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Ron Artest
Trouble maker, and Sacramento Kings athelete. Ron Artest has played basketball in the NBA since 1999.
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Rockets forward Artest’s competitive nature forged by roots By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle RICH PEDRONCELLI Associated Press Despite having fame and riches, new Rockets forward Ron Artest, left, hasn't forgotten his roots. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.” — Booker T. Washington NEW YORK...
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Ron Artest set for deal to Rockets Bobby Jackson, first-round pick to go to Sacramento In what had been a quiet off-season, the Rockets are about to make a lot of noise. In a stunning move designed to push the Rockets from solid playoff team toward legitimate NBA contenders, the Rockets reached agreement Tuesday with the Sacramento Kings to acquire gifted but controversial forward Ron Artest, according to an NBA executive with...
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This week, a potential trade between the Houston Rockets and the Sac o' Shit Kings was announced that would send Ron Artest to my hometown team. In reaction, Yao told the Houston Chronicle that he was optimistic but that he hoped "(Artest's) not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands." Artest then responded to Yao's comments in the Sacramento Bee: "I understand what Yao said, but I'm still ghetto," Artest said. "That's not going to change. I'm never going to change my culture...
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Amid reports that Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest is headed for the Houston Rockets, the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant said . . . nothing.
“I hadn’t thought about it at all,” Bryant said at Wednesday’s practice.
And the Lakers’ small forward position?
“We’re fine,” Bryant said.
Bryant, once critical of Lakers moves or the lack thereof, has announced he is out of the GM business and is sticking by it.
Artest was so eager to join the Lakers, he made a series of appearances on local talk shows. With...
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The “Sacramento Bee” reported Thursday that the Sacramento Kings have rejected an offer by the Dallas Mavericks that would have sent Ron Artest to the “Lone Star State.” The report states that the Mavericks offered Jerry Stackhouse and Brandon Bass for “Tru-Warrior.” Sacramento reportedly would want Josh Howard included in the deal, which Dallas is unlikely to do. Artest last week asked to be traded from the Kings, days after he had declined to opt out of the last year of his contract...
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I understand that Ron Artest is going to give the Houston Rockets a formidable trio, alongside Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady . But when was the last time a team with Artest on it has been any kind of a factor? That would be back in 2003-04, when the ...
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Filed under: Rockets FanHouse's Tom Ziller argues his ranking of the top 50 players in the NBA. When Houston traded for Ron Artest, the bulk of the talk centered on how he'd fit in behind two megastars in Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming. Would he be comfortable being a third option? As an experience...
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They're both 28 years old, injury prone, spent two years in college, have been traded a couple of times, and are members of high-powered trios.
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It has been a quiet off-season so far in the NBA, yet the biggest news in the relatively stagnant waters of the league has raised many eyebrows and questions…
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Houston, with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, believe that the addition of Artest will give them the necessary plus to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers and the ...
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I had a creepy feeling watching Ron Artest get that wild ovation when the Rockets introduced him Monday.
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It's official, Ron Artest is a Rocket
The Rockets officially acquired the mercurial forward Thursday in a blockbuster deal with Sacramento, sending rookie Donté Greene, Bobby Jackson, a 2009 first round pick and cash considerations to the Kings in exchange for the 6-7, 248 pound Artest, along...
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Let me school some of you on the way hair works. I know you probably think it's huge, and really zany, that Ron Artest has gotten his new team's logo shaved in the side of his head.
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