Is the NBA Ready for Two Artests?
Plus: ‘Melo helps J.R. Smith heal.
-Daniel Artest, Ron Ron’s younger brother, is trying to make it into the League. Dude thinks he can ball.
“Nobody, really, because I don’t think nobody could do what I do,” he told me. “A lot of people try to compare me to like a Chuck Hayes or whatever, but he can’t do what I can do. I can shoot that ball. I can shoot that rock. I can ball. I can get it.”
(Please, if there is a God, let us have another Artest in our beloved lig.)
-There are a bunch of Canadian hoop dreamers taking part in Summer League action.
-J.R. Smith is trying to put the pieces back together following a tragic car accident on June 9th. His good buddy Carmelo Anthony is helping him get back on the right track and has invited Smith to his basketball camp.
“Something like this is a good way to get your confidence back, get your mind right,” Anthony said. “We all know the situation that happened. When it happened, it felt like a lot of people just automatically turned their back on him. Things like that can happen to anybody. I just wanted to be there for him.”
-I’m not sure if I’m prepared to live in a world where Marcus Banks is allowed to score 42 points. I don’t care if it’s just the Summer League.
-Renaldo Balkman continues to impress, and he is working to fix his broken jumper.
29 Responses to “Is the NBA Ready for Two Artests?”
Jul.11 at 1:13 pm
white hot eboy says:
Ron Ron’s brother looks like a cross between the Grimace and Biz Markie.
Jul.11 at 1:20 pm
Slick Nick Da Ruler says:
H8r
Jul.11 at 1:23 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
Is Melo going to make JR be a camper at his basketball camp?
Jul.11 at 1:25 pm
RV says:
based on the article it appears Ron was the one who compared him to chuck hayes…
Jul.11 at 1:39 pm
Steve O says:
Eboy- Good call, I was a about to make a Grimace reference but have been beaten to the punch. Also, I aggre ewith mutoni. The only thing better than one Artest is two Artests.
Jul.11 at 1:45 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
emergent complexity fits with taoism
Jul.11 at 1:46 pm
Justin Adler says:
Two Artests don’t make a right, but they would double the insanity of the league.
Jul.11 at 1:59 pm
jk_light says:
Ron Artest’s little brother played ball in the 3rd division in Germany and as I heard not even that dominant. So as I once played 2nd division may be I can come to the league too.
No, really, that would more than totally shock me.
Some guys just don’t have a clue about their abilities
Jul.11 at 2:10 pm
DP says:
If Marcus Banks can score 42 points I can a least get 10 points in a summer L game. play wit it.
Jul.11 at 2:17 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
greased up deaf guy, you are really getting on my nerves….btw, if there are two artests in the league i’m gonna start watrching ufc.
Jul.11 at 2:27 pm
nick says:
can we get both artests on the same team and have a Mighty Ducks style “Bash Brothers”? Is this too much to ask. Oh, and get Birdman and the ‘02 trailblazers…then sign Stephen Jackson and Vernon Maxwell in free agency, and you’ve got basically the best team ever.
Jul.11 at 2:46 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
khalid, youre just mad cuz you dont like thad young.
Jul.11 at 2:49 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
i think khalid needs a box of rocapads
Jul.11 at 2:54 pm
Steve O says:
Greased up- Are you trying to go at Chukaz crown for saying the most pointless sh*t per post?
Jul.11 at 2:59 pm
Mo Charlo says:
Instead of making the younger Artest to drills and vert leap and stuff, they should just throw a beer on him and gauge his reaction. GreasedupDeafGuy is the new Chukaz, but with a better taste in TV (just change your name to only Clay Davis, playa).
Jul.11 at 2:59 pm
H to the izzo says:
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis is Chukaz with a dictionary and thesuras.
Mutoni:I was gonna mention the two Artests’ in my blog but you got there first,you are turning into the Tim Duncan of news and rumours-ruthlessly effecient.
Jul.11 at 3:06 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
i dont need a dictionary or thesauras. like shaq, my brain is a file cabinet, i store everything in there for future references
Jul.11 at 3:28 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
and mo charlo, greased up deaf guy IS good tv
Jul.11 at 3:46 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Melo: If you go anywhere, make sure YOU drive.
Jul.11 at 6:49 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
“Banks looks more comfortable here in his hometown, where he can drive his orange Lamborghini from his off-season house to his college arena.” Terrific.
Jul.11 at 8:08 pm
AJ$ says:
yo i was @ melos camp & i saw jr smith. marcel mutoni does not lie!!! (not that anybody ever said he does)
Jul.11 at 8:11 pm
AJ$ says:
@lang: nah jr didnt do sh*t he just stood around & shot the ball & watched us (by us i mean all da ballaz @ da camp & by that i mean me) ball
Jul.11 at 8:51 pm
Noyd says:
My favorite quote from the Dan Artest article: He never did well in school, but he reads a lot….ahahahahahahah. I think QB is the only place that could handle 2 Artests.
Jul.11 at 9:43 pm
bails1 says:
dan artest goes 6-4 280 hes a goddamn beast but his skill level?
Jul.12 at 4:15 am
Chukaz says:
People, lets make this clear, I’m not Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis. I’ve said it before and I’ll said it agian, I’m not Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis. I ain’t lyin’. First of all, I’m Mexican, so my name could be Clay (but it ain’t) but my last name can’t be Davis. I haven’t been arond ’cause I was in SA in vacations. My fam and I went to Sea World (Shamu is f*ckin’ awesome) and some other places. After that we hit the road agian and went to Big D, to visit my mom’s fam.
Jul.12 at 4:27 am
Chukaz says:
How come J.R’s got no mid-range game? Or good handles? He should’ve been in the gym workin’ on the little game he has insted of being about there killing his friend. Just sayin’.
Jul.12 at 8:30 am
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
thats cold chukaz
Jul.12 at 7:56 pm
AJ$ says:
@chukaz: fyi: f**k u!
Jul.19 at 7:46 am
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[…] This season, Daniel Artest, the super-chunky little brother of Sacramento Kings badass, Ron Artest, was lucky enough to make the Kings Summer League squad. In two games with the Kings in Vegas, Young Artest averaged a sole point and one and a half rebounds. Of course, it wasn’t Daniel’s game that made newspaper ink. While Daniel did his best to make Ron Ron proud, the Kings big man was pondering more pressing matters. […]