Ron Artest is on an emailing rampage since installing himself as his own agent. First, Ron sent messages back and forth with Marc Stein of Espn over the weekend. Artest said there’s no love between him and the team, the Maloofs say it’s all good.

If the Kings are looking to move Artest they can scratch the Denver Nuggets from the list of trade partners. Even though Ron was rumored to be headed to the Rocky Mountains at February’s trade deadline he has no interest in playing for the Nuggets now.

Artest exchanged a series of emails with the Rocky Mountain News explaining his stance.

“I cannot play in Denver because they question my drive to finish my career off strong and not embarrass my family,”

“That’s not even an option to be a Nugget,” he wrote. “They let me know how they felt about me already.”

Ron is trying to say or do whatever he can that gets him closer to the Los Angeles Lakers. He would’ve had leverage if he had opted out of his deal. As it is now, Ron Artest is gonna end up on the team that offers the Sacramento Kings the most in return.

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When I first read that Artest was gonna interview Kobe I pictured some uncomfortable, fake conversation between to jocks playing nice for the cameras. There is a little of that, but there’s also a real mutual respect between Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest… And a little infatuation on Ron-Ron’s part.

The highlights:

*Ron Artest only respects Tim Duncan, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant.
*Kobe is a family man.
*Artest played against Kobe as a teenager. Kobe was called “The Next Grant Hill”.
*Dwyane Wade complains about Ron’s defense.
*Kobe’s still lighting up the Toronto Raptors.
*Kobe is a family man.
*Kobe is a family man.

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Members of the Sacramento Kings were asked who would play them in a movie about the Kings. Quincy Douby wants to play himself although Sheldon Williams thinks Snoop Dogg would make a good Douby (doobie?).. Brad Miller got cast as Billy Bob Thorton and Russell Crowe, and it looks like John Salmons will be played by Wesley Snipes.

All of the comparisons are pretty far off in my book. NBA players in general are easy to compare to The Wire or Hip-Hop stars, but I guess Sac-Town has a bunch of guys that don’t look like anybody.. My favorite part of this video.. Ron Artest saying Will Smith should play him in the movie. Sounds crazy at first, but with Will’s “Ali” experience he should be able to nail the brawl at the palace flashback scene.

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