Newly traded forward, Ron Artest, is already disgruntled with one of his new teammates. Yao Ming recalled a moment from infamous fight in Detroit and stated, "Hopefully, he's not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands," irking the ghetto bad boy who initiated the violence.
However, Ron Artest already has plans to reconcile the bad start with the 7'6" Chinese man.
"I understand what Yao said, but I'm still ghetto, that's not going to change. I'm never going to change my culture. Yao has played with a lot of black players, but I don't think he's ever played with a black player that really represents his culture as much as I represent my culture. Once Yao Ming gets to know me, he'll understand what I'm about. If you go back to the brawl, that's a culture issue right there somebody was disrespecting me, so he's got to understand where I'm coming from. People that know me know that Ron Artest never changed."
For some strange reason, I don't think this is going to work. I have never heard a story where a humble Chinese man felt confident in the personality of a black man after hearing how ghetto he is and will continue to be.
And just out of curiosity, is $7.4 million a year along with your own shoeline(k1x) considered ghetto? Or is racing up the bleachers to punch a man, (who did not even throw the beer) ghetto?
Whatever Ron Artest is trying to pull, it is definitely true that he has not changed since he entered the league. He's still a hard ass, he's still not going to get along with his teammates, and he's never going to fit in. Expect to see him in a new uniform next year, what's the basketball equivalent of the 80's Raiders?