IndyStar.com Sports Pacers
October 16, 2005
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Artest talks to Penthouse
By Mark Montieth
mark.montieth@indystar.com
At first, Ron Artest didn't want to appear in Penthouse magazine.
"I was going to shy away from it, with all the bad press I'm getting," the Indiana Pacers forward said. "But they gave me the opportunity to talk about my family and charities . . . things people don't know about me."
Artest will be featured in the December issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 25. He is shown on the cover with three bikini-clad women.
The interview reveals his gentler side. Of Pacers president Larry Bird, he says, "God put us together for a reason. He says he'd give up his salary for a year if 20 other millionaires would do the same to help poor people. And he agrees with Bill Cosby that poor African-Americans aren't doing enough to help themselves."
Artest also suggests that he and Ben Wallace box on pay-per-view for $10 million.
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He is so full of sht, I'm happy the Knicks never drafted him. He would give up his salary if other people would? Why is he waiting to do what he thinks is right just because other people aren't? What a tool. Like he couldn't talk about his family and charities to anyone but Penthouse...and like the readers of Penthouse care about his family and charities!!!!
The guy is a joke, thanks for the laughs Ron, I'm only glad they're not at the Knicks' expense!
"He only went to Georgia Tech for one year, and that's an engineering school." -LB
