Links: NBA Friday (Wednesday Edition)
Ron Ron!
While I was out last week, I didn’t get a chance to post the latest NBA Friday, so I’m going to post it today and we’ll get back on track for later this week.
You guys know about NBA Friday, our weekly look at the NBA from our man Joel Kimmel. This week’s team is the Sacramento Kings, and this week’s player is Ron Artest.
Joel says, “Instead of concentrating on the team he plays for I wanted to focus mainly on his face. I wanted to show that despite his great defense and scoring abilities, when you think about Ron Artest, unfortunately other things come to mind instead of his basketball talents. I also wanted to represent the Queensbridge Houses where he grew up and drew in the numbers he’s worn over his career. I also originally had drawn in a Circuit City, some images of the brawl in Detroit and even a Rottweiler (alluding to his problems as a dog owner as well as your Ron-Ron the Rottweiler nickname) but all that was too distracting, so I scaled it back to what you see now.”
Awesome.
This week’s team is the Nets, and Joel let me know that as a native of Canada, he will not be illustrating Vince Carter. Fair enough. I’m hoping for Gary Sussman.
As always, thanks, Joel.
I’ve got some other links I’ve been sitting on, but I’m gonna do a long post tomorrow with all of that. In the meantime, I wrote a column today for Hawks.com that should be posted shortly.
37 Responses to “Links: NBA Friday (Wednesday Edition)”
Feb.27 at 3:38 pm
riggs says:
im pretty sure rjay is gonna be next. with the word NEXT right under him
Feb.27 at 3:49 pm
TADOne says:
Might as well do a Brooklyn Nets pic with LeBron and Jay Z holding up the ROC. Oh, and great pic again Joel.
Feb.27 at 4:00 pm
Myles Brown says:
The Circuit City wouldve been great.
Feb.27 at 5:19 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
Crazy
Feb.27 at 5:28 pm
gelly says:
this is great
Feb.27 at 6:16 pm
FLUXLAND says:
“….as a native of Canada, he will not be illustrating Vince Carter.” Instantly qualifying him for the Order of Canada.
It should be K.V.H. but I’m guessing Marcus W.
Feb.27 at 6:28 pm
Reggie Evans says:
That image is very Diego Rivera-esque.
Feb.27 at 7:02 pm
SMK says:
without VC what is there for the Nets, Lawrence Frank watching film?
Feb.27 at 7:14 pm
Sko says:
Devin Harris, and incidentally, i do think that if Nenad was healthy, you could swap Vince for Lebron and that would be a Finals team right now. add a lockdown perimeter defender and they might not get swept against the West.
Feb.27 at 7:28 pm
Dan says:
Loved The Last Word this week, Lang.
Feb.27 at 7:33 pm
tony b says:
You should draw Keith Van Horn getting Jerry and Devean tattooed on each buttcheek…oh and Kerry Kittles and Todd Macculloch
….if only SLAM couldve gotten them on a cover….hmmmmmmm
Feb.27 at 8:27 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Lucious Harris on the Lucious Harris Memorial Exercise Bike.
Feb.27 at 8:38 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Ron Artest was fun to paint. I also did a Kevin Martin piece that you guys can see on my blog.
Check back here on Friday for the best painting of Keith Van Horn you’ll ever see.
Feb.27 at 8:41 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
And yes, Todd McCullough and Jamaal Magloire for Canadian content.
Feb.27 at 9:40 pm
James Martin says:
I was looking at the media day pics the other day. I think Ron Artest needs to rock some Chucks in game, would there be anyone else. Somebody make this happen!
Feb.27 at 10:54 pm
Dutch Rich says:
Joel, tribute to Drazen please!!
Feb.27 at 11:33 pm
D-Advocate says:
The painting was cool, but the grafitti lettering needed some improvement. I could barely tell that it said Queens on his right shoulder. A NYC 7 train running through would have been cool, too. But it was nice.
Feb.27 at 11:42 pm
Clendon says:
I think you should have like Jay Z over the arena scracthing his head “like wtf happen”
with brooklyn in the background
Feb.27 at 11:54 pm
Reggie Evans says:
@Joel - that sounds like one helluva Keith Van Horn painting you got there!
Feb.28 at 1:11 am
apollo 33 says:
d-advocate, you paint it next time dick. looks sick joel.
Feb.28 at 1:56 am
J says:
next one should Vince Carter
Feb.28 at 2:24 am
hursty says:
jason collins?, nah Richard Jefferson.
Feb.28 at 4:37 am
karan says:
how about jay-z for the nets.
or better, beyonce
Feb.28 at 4:59 am
Tariq says:
Joel is talented at drawing.
Feb.28 at 7:14 am
Gerard Himself says:
Great drawing, really cool. About the Nets hm….? Maybe about faces of the franchise leaving? Dr. J being let go by the team, and years later Jason Kidd departing? Like a “who’s next?” kind of drawing?
Feb.28 at 7:16 am
Gerard Himself says:
and with “who’s next?” I meant that who will be the next face of the franchise, the next saviour? Not as in “who’s the next player to leave”.
The next carrier of the team, a question mark so far.
Feb.28 at 7:36 am
Russ Bengtson says:
LeBron and Jay-Z straddling a Brooklyn Bridge made out of money and diamonds and flashing Roc signs at each other.
Feb.28 at 8:57 am
TADOne says:
Russ trying to steal my thunder from my 3:49 post. Although, I didn’t have the Brooklyn Bridge idea. I also like the Drazen Petrovic idea.
Feb.28 at 10:22 am
BETCATS says:
brillant
Feb.28 at 10:22 am
BETCATS says:
brillant
Feb.28 at 11:55 am
nick says:
Great work Joel. For the Nets: Bostjan Nachbar, posterizing…uhhhh…nevermind. How about Izod arena sinking into the Meadowlands swamp, pulled down by vince carter, with RJ trying to stay on dry land.
Feb.28 at 2:24 pm
Gumdrop says:
My initial reaction was that I was looking at a mug shot.
Feb.28 at 2:25 pm
Gumdrop says:
Also my favorite thing about Ron Artest is that he chose the number 93 because it represents ‘infinite intensity’…no joke.
Feb.28 at 7:45 pm
Salim Stoudamire says:
Michelle Carter Pushing Vince’s carriage
Feb.29 at 12:45 am
TC says:
just paint Vince Carter wincing and crying while lying on the floor…..with Kidd walking away from him in the background,,
Feb.29 at 12:57 pm
Ken says:
Where’s number 23?
Feb.29 at 2:12 pm
Chief says:
Draw Kieth Van Horn. nuff said.