Artest has been seeing a psychologist since last season

[DaDakota]

Ron is a nutcase.....how is his family? Probably nutjobs too....

DD

[cobbler]

You are probably the dumbest fan in all of sports.....When Artest came to Houston, Laker fans were saying the exact same thing that people are saying about him now, the risk factor. Also, I specifically remember some Laker fans say that they didn't want Artest anyway,because they had Ariza. in hypocrites, at least Allanon is the most decent Laker fan that you will find anywhere. You are obviously blind to the fact that Ron is not what he once was, but while he can still defend some, watch where he gets his points, off balance, contested shots

We dont care where he gets his points. We have no problem scoring. If Ron scores 4 points a night and simply defends and rebounds we are fine. Practically every analyst and MOST the knowledgable fans agree that Ron is better all arouund player than Trevor. Notice i use the word knowledagable....so that would exclude you.

I have no doubt some Laker fans were saying the same stupid ass you are now saying last year. They were wrong. Just as you will be. The point i was making was they didnt have to bring it up every friggen day in multiple threads in numerous posts. Laker fans are not that insecure. It was commented on and dropped. Everyone one of the morons like you who bring it up ad nauseum keep telling us how he's going to ruin the Lakers not from a basketball standpoint...but in the locker room.

You keep on wishing that, as you see Ariza's numbers plumet this year boy. What's your teams goal this year? I'm guessing same as last year.... pray to get out of the first round.

[Culburn369]

What's your teams goal this year?

Waiting out Yao & McGrady.

[djohn2oo8]

We dont care where he gets his points. We have no problem scoring. If Ron scores 4 points a night and simply defends and rebounds we are fine. Practically every analyst and MOST the knowledgable fans agree that Ron is better all arouund player than Trevor. Notice i use the word knowledagable....so that would exclude you.
I have no doubt some Laker fans were saying the same stupid ass you are now saying last year. They were wrong. Just as you will be. The point i was making was they didnt have to bring it up every friggen day in multiple threads in numerous posts. Laker fans are not that insecure. It was commented on and dropped. Everyone one of the morons like you who bring it up ad nauseum keep telling us how he's going to ruin the Lakers not from a basketball standpoint...but in the locker room.You keep on wishing that, as you see Ariza's numbers plumet this year boy. What's your teams goal this year? I'm guessing same as last year.... pray to get out of the first round.

Same as last year? you were ting yourself when it went to 7 games so STFU.....I know that you are a bandwagoning who has no knowledge of the game whatsoever....My team's goal is to overachieve once again, and not use excuses when they lose...ask phil about that, whiney es

[Culburn369]

Same as last year? you were ting yourself when it went to 7 games so STFU.

No, dj, that wasn't Cobb that himself when it went to game 7. That was me. I was as nervous as a sissy at Boy's Town.

[Culburn369]

The Lakers have always taken scrub teams lightly, but when that must win game came, we ted on the Rockets and their entire fan base.

Exactly! I was just joshin' & funnin' about saying I was really nervous about the outcome of that Game 7 with Houston. I was like Luva. I never had a moment's doubt.

[cobbler]

Same as last year? you were ting yourself when it went to 7 games so STFU.....I know that you are a bandwagoning who has no knowledge of the game whatsoever....My team's goal is to overachieve once again, and not use excuses when they lose...ask phil about that, whiney es

Not me... I don't sweat the small stuff. The Lakers all year long didn't get up for the weak teams. They got swept by the Bobcats for god's sake. I've had Laker season tix probably longer than you have been alive and played the game at a pretty high level for just as long... so you are wrong on both counts there. Like that is any surprise. PJ can make all the excuses he wants. I could care less. I'll take his winning % anyday.

Whiney es? I think you have it backwards. We are the arrogant smug bastads who like to rub in our success to haters like you. You are the whiney es that gripe every year when bounced from the first round and puff out your chests because you took a Laker team (that took your team lightly as they always do with the bottom feeders) to 7 games.

Geeeeeeez, do you ever get anything right?

[Double-Up]

Good for him

Tens of millions of americans see a psychologist every year

Love your sig...

[Morg1411]

OMG, almost 24 hours passed without a story about Ron-Ron!

Ron-Ron, and L.A. (Especially Culburn and Luva, because they're special.)

[lefty]

I'm pretty the psychologist ended up in the couch talking to Artest about his problems

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

The man has some issues... it's no secret. He finally trys to address some of them in a positive manner and see a psychologist. I applaud the effort and it has nothing to do with the team he plays for. But nooooooo... all the naysayers gotta laugh and say he needs a psychiatrist as if any of them have any expertise in the field.

...and if he goes through the whole sesaon with no problems, not one of you will admit you misjudged him or recant the talk of his RUINING the Lakers. We will hear how it was a fluke and he'll ruin the 2010 Lakers.

Funny how we didn't hear how he was going to ruin the Rockets in tens of threads last year. Now that he's a Laker, it's all the rage.

Everybody hatin on the top dog... Look that up in your psychology for dummies book...

DE-NI-AL ain't a river in Egypt.

Probably a little closer to a mixed bipolar.

Actually...the fact that he refuses to take any responsiblity for his actions suggests possible borderline personality disorder. Personality disorders are very hard to treat with any kind of medicine and most people that have them stay stuck in a rut because they refuse to be proactive in the treatment.

(BTW, "manic-depressive" is the new label for "bipolar", or is it the other way around? ).

[tlongII]

Artest won't ruin the Lakers.


The Blazers will.

[Culburn369]

Who would have believed this man would have been a huge contributor on a 72 win team and holder of 5 rings?

& proceeded to tell the Rev. David Robinson & The Spurs to go pound salt.

[cobbler]

Artest won't ruin the Lakers.


The Blazers will.

Wanna put your money where your mouth is? ohhhhhhhh that's right... you already pussed out on those offers.

ALL TALK AND NO WALK.

[Darkwaters]

...and if he goes through the whole sesaon with no problems, not one of you will admit you misjudged him or recant the talk of his RUINING the Lakers. We will hear how it was a fluke and he'll ruin the 2010 Lakers.

Ron Artest is a guy that grows on you...and I mean the way a cancer grows on you. While everybody remembers the Malice at the Palace from a few years back, the major concern is not so much that he'll have a single moment of indiscretion. Indiana wanted him out for more reasons than just the brawl and public image, Sacto wanted him gone (for a looong time) because he was legitimately tearing their team apart, and Houston said " this" 12 months into the experiment. History is on our side. And you're right, it might not be 2009, or even 2010. But it WILL happen. And just because the team doesn't publically admit it, doesn't mean that things don't happen behind the scenes.

Funny how we didn't hear how he was going to ruin the Rockets in tens of threads last year. Now that he's a Laker, it's all the rage.

Actually, everyone was very skeptical of the move that brought Ron from Sacramento to Houston. While hes a valuable player, people were still spouting the same comments in regards to Houston that they are about the Lakers this year. 12 months later the Rockets and Artest parted ways.

[cobbler]

Ron Artest is a guy that grows on you...and I mean the way a cancer grows on you. While everybody remembers the Malice at the Palace from a few years back, the major concern is not so much that he'll have a single moment of indiscretion. Indiana wanted him out for more reasons than just the brawl and public image, Sacto wanted him gone (for a looong time) because he was legitimately tearing their team apart, and Houston said " this" 12 months into the experiment. History is on our side. And you're right, it might not be 2009, or even 2010. But it WILL happen. And just because the team doesn't publically admit it, doesn't mean that things don't happen behind the scenes.

So you have no proof of his tearing the team apart in the locker rooms. Everything I have ever read from teammates says he was a great teammate.

So, in other words, ALL conjecture on your part. Thanks for clearing that up.


BTW... that guy thats going to ruin the Lakers by being a ball hog and chucking up awful shots was the player of the game tonight with 6 points, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

....but you hang on to that future meltdown theory thats going to crumble the team.

[Culburn369]

and Houston said " this" 12 months into the experiment.

But, 11 months & 30 out of 31 days of the 12th month they never uttered a peep of protest or bad tidyings. It was then - after the first 24 hours he'd signed in L.A., that they got just a smidge testy in Houston and started a flappin' them gums.

They got bigger fish to fry there now though. Let 'em eat cake and X out each of those days on one of those 16-month calendars they sell just about everywhere as Yao gets his healin' on & a sendin' those checks back to the mainland every two weeks, jest like clock work.

tee, hee.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

But, 11 months & 30 out of 31 days of the 12th month they never uttered a peep of protest or bad tidyings. It was then - after the first 24 hours he'd signed in L.A., that they got just a smidge testy in Houston and started a flappin' them gums.

They got bigger fish to fry there now though. Let 'em eat cake and X out each of those days on one of those 16-month calendars they sell just about everywhere as Yao gets his healin' on & a sendin' those checks back to the mainland every two weeks, jest like clock work.

tee, hee.

...well, when you ignore the facts that is. What about the time when he turned up for the team bus in his underpants? tee in hee indeed

I'm looking forward to watching Artest's delusional mania insidiously undermine Faker team chemistry (by about game 60), before Jax sends him on a self-discovery mission involving peyote and the Nevada desert, after which he founds his own cult of bling-worshipping delusionals with poor taste in hip hop.

I feel sorry for Jax, though, because I've always liked and respected him... now that I've grown up I even understand where he's coming from. No-one better for the job of managing a crazy, but I fear for his heart.

[djohn2oo8]

But, 11 months & 30 out of 31 days of the 12th month they never uttered a peep of protest or bad tidyings. It was then - after the first 24 hours he'd signed in L.A., that they got just a smidge testy in Houston and started a flappin' them gums.

They got bigger fish to fry there now though. Let 'em eat cake and X out each of those days on one of those 16-month calendars they sell just about everywhere as Yao gets his healin' on & a sendin' those checks back to the mainland every two weeks, jest like clock work.tee, hee.

Our front office kept under wraps, so don't act like u know anything, tee hee

[Culburn369]

...well, when you ignore the facts that is. What about the time when he turned up for the team bus in his underpants? tee in hee indeed

That's the point: we didn't hear about that until AFTER he signed in L.A., and then they ratted him out in Houston.

[duncan228]

Mind Over Matter With Ron Artest
SportingNews

Three cheers for Ron Artest. First, he's in the Los Angeles Times geeking out about the possibility of him and Kobe as an unstoppable defense tandem. Then, just in case you think Artest's getting too serious, he treated us to some of the most artful nonsense you'll ever hear from an athlete. Even Ron-Ron.

From Lakers Blog:

After a brief delve into "chicken and egg" philosophy ("If you're chasing somebody who's chasing something, then I don't know what you're gonna chase."), Artest then equated the scenario to a visual guaranteed to make me laugh.

"It's like two dogs with a tail, right? They got the tail. As much as they're chasing my tail, I'm chasing their tail. It's kinda crazy. I'm not chasing my tail. There's a tail in front of me. I'm chasing their tail."

I know I haven't been the biggest supporter of Artest's silly side lately, but man alive, this is priceless stuff. Who cares if Gilbert Arenas plans to stick to business; if we can count on Artest for this kind of surreal brilliance, he might have made a crucial leap from erratic to eccentric. I guess that's a form of maturity.

Incidentally, I only scratched the surface of what Artest said, so follow the link. There's video evidence of it, too