Hooped Up

Like Old Yeller, Ron Artest took his blonde hairdo into the woods and shot it — dead. After creating a Pamela Anderson / Dennis Rodman type buzz and spiking peroxide and purple sales worldwide to start the week. Artest decided to shave his golden locks, however the purple writing that says defense in Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi remains.

And now so ends that and with the visiting Toronto Raptors on the schedule tonight, the Lakers hope their losing streak does too.

Ron Artest went positively Rodman / Demolition Man against the Orlando Magic and no he didn’t grab 20 rebounds, kick a camera man, date Madonna or agree to do a cheesy flick starring Sylvester Stallone, but he did dye his hair blonde and to make it Rodman 2.0 like, had the word “defense” shaved into his hairdo in three different languages — Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi in purple.

So far with the new look the Lakers are 0-1, however my Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi reading has vastly improved.

More looks of the new “do” if you dare below.

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Lakers re-establish swagger against Denver
Only the Lakers, content to be good rather than great in typical behavior for a defending champion, can decide when they’ll bring their best and make a stand.

They made their choice and their stand in the second half Sunday at Staples Center, pushing back the Denver Nuggets, 95-89. The Nuggets were eliminated by the Lakers the past two postseasons but then won the first two regular-season meetings between the teams.

With a defense led by Ron Artest against Denver star Carmelo Anthony, the Lakers held the Nuggets to 37 second-half points and overcame a nine-point halftime deficit. The effort was meant to quell notions that the Nuggets could threaten the Lakers this season.
OC Register

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The effect of having Ron Artest on the Lakers has officially rubbed off on Kobe Bryant defensively and the balls Andre Iguodala must pay. OUCH!

Playing in a major media center has its perks and ever since Ron Artest landed in Los Angeles. He’s been enjoying every single sun drenched minute of his new home. A few months ago, Artest was in Fitness Rx magazine with Natalin Avci having a good time and today Ron-Ron is gracing the cover of Lowrider magazine with model Kim Lee.

So um yeah, it’s pretty sweet to be the relocated King of Queens on the left coast these days.

Behind the scene footage of their photo shoot after the jump.

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Like a deer frozen by on coming dunkmobile headlights, Ray Allen had no choice but to eat this jam Lamar Odom served up. If you missed it, Rasheed Wallace also caught a bad one from Ron Artest that deserves some mentioning too. It was was pretty nasty.

See what I mean, after the jump.

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Straight Outta Stu Jackson’s office, the B.W.A. tee from K1X gives some shine to the players in the league that take every single game they play personally. NBA fines are expensive, this t-shirt is not.

So buy one goody two shoes.

Lakers forward Ron Artest stood before the media Tuesday night and faced a barrage of questions seeking an explanation for how he suffered a concussion Friday that has forced him to miss the last three games. Artest said he was walking into his Beverly Hills home after the Christmas Day game against Cleveland and fell down a flight of stairs.

Artest said his wife, Kimsha, found him asleep outside their home and that he didn’t know who she was. Artest said his wife had to explain to him that the Lakers had played a game Friday at Staples Center.

Artest went to the UCLA Medical Center emergency room, where he had staples put into the back of his head and received stitches in his elbow, which also was injured in the fall.

Los Angeles Times

Ron Artest sat down with Sporting News magazine for an interview (due out December 7th) and my man unloaded all kinds of quotable gems.  Including an admission that he drank Hennessy aka HenRock at halftime as a member of the Chicago Bulls during games, from 1999-2002.

“I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime,” Artest says in the interview, which hits newsstands this week. “I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it.”

Looking back at the Bulls roster then and the amount of wins they had — I’m surprised they didn’t have a full-time bartender on staff.

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What the what??? Fittingly, the name of this track is called “So Yesterday” by Toni Braxton because I had no idea until today that it existed thanks to Mrs. Hooped Up. If your like me and you don’t have a Toni Braxton widget on your iPhone. It’ll be news to you too that when Toni Braxton gets her video heart broken by Shannon Brown who’s messing around on her with Brooke Hogan. Ron Artest is there to grab the defensive rebound aka her heart.

I’m just gonna go ahead and bi-pass the standard Dallas Mavericks jokes on this one, but if you have a few clever ones please share them with the class.