Ron Artest is actually going through with what many thought was an idle promise to raffle off his championship ring and donate the proceeds to charity.
Artest is doing something that actually impresses me.
To put that in context, let's get something out of the way immediately.
I don't like Ron Artest.
Nothing that follows is even remotely connected to is abilities on the court. I have almost no respect for him as a human being.
I have not liked Ron Artest since his freshman year at St. John's.
I don't like the man who admitted getting drunk before games as a Chicago Bull.
I don't like the man who smashed a $100,000 TV camera at Madison Square Garden.
I don't like the man who publicly asked his coach for a month off from the Pacers early in the 2004-05 season to promote a music album he had produced.
I really don't like the man who acted like a complete punk in an altercation with Ben Wallace, and ended up charging into the stands like a deranged lunatic at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The man who, after returning from a year-long suspension, publicly requested a trade from the Pacers since he didn't think p ...
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