Training camp can’t get here soon enough for Ron Artest and the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers forward was pulled over in Los Angeles for driving an Eagle Roadster.

The vehicles are street legal, so that’s not why Artest was pulled over.

The registration on the car was expired and registered to someone in Tennessee – - not Artest.

Laker fans should officially be nervous.

Now that Artest has his ring, it could mark the beginning of the end for the Ron Artest who was on his best behavior last season.

16 days till Sept. 24…

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Everyone is jumping on the Miami Heat bandwagon.

Even Ron Artest.

The Los Angeles Lakers forward stopped by 106 & Park last month and he claimed LeBron James and the Miami Heat were the team to beat.

“Yeah, I think Miami is the team to beat,” Artest said. “They are the best team in the league right now. We gotta see what we can do.”

Something tells me Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers would disagree, but that’s why Ron-Ron is Ron-Ron. He speaks his mind and doesn’t have a filter.

Check out the rest of the interview with Artest as he shares the best piece of advice his psychologist gave him.

With less than 24 hours before the start of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers held their final practice prior to Game 1 on Thursday night.

Both veteran teams were loose and looking forward to the series starting.

Here’s a recap of what guys from both sides had to say:

Ron Artest on playing with childhood friend Lamar Odom in the NBA Finals:

“We are in LA, playing for the number one organization in the league. Most championship appearances and stuff like that. Obviously the Celtics have more championships if I’m not mistaken but it’s amazing. Hopefully one day we can sit back and talk about it. It’s just amazing to think I’m in the championship with Lamar Odom. ”

Rasheed Wallace on being the underdog in the series:

Man, we have been the underdogs all year with ya’ll [the media]. It’s cool. That’s how we like it. I’m glad we are the underdogs. Everyone is saying Lakers sweep and Lakers in 5, Lakers in 6, I’m glad they are saying that. That’s cool.

Andrew Bynum on his knee injury:

The fluid came back over time. Well, I can do everything when it comes to a game situation. There’s nothing I can’t do physically. It’s just the pain level but come game time, all of that stuff goes out the window.

Derek Fisher on the feeling the night before the NBA Finals:

You don’t how this feels until you get here even though we have been here for three straight years. It’s not until you walk in sometimes and you see everything going up and the Finals signs when you really start getting that feeling that it’s finally here. Naturally there will be some anxiety tomorrow when the game approaches but right now I’m just excited to be here and very, very fortunate to have this opportunity.

Five years ago tonight, Ron Artest  went Ron-Ron and was involved in the “Malice at the Palace.”

Looking back at the incident, which resulted in a 73-game suspension for the Pacers forward, little has changed with the NBA since then.

The key players involved in the incident – - Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O’Neal all were able to recover from the fight that night and have gone on to new teams.

And John Green, the fan who sparked the incident, is now on speaking terms with Artest.

He was on ESPN’s 1st and 10 this morning discussing the phone call he got during the summer at his home from Artest.

Time heals most things in life and I respect Artest even more for looking up this guy and calling him up to squash whatever hard feelings both sides might have.

But that doesn’t mean I still don’t think Artest is two secs away from going Ron-Ron at any given moment.

Handle with care, Lakers.

He’s a delicate flower.

As if selecting #37 wasn’t enough to honor Michael Jackson, Ron Artest took the extra step and recorded a song about the King of Pop.

The number 37 is for the number of weeks Thriller spent on top of the Billboard Charts.

It’s going to be a loooooong season in Laker Land.

Trevor who?

Just when Laker fans were starting to curse management for letting Trevor Ariza go, free agent forward Ron Artest announced that he’s going to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Artest is taking a paycut to come to Hollyweird, verbally agreeing to a proposed three-year, $18 million contract.

Meanwhile, Trevor Ariza is headed to Houston to replace Artest.

Ron Artest > Trevor Ariza.

Yes, Artest has a couple of screws loose and he’s bound to get into trouble in Los Angeles, but his play on the court more than makes up for the risk.

No knock on Ariza, who developed into a fine role player in the playoffs, but he’s headed to his fourth team in five seasons for a reason.

If the Lakers can find a way to resign Odom to play alongside the fellow New Yorker Artest, get ready for another Championship parade next June.

Ron Artest has officially lost his mind.

During an interview with TNT’s Craig Sager on Wednesday, Artest claimed Portland Trailblazers guard Brandon Roy was the best player he has played against in the NBA.

Better than Kobe.

Better than LeBron.

And for good measure, he takes a cheap shot at Charles Barkley at the end of the clip.

Let’s see how Artest feels about Kobe after the next round of the playoffs, assuming Houston makes it out of the first round.

Ron Artest, what were you thinking?

The feisty Houston Rockets forward got into a heated exchange with the Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant, during Wednesday’s Lakers-Rockets game.

How did Bryant respond?

Try 31 second-half points including 18 in the fourth as the Lakers went on to defeat Houston 102-96.

“It wasn’t much of a battle . . . I kicked his . . . ,” Bryant said. “We’ve had some battles in the past and he’s gotten the best of me a few times. [Wednesday], I got the best of him.”

‘Nuff said.

Let that be a lesson for the rest of the NBA.

Ron-Ron has been granted his wish and is leaving Sacramento.

But instead of going to the Lakers, which had been rumored for weeks, Ron Artest is headed to the Houston Rockets. Read the rest of this entry »