Ron Artest’s decision to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers seemed like a no-brainer. He loves Kobe Bryant, and the Lakers give him a shot at the title for each of the next three years. But more goes into the decision making process than that.

This video shows Ron Artest talking to (his wife and then..) his agent David Bauman by cellphone, discussing Ron’s next move. The cameo at 4:38 is worth the watch.

How can you hate Ron Artest? Unless you’re one of the people that got beat up in Detroit… But besides that.. The dude talked to a fan while his agent is rattling on about his options and answered with “yeah” like he’d been listening the whole time.

The most interesting part of the video is when Artest is talking about LeBron James. Ron and LeBron have a connection because Ron’s cousin served time in prison with LeBron’s dad. That’s crazy. I thought LeBron James was a Terminator-like robot set on destroying NBA records, and he didn’t have a father. Who knew?

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