{"id":4673,"date":"2009-12-09T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2009-12-09T00:01:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T07:01:51","slug":"at-the-buzzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=4673","title":{"rendered":"At the Buzzer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ron<\/a>

Ron Artest is creating a stir already<\/p><\/div>\n

By Matt Schuler<\/p>\n

Ron Artest and Lakers\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 I wonder if the Lakers knew what they were getting when they acquired the primary instigator of the melee in the palace Ron Artest? I mean besides all the points, rebounds, steals, and assists he gives to Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Artest, who showed up on Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s live talk show with nothing but his boxer underwear, is already stirring up more controversy in the league after admitting to sipping Cognac before and during halftime of games while he was with the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 He then went on to dismiss any attention by referring to himself and his past life as a personal example for kids.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Artest also pointed the finger when he used Referee Joey Crawford\u2019s name as a key part of the reason the Lakers advanced past the Rockets to the NBA finals in seven games.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 And this has taken place after only 17 games with the Lakers. I don\u2019t even want to fathom what\u2019s to come in the future. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 That\u2019s not the feeling in the locker room and coaching staff, as Coach Phil Jackson and the Lakers have nothing but good things to say about their new teammate.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 108-88 and are now 9-0 since Pau Gasol\u2019s return to the line up.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nets Make History\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 They actually did it! The New Jersey Nets made history\u2026but in the category that no team or player in the association ever wants to be apart of.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The Nets became the first team in NBA history to start a season with 18 consecutive losses, but actually got their first win Friday against the Charlotte Bobcats and are now 1-19.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iverson: Back To Where It All Started\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0 No, this is not Michael Jordan coming out of retirement to play with the Wizards and this is not another Brett Favre story. In Allen Iverson\u2019s case his home team actually wanted the old veteran back. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Allen Iverson is back in Philadelphia and ready to make his first start tomorrow for the Sixers in an intriguing match up against Denver Nuggets, who traded A. I. Iverson spoke at a press conference and couldn\u2019t hold back his tears and emotions of gratitude when realizing his dream of playing basketball and an NBA title was not over yet.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 This might be the perfect fit for Iverson after the all-star guard has been traded from\u00a0\u00a0 Denver to Detroit, Detroit to Memphis, and now the tatted up, corn roll wearing Iverson has reconsidered retirement to play with the team that started it all, the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Think about it, Iverson with Igoudala, and Elton Brand. Iverson loves to pass the ball to open big men for the put down or a lob up top for an alley-oop slam. It looks like a perfect fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Matt Schuler Ron Artest and Lakers\u2026 \u00a0 I wonder if the Lakers knew what they were getting when they acquired the primary instigator of the melee in the palace Ron Artest? I mean besides all the points, rebounds, steals, and assists he gives to Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1550,509,1552,1546,1547,1551,1549,1548,1545],"class_list":["post-4673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-allen-iverson","tag-brett-favre","tag-elton-brand","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-joey-crawford","tag-michael-jordan","tag-pau-gasol","tag-phil-jackson","tag-ron-artest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4676,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673\/revisions\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}