramento Bee that Mr. Artest may leave the NBA to play in Europe. "According to the source, who didn't want to go on record for fear of reprisal, Artest plans to play overseas for a year or two, with hopes that he can put the seemingly nonstop turmoil behind him in a more discreet environment while leaving open the possibility of a return to the NBA."Kings GM Geoff Petrie doesn't sound like he's buying Ron's wolf tickets, and neither do I. Ron says a lot of things he doesn't mean, like Barry Bonds. He has what my high-school French teacher would call diarrhée de la bouche.
And despite the big win over Phoenix yesterday afternoon, this new drama brings into sharp focus the futuristic struggles which await the Kings franchise: The best two things that could happen to the team this summer are Ron retiring and Mike Bibby opting out of his contract. When you need your two biggest stars to go away in order to make progress, things are dire.
(Another quizzical note: Two of Amick's sources -- one a friend of Ron and another with the team, assumedly a player -- withhold their identities for fear of reprisal. Ron's friends and teammates are afraid he will beat them up for spilling the beans on his crazy plans. I love this game.)
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Oooh, dropping French knowledge! C'est malade ça!
America assists in ridding Europe of the diabolical Nazis, and you send them Ron Artest??? Interesting.
its a damn shame what artest is doing!!!!millions of people around the world would not hesitate a second to live the life he is living....and what is he doing???beating up his wife and friends...i really thought the ban was a little hard...but now i think he should be banned for life no matter where he wants to play!!!!!millions of kids are looking up to him...and with his behaviour hes showing them how"bad" it is to play in the nba!!!!???!!!he can do my job 12 hours a day from tomorrow and see what real life is like.....and dont tell me nothing about how hard it was growing up!!how many people outside the usa struggle their whole lifes making a living....i really do not wanna write more cause i cant believe what i just read!!!!make space for a player who feels honored to be playing in the nba and please get rid of this jerk!!!!
florian eichstaedt
germany