Path to Redemption? Ron Artest Raffling Off Lakers Championship Ring

Ron Artest is actually going through with what many thought was an idle promise to raffle off his championship ring and donate the proceeds to charity.

Artest is doing something that actually impresses me.

To put that in context, let's get something out of the way immediately.

I don't like Ron Artest.

Nothing that follows is even remotely connected to is abilities on the court. I have almost no respect for him as a human being.

I have not liked Ron Artest since his freshman year at St. John's.

I don't like the man who admitted getting drunk before games as a Chicago Bull.

I don't like the man who smashed a $100,000 TV camera at Madison Square Garden.

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