Ron Artest’s Drinking Comments, Take 2
No, he’s not saying he was taken out of context. He still contends he did drink during his tenure with the Bulls. But there was a method to the madness: it was as a cautionary tale to youngsters about how he wasn’t proud of how immature he was when he first came into the league.
“I think when the story comes out, it will show how I was not proud of how I was during my younger days in the NBA. But I think in order to get everybody interested in actually buying the paper, I think they just released all these power points, so to speak.”
Artest said Thursday during the interview that the drinking took place “a lot of times before the game. It probably lasted for about a couple weeks, or maybe a month. I can’t exactly remember.”
“I know before games, sometimes, I would take some sips before games,” he said. “Most of the time it would be like when I would drive to the game with one my drivers, it would be right before the game.”
“I was just a young player in the NBA; certain situations I only knew how to handle it one way,” he said during the radio interview. “I guess being famous, fame, not being able to handle it at such a young age, led to a lot of frustration and would lead to me making dumb decisions, such as the comment I made the other day.
“It’s something I’m not proud of. I know a lot of people in my situation, trying be successful, whether it’s education or athletics or even entertainment, that is not able to withstand the pressure that comes with it. That was my whole purpose in trying to get that story out about a month ago.”
“I definitely was not trying to get a rise out of people,” he said.
Holy blockquote, Batman!
So, um, yes: Ron Artest appears to have drank before games as well when he was a member of the Bulls. But hey, we all do dumb stuff when we’re 19, as Artest was when he was drafted by Chicago. He turned to it when he had nowhere else to turn because he didn’t know how to handle his fame at that age, he’s not proud of it, he’s over it.
Are we done with this now? I think we’re done with this now.
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