Ron Artest Has Lots of Extra Jewelry

by DexterFishmore on Aug 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT in Editorial

*Editors Note: Want to commend Ron-Ron on this wonderful act of charity? Want to ask him how he'll fit in the triangle? Want to ask him what he ate for lunch? Give him a call. For realz, do it. Thanks NBA Offseason, via BDL.

Don't let it be said that Ron Artest never did anything for you. I suppose I should mention, that sentence only applies if you're Zheng Fengyu of Hubei province.

Take it away, most glorious state media organ China View!

Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest has donated his diamond watch to a high school student in Wuhan Wednesday to support his education.

Zheng Fengyu, 15, is the captain of Wuhan NO.1 middle school's basketball team.

Ron played basketball with Zheng Wednesday afternoon, and gave the boy later his watch, which is worth 45,000 U.S. dollars (about 300,000 yuan), according to a report by local media.

"He is great. Never let me shoot easily," Artest said. "Hope this can help realize his basketball dream."

Forty-five grand isn't that much to an illustrious blogger like me - frankly, I'm not sure I'd bother cashing a check that small - but sources in the upper middle class tell me that to many people it's a lot of money. And thanks to Chinese government exchange-rate manipulation, it converts into an assload of yuan. Forget basketball... young Mr. Zheng can now realize his dream of opening a human-trafficking operation.

Anyhow, I'm tired of celebrities and their public displays of charity. I do plenty for the world's downtrodden, but do you see me preening for the cameras? Like yesterday, when there were a couple bites of my Subway BMT that I couldn't finish. Did I throw it away? Of course not - I handed it off to a homeless guy so he could enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime treat.

OK, so I didn't actually hand it to him... he was asleep, so I dropped it on the ground kind of where he was lying. And then I walked away briskly before he could wake up and talk to me. Woo-hoo, I'm a hero!

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Just posted this in the Credits… but this is a little odd.

The NBA has suspended Rashard Lewis 10 games after he tested positive for a steroid.

by intuitive on Aug 6, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions

10 games seems too less

but then again, to what extent has he been taking the steroid?

how will this affect the league’s perception if more nba athletes test positive for a steroid?

I’m really disappointed in Lewis for taking a steroid. Goodness knows the nba doesn’t need steroid-gate after referee-gate.

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by PeanutButterSpread on Aug 6, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Steroids won't affect the NBA.

I think too many people believe it doesn’t really help.

Personally, I could care less if Rashard actually took something. Steroids can’t improve a jumper.

by wondahbap on Aug 6, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Respectfully disagree that Steroidscan't/won't affect the NBA

Steroids can’t improve a jumper or your handle, but they can make you run faster, jump higher, and keep your strength on post offense and defense.

In the same way, people used to say that steroids don’t make you hit a baseball better – but it can increase your bat speed and give you more power so that when you do make contact, you’re hitting the ball harder than you would have.

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by Gils_Keloids on Aug 6, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I see your point.

and I agree with that. Being bigger, faster, and stronger always help. But you still need to have the skills. Same as in baseball, but they have numbers to protect. There lies the real problem. Not the steroids, but the history that crumbles with every record broken. Only sports like baseball, track, swimming, and weightlifting, etc where times, numbers or records are involved is steroids a big deal.

What I really meant was I don’t think steroids will affect the NBA as far as being a scandal. I honestly don’t believe from a cultural standpoint that your average NBA player would take hardcore PED’s.

Rashard Lewis Links post up…

by wondahbap on Aug 6, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions

hahah yea, no one is break 100 points in a game steroids or no steroids

by robi s on Aug 7, 2009 2:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Just when we thought there wasn't anything to talk about NBA related...

let the media go crazy now.

I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Aug 6, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I dont think he purposely took them. It wouldn’t really make sense for him to try and bulk up considering thats not even his game to bang up against players.

by robi s on Aug 6, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Most probably

here’s what he said:
bq.
“Lewis said in a statement that he took an over-the-counter supplement late last season that included a substance he did not realize was banned by the NBA.
"First and foremost I take full responsibility for the situation and accept the corresponding penalty," Lewis said. "I apologize to Magic fans, my teammates and this organization for not doing the research that should come with good judgment."”

Skeets at BDL thinks it was an “isolated, honest mistake.”

by altree on Aug 6, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions

And also regarding the post Dex, this was absolute gold.

“Forty-five grand isn’t that much to an illustrious blogger like me – frankly, I’m not sure I’d bother cashing a check that small – but sources in the upper middle class tell me that to many people it’s a lot of money.”

by intuitive on Aug 6, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions

hahah that reminds me of a family guy joke, where a guy peter works with a guy in the mail room, and he is the badass with a heart of gold haha

good for ron, that should bring him some good karma for this upcoming season

by robi s on Aug 6, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions

Ron is nuts. In a naturally not all there, you wonder if he's drunk or high, can't explain him type of nuts.

I follow him on Twitter, and he’s spent the summer pimping out Shin Shin and making terrible music in China. Then he makes a blog explaining the Brawl to her. The NBA must be cringing, because being a Laker now, he’s going to get a lot more pub, and the Brawl is the last thing they want re-hashed.

I’m telling myself he won’t damage the team come basketball time. That he can be as wacky as he wants in the off season thousands of miles away.

by wondahbap on Aug 6, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

To put it nicely, he’s a little off his rocker.

by intuitive on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions

ron artest… redefining eccentric millionaire.

by whorge on Aug 7, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah Ron enjoy your off the court wackyness when gametime hits in October I don't want to see any of it

To the Lewis incident, I’m just glad it ain’t one of the Lakers
To Dexter, great post and funny

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by BrittneyM on Aug 6, 2009 10:44 PM PDT reply actions

that’s right. he ought to be working out, however. the season is 2 and a half months away. i hope sasha has met with an astrologer to help him find his jumper; hope bynum has received psychotherapy and had his “balls” implant; kobe rested his body in a tub of ice; pau hit the wight room; lamar to the dentist; and hope phil jackson visted the playboy mansion. ante up boys, your title defense begins in 80 days.

by chaucer on Aug 8, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions