Archive for September, 2011

Ron Artest is taking advantage of the NBA lockout, using his suddenly free time to build the Artest/World Peace brand. From his flirtations with English hoops and soap operas to joining the new cast of ‘Dancing With the Starts’, Ron Ron stays relevant. Artest’s latest headline grabber was a not-so-shocking guarantee that the Lakers would win the NBA title in 2011-12. Mind you the only reason this Rex Ryan-esque prognostication made news is simply because there is much else newsworthy in basketball these day. Now if Ron (aka Metta) really wanted to make a bold prediction he’d have said the [...]

Back in the summer of ’05 myself and a few friends decided to roll down to Long Beach so we could get our first look at the Lakers’ top pick in the draft, a young man named Andrew Bynum. We were all curious to know what Mitch Kupchak saw in the teenage 7-footer from New Jersey. As amazed as we were to see how advanced the young man’s post game and footwork were there was something even more shocking we saw during the summer league contest. During the game Kevin Garnett wandered into the Pyramid. Soon he followed Lakers’ trainer [...]