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15  -  Metta World Peace - SF/PF, 6'7, 260 Los Angeles Lakers - Signed as a free agent in July 2009

Date of birth: 11/13/1979        Country: USA      Drafted (NBA): 16th pick, 1999      Out of: St. John's   NBA Experience: 13 years   Hand: Right  Agent: David Bauman (Lagadere). Formerly Mark Stevens. Defensively, Ron Artest can do just about everything. He's reasonably athletic, decently sized and ridiculously strong, a combination that allows him to be both an effective post defender and (probably) the league's best perimeter defender. Artest has quick hands, great instincts, the ability to get really close to his opponent and the ability to stay there, whose combination of size, skill, defensive smarts and sheer bloody-mindeness makes him highly successful at ruining opposing wing player's evenings. There's no such thing as a lockdown defender, but this is about as close to lockdown as they get. Speaking of which; offensively, Ron Artest is about as close to awkward as they get. He can do most things; handle the ball, pass, shoot from outside, post up a bit, drive the ball and get out in transition. But he does them all in a way best described as.....well, awkward. Artest has to dominate the ball to be effective, isolates a hell of a lot, and tends to do the John Salmons-y thing of turning catch-and-shoot jumpshots into off-the-dribble jumpshots for no obvious reason. Artest is also very prone to bad shots, the classic shortcoming of a man who thinks he's better offensively than he is. Of course, none of that is the first thing that you think of when you think of Ron Artest. You might first think of the lengthy criminal history (see below), or the tendency to break shit when he gets mad, as he so often does (see nickname). You might think of the time he charged into the stands trying to punch people (see this), or of the many times he talked openly about retiring (see this). You might think of all the stupid things he says (see this), the times he shaves words into his head (see this), the musical second career that he tried to launch (see this), or the following frankly hilarious picture (see this). And you might have watched with a curious fascination as the public's opinion of Ron Artest changed from him being a reviled scary violent deplorable citizen, into a genuinely interesting, quick-witted, kind hearted, revered media personality. Either way, you've remembered him. And I think that's what he was going for. - 13th October, 2010.

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Current Trade Kickers

2010-06-11

There follows a list of all current NBA contracts that feature trade kickers, in contracts valid as of the time of writing, along with the value of them. Note that trade kickers have no expiry date other than the expiration of the contract itself, and that having a percentage listed means that's the percentage of their remaining salary that they will additionally get with the bonus. - Carmelo Anthony (lesser of 5% or $1 million) - Ron Artest (15%) - Andrea Bargnani (5%) - Charlie Bell (15%) - Shannon Brown (15%) - Kobe Bryant (10%) - Jose Calderon (10%) - Eddy Curry (greater of 15% or $5 million) - Sam Dalembert (15%) - Tim Duncan (15%) - Jeff Foster (lesser of 15% or $1 million) - Pau Gasol (15%) - Manu Ginobili (5%) - LeBron James (15%) - James Jones (15%) - Chris Kaman (lesser of 15% or $4 million) - Shawn Marion (15%) - Roger Mason Jr (lesser of 15% or $375,000, but is expiring anyway) - Antonio McDyess (10%) - Yao Ming (15%) - Chris Paul (15%) - Morris Peterson (7.5%) - Paul Pierce (8%) - James Posey (10%) - Joel Przybilla (15%) - Brandon Roy (lesser of 15% or $4 million) - Josh Smith (15%) - Peja Stojakovic (10%) - Amare Stoudemire (15%) - Hedo Turkoglu (15%) - Anderson Varejao (5%) - Dwayne Wade (15%) - Rasheed Wallace (15%) - Luke Walton (7.5%) [read full post]

I'm still not bored of watching these

2010-06-18

Congratulations to the 2009/10 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers. Both teams played hard, the ball didn't lie, other clichés happened, and the better team just about won. Game 7 was a marvellous exercise in magnetically terrible basketball - the standard was low, but only because the pressure was high, and the effort redoubtable. It wasn't pretty, but it was sure as hell tense. Congratulations in particular go to Ron Artest, who was the best player in the game. Kobe Bryant may have won the Finals MVP award - which was more than a little awkward in light of his game 7 performance - and Pau Gasol's second half may have turned the game around, but Artest carried more of the team. He kept them in it in the first half, and helped them seal it in the second. And his dagger three pointer, which would have been an absolutely awful shot had it missed, did not miss. Crazy Pills did almost everything right. More importantly, congratulations to him for his two post game interviews. The first coming seconds after the final buzzer with fashionista Doris Burke (who incidentally is totally working the glasses)...... ......and then his post game press conference, when he has had time to calm down, gather his thoughts, round up his family, find some Wheaties, and get a little drunk. The eccentricity, awkwardness and unmistakable comedy of a man thanking a hood and a psychiatrist in the moments immediately following the finest moment of his professional life cannot be understressed. The fact that this is followed up by a pantheon comedy moment - in which Artest encourages his dad to flex, introduces every family member he has ever had, speaks of David Stern on first name terms, mocks Kobe's refusal to pass to him, invites everyone in the room to the club, openly cheers at the sight of breakfast cereal, apologises to the Indiana Pacers so profusely that he forgot what prompted him to do so, offers to beatbox, and shouts out his doctor for the second time - is simply impossible to believe. Or it would be, had it not happened. There is nobody else quite like Ron Artest, and at times like this, that is a good thing. Stay happy, Ron Artest. You're a sheer joy when you are. [read full post]

A Guide To NBA Player's Music

2011-05-20

Ron Artest's musical attempts have been well chronicled, ranging from those that have had money thrown at them....... .......to those that have not. [read full post]

Note: Non-US teams that the player has played for are, unless stated otherwise, from the top division in that nation. If league or division name is expressly stated, it's not the top division. The only exceptions to this are the rare occasions where no one league is said to be above the other, such as with the JBL/BJ League split inJapan. In the event where more than one agent is listed, this is because the player has more than one agent. This is rather commonplace - a lot of times, a player will sign with a big agency, and they will have both primary and secondary agents from within that agency to handle their affairs. (Where that happens, the primary agent is listed first.) Also, foreign players tend to have both American and domestic agents. Where the details of such are known, they are listed.

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