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He played on the same AAU team as Lamar Odom and Elton Brand. I needed time away because I couldn’t get a hold of myself. Yeah, environmental and genetic disposition as well. There was never a chance to relax. He was suspended for the remainder of the 2004-05 season on Nov. 21, 2004 and estimates that night cost him $50 million in fines, future salary and endorsements. But as far as he could tell, players around him were not, or at least they didn’t talk about it. I also noticed he was always very honest with his answers. I don’t think it was just limited to Jermaine and Ron.

After all, the Finals were being waged between two of the league’s most vaunted (and despised) franchises, featuring some of the sport’s biggest, most polarizing stars, including Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. He talked a little bit about going through post-traumatic syndrome when his basketball career was over. We had him for one long four-and-a-half-hour interview session, and he was just an unselfish, open book about his entire life. And he’s the subject of a new documentary, Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story, which offers an overview of his upbringing, basketball years and post-NBA life. The ugliness scarred the league’s image for years. He also had to learn how to speak a language that allowed for an acknowledgement of mental issues. All credit has to go to Omar for that.

What It’s Like to Pop Your Cherry on Reddit’s ‘Virginity Exchange’, Hasan Piker Can Bro Down and Demolish Capitalism at the Same Time. One of his sons, Jeron, is a high-scoring high school player and, depending on the college board exams, the Ivy League could be in his future. My introduction to Artest came when he was 18; he was a freshman at St. John’s University, I was a. . Ron Artest’s career should have been over long before Game 7. For about a three-year stretch there, he was arguably the best two-way player in the league.

and at his alma mater, St. John’s University. squad going up against Shareef O'Neal's this week ... and he says he's so close to Shareef, he's conflicted about who he wants to win. Whatever his interests, among a certain subset of N.B.A. © 2020 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. And we respected that. he’s a guy who knows his hoops and understands why Artest’s story resonates with so many people — and it has little to do with basketball. You can talk about LeBron, Kobe, Kaepernick, but Ron created a ripple effect that actually has led to societal discussion and potential change. We had Ron’s permission to speak with her, but she could only talk about certain things, only [about] one patient. He actually had initial issues with it.

Keyon Dooling detailing his rebound from childhood sexual abuse and the havoc it caused him. Metta World Peace has not spoken to Ben Wallace since the Malice at the Palace, the 2004 brawl World Peace now describes as “better than ‘Game of Thrones,’” even though he is friendly with one of the key instigators. It doesn’t seem like it’s something that holds him back. As for Metta, if being a basketball dad and an NBA player weren't enough to keep him busy ... he told us he just dropped a new hip-hop track. But he just wanted to keep it on him and the factors that led to him figuring out how to treat himself. Like a parasite eating away at your body. “When I’d lose a game, I would be stressed,” World Peace said. We think [our viewers] would find that therapeutic for the two of you to discuss how you two became friends.” And then John was great from the second he sat in the chair [and started talking]. But he just wanted to keep it on him and the factors that led to him figuring out how to treat himself. on camera, but she didn’t feel comfortable being on camera after several requests. “Ron is the most important sports story of the last 20 years,” he tells me over the phone. He gives thoughtful answers — though by the time he’s finished giving them, you forget what you asked. Quiet Storm does a good job of suggesting that mental issues are exacerbated by lots of circumstances — it’s not just a chemical imbalance. Or when he asked the Pacers, his next team, for time off during the season so he could go on a promotional tour for his eponymous rap album. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting. He played for the Indiana Pacers from 2002 to 2006 and won an NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010. “It’s like basketball all over again,” he says. Artest’s post-playing career might surprise some. But he’s hard to pin down. And DeMar DeRozan, another All-Star, stepping forward and making a statement. He hasn’t commented on the O’Neal parts. Ron Artest, who last played in the NBA in 2016-17, has found happiness in his life. World Peace hasn’t seen it. Yeah, there were no reservations with him talking about that. star, was ahead of the curve when it came to talking about mental health. I don’t know if I’m out to banish the word. His answer was on brand. Will Slamming Water in the Morning Help Me Poop Better? Selling Famous Lenny Dykstra Mansion Again, ©2020 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. LOS ANGELES -- There are two hours before the Los Angeles Lakers tip off and by coincidence, Ron Artest is killing time while standing in the sweet spot at Staples Center. Which is impressive, considering that we’re still in a culture where men are scared to show any sort of weakness. It was on June 17, 2010, the best night ever, with the world watching and listening, that he revealed how he was receiving treatment for mental illness. He was able to elaborate on that in full detail. In one corner was Felipe Lopez, the former New York schoolboy sensation who’d just played his final college game, shaking and sobbing into a towel. But I think the [NBA Finals] platform — where there’s millions and millions of people around the world watching — and him thanking his psychiatrist in front of that audience, that helps. owner — he said the financial upside would be higher in other businesses. While today’s players have to cope with Twitter and Instagram trolling them at their lowest, World Peace, at least, did not have to face social media. “I was helping out my daughter’s dance team,” World Peace said. And then I’m not present for my time with my children.

There were so many things bothering me, so many things I couldn’t handle: Taking care of so many people, wanting to have fun, not being a loyal partner with my now ex-wife … I said, ‘OK, I need a break. Right around that time, Artest began taking an active role in the mental-health movement. I can see a lot of reasons why he wouldn’t want to talk. So that’s why we just quoted [on screen] the answers that she gave us. I also noticed he was always very honest with his answers. And he’s the subject of a new documentary, , which offers an overview of his upbringing, basketball years and post-NBA life.

For My Sanity’s Sake, How Much Am I Allowed to Not Care? Yeah, but the interesting thing was their games blended together perfectly — that’s why they won so many games when they played together. I mean, he’s a very competitive player, and that competitive fire is what you need in order to reach the top of your profession.

The company also has a film division. What about the demons? All rights reserved. Ron has seen the film.

He considered, upon being prompted, what the first line of his obituary might be. Really stubborn, and self-destructive.”.

Asked about fellow players and people from other walks of life emerging from the shadows to tell their stories, Artest sounds like someone who feels a great sense of satisfaction. His world changed when his parents divorced while he was still a boy, and he had an often-troubled relationship with his father. But maybe I couldn’t at that time. But that seems like a familiar dynamic in the NBA, kinda like with Kobe and Shaq. Then as an adult, in 2007, World Peace was arrested on domestic violence charges stemming from an incident with his then-wife, Kimsha Artest, with whom he shares three children. “Back then it was like, if I say, ‘I need help,’ what is the media going to say?” World Peace said. He’s moving forward -- triumphantly and surprisingly so, you soon learn -- while never too embarrassed or hesitant to survey what he left behind. Lord, how those demons created a mess for him.

But you also got the fan who threw the cup, John Green, to talk on camera about it. [N.B.A. We were able to convince him why it was important for him to be a part of this film. We thought Jermaine O’Neal was insanely important — and not only because of the events that happened in Detroit. He put a brother through law school.

The former All-Star -- who on a whim renamed himself Metta World Peace, but cheerfully still answers to Ron -- is at peace. They speak more consistently now than they ever did when they were teammates in Indiana. Artest certainly saw and heard and felt worse in a neighborhood where a fist to the face, or something more sinister, wasn’t far away. “I was the best two-way player in the league at 24,” he says. He hasn’t said anything about the O’Neal parts of the film, but him and Jermaine have actually patched up their relationship. in 2004 has its own carved-out space in NBA dishonor, with Artest serving as the ringleader who sent part of America tsk-tsking about race and sports violence and losing control.

“I don’t care about jewelry.

It’s OK now to tell the world that you need therapy. So that’s why we just quoted [on screen] the answers that she gave us. Artest is really open about the “Malice at the Palace” — Yeah, there were no reservations with him talking about that. He earned.

World Peace, known as Ron Artest for much of his N.B.A. He’s insanely tech-savvy. “Coach, I was a coach.”. They’ll just talk. How easy was that? He actually had initial issues with it.

Nobody, it seemed, could get through to him. So that’s why we wanted the focus just on him — his condition from the age of eight and what led up to him being very guileless in that moment when he said those words toward Doris Burke after winning the title in 2010. He told me that he loved [Quiet Storm] and even said he cried at a couple moments. I’ve only personally got to know Ron over the last year and a half, so I can only really speak on that time period. The Malice at the Palace, as the 2004 brawl came to be known, was a turning point for Metta World Peace, then known as Ron Artest, and the N.B.A. On whether he was right to go into the stands to fight the fan who threw the drink, he added, “People should honestly make their opinions on the brawl, man, and I think it’s best when other people say you were wrong.”. Johnny Sweet talks about his new Showtime documentary ‘Quiet Storm,’ which chronicles Metta World Peace’s journey to confront his mental health demons. LeBron James Is Making the Neckbeard Great Again, Why Your Boomer Parents Are Obsessed With Sarah Cooper, With ‘It’s the ___ for Me,’ Gen Z Advances the Art of Insult Comedy.

“I thought it was good that they did that,” he says. “I was also spiraling downward emotionally. ‘Bad Hair’ Is About the Horror Black Women Face Navigating White Worlds, Pope Francis Is a Messy Bitch Who Lives for Drama. Today he serves as a resource for N.B.A.

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