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No one wears his heart on his sleeve with more verve than Ron Artest.
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But the real story is about Ron Artest and his magical transformation from punchline to champion.
FORBES: World Cup Time Out: China's Ron Artest Wins NBA Championship. (Or, Buh-Bye Yao Ming)
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Ron Artest jerseys, while not even in the top 15 in 2009, are sure to blow by Yao, too.
FORBES: World Cup Time Out: China's Ron Artest Wins NBA Championship. (Or, Buh-Bye Yao Ming)
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Any way you look at it, Ron Artest validates his arrival to the Lakers with an NBA championship.
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The former Ron Artest was also suspended seven games in April after an elbow to the head of Oklahoma City's James Harden.
WSJ: World Peace suspended, Howard out for Lakers
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And My World, the 2006 debut rap album from Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest, sold only 343 copies in its debut week.
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For that incident, the NBA suspended Artest for 86 games.
CNN: World Peace given 7-game suspension for elbow to the head
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One-time basketball bad boy Ron Artest, who changed his name to Metta World Peace, was ejected Sunday from a Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game for striking James Harden.
CNN: World Peace given 7-game suspension for elbow to the head
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How can anyone not love Ron Artest?
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Back when World Peace was still Artest and playing for the Indiana Pacers, he made headlines in 2004 for his role in a brawl between players and fans at a Pacers-Pistons game after somebody threw a drink on him.
CNN: World Peace given 7-game suspension for elbow to the head
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You gotta love this crazy man and the hype. (Not to mention his miracle put-back on a Kobe Bryant miss at the buzzer to win Game 5 between the Suns and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.) Who else but Artest, in a trademark bizarre post-game interview, would attribute his championship performance to his psychiatrist?
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