Ron Artest: Drinking During Halftime
December 3, 2009
Kyle Brown wrote a nice article on Ron Artest and all of the things he’s done over his career, with his latest antics being drinking Hennessy at halftime.
Ron Artest is not new to criticism nor controversy with the most glaring point being when he helped start a riot at the Palace of Auburn Hills during his stint with the Indiana Pacers. Just last week he was up to more of his old ways when he showed up at Jimmy Kimmel Live in just his boxers. His list of disruptions is quite large, being suspended multiple times, arrested for domestic abuse, had his dog confiscated by Animal Services, and once showed up to a Pacers practice in a bath robe.
Now comes the interview with the Sporting News in which he claims that he used to drink Hennessy, which he kept in his locker, at halftime when he was with the Chicago Bulls, mainly due to the dismal play of the Bulls, who in his rookie year went 17-65.
Artest opened up more on the topic of drinking, claiming that he used to drink and party every night, and also used drugs during his college days at St. John’s. He didn’t stop there though, as he also claimed NBA referee Joey Crawford cost the Houston Rockets a game by being a fan of Kobe Bryant.
He revealed his thoughts on the brawl in Detroit, stating that he didn’t think he could have reacted any differently and he called out Ben Wallace, saying, “I’m always in the mood to fight him. I’ll just fight him right there.”
The real question though is: why is Artest suddenly revealing all of this? He has never been the type to shy away from the media, nor has he been the type to avoid controversy.
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