Ron Artest

April 12, 2011 – Allen Moll Certain times throughout each basketball season, it seems as if the Lakers’ volatile forward Ron Artest focuses his attention on a singular player to take out his aggressions on. With the 2011 NBA Playoffs quickly approaching, the newest Portland Trailblazer Gerald Wallace, has been feeling the fury and unpredictable [...]

March 28, 2011 – R.S. De France In time for the NCAA Final Four, The Hoop Doctors would like to take a look back to the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2010 playoff and finals run.  Here are the “Final Four” of Lakers’ playoff moments from 2010: 1. “Artest’s Game-Winner,” Phoenix Suns, Western Conference Finals, Game 5 [...]

St. John's hasn't been relevant since Ron Artest was there. With their strong start this season led by Steve Lavin, is the program finally back? [...]

January 25, 2011 – Joshua Sexton At the halfway mark of the NBA season, all of the teams who were expected to be at the top of the standings are right where they were expected to be. In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics, Heat, Bulls and Magic occupy the top four spots. In the Western [...]

December 28, 2010 – Allen Moll If it wasn’t bad enough that good ole Ron Artest’s Lakers got routed 96-80 on Christmas, or that he tallied only 8 points and 5 rebounds against the Miami frontcourt, it appears that he may have a hidden feud with 11 year veteran Jamaal Magloire. After dribbling the ball [...]

December 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Ron Artest last season was the Lakers hero in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was the old Ron Artest on defense and was the old 20+ ppg Artest on offense. So what happened over the summer? This season Ron Artest has barely [...]

November 19, 2010 – Kevin Burke I remember where I was, who I was with, and even what I was wearing (seriously). Hell, I even remember the date. Basketball fanatics just simply do not forget moments in time like that.  Six years ago today, the Detroit Pistons hosted the Indiana Pacers on a Friday night ESPN [...]

October 15, 2010 – Kevin Burke Sorry to beat this whole LeBron thing to death, but it just took an interesting turn. One that it hasn’t taken before and is something that I think is noteworthy enough to point out and discuss. Since LeBron elected to head to Miami, naturally he’s experienced a whirlwind of [...]

September 3, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It takes one to know one, and yes this is no joke. Ron Artest is now an advocate…. Next week, Lakers forward Ron Artest and Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano will join forces to combat mental health and promote the Mental Health in Schools Act. The two will head [...]

August 31, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Artest seemingly took issue with Celtics coach Doc Rivers‘ contention that the Celtics have never had the opportunity to defend the 2007-08 title with the same core group at full health, noting that the Lakers have been without Andrew Bynum in their title runs. “Boston lost to lakers [...]