News - Ron Artest
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1 is expanding their "Basketball Wives" franchise with an explosive new series set in Los Angeles which features the wives, girlfriends and exes to some of the hottest players from the Los Angeles Lakers and other legendary teams.
LOS ANGELES, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WSS continues their 25th Anniversary celebration by hosting a special autograph signing with one of the LA Lakers' newest members, Ron Artest, Saturday, April 3 at the WSS (Warehouse Shoe Sale) store in Inglewood, CA (3102 Century Blvd).
Golden State forward Stephen Jackson has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for public statements detrimental to the league. Jackson told the media on Aug, 28 he would like to be traded to Cleveland, New York or one of the teams in Texas.
Free agent forward Trevor Ariza of the LA Lakers has signed a contract with the Rockets, swapping places with forward Ron Artest, the Houston Chronicle said. The newspaper reported being told by an undisclosed source the 6-foot-8 Ariza, 24, signed a five-year, $33 million deal late Thursday. The 6-foot-7 inch Artest, 29, had told ESPN Thursday he has reached a verbal agreement with the Lakers and will play for the mid-level exception, roughly $18 million for three years. Artest added the Lakers jumped at the chance to give him a multiyear deal when Houston offered him only a one-year contract. The Lakers really made me feel wanted, Artest told the Chronicle.