Do you ever get the feeling like when someone is saying something you don't really know how to react?  You don't know whether to laugh or be serious because the comments are both funny and sad at the same time.  A perfect example of that at times is when Charles Barkley speaks.  His comments are funny but sometimes so wrong.  That is exactly how I feel when Artest speaks.  Deep down you think to yourself, "he means well" but at the same time you might think, "dude just be quiet and play ball".  But, he is a Laker and I love him for that.  Here is a bit of the intro to the article.  You can read the rest by clicking on the link.  

Ron Artest, the 30-year-old, first-year starter with the Los Angeles Lakers, may yet prove to be a crucial piece of an improved championship puzzle.

But those who are counting on one of the league's most explosive personalities to avoid controversy with his fifth NBA team may want to temper their expectations.

In a lengthy interview for the December 7 issue of Sporting News magazine, Artest—best known as the central figure in the infamous Malice at the Palace in 2004—bared all, including a startling admission that he drank alcohol during games as a member of the Chicago Bulls, for whom he played from 1999-2002.

"I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime," Artest says in the interview, which hits newsstands this week. "I (kept it) in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it."

Artest speaks openly in the interview on many other sensitive topics.

Article: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2009-12-02/sn-conversation-ron-artest-i-was-head-case