Player Profile
Ron Artest | 93
Position:  F
Born: Nov 13, 1979
Height: 6-7 /  2,01
Weight: 260  lbs. / 117,9  kg.
College : St. John's

 2006-07 Statistics
                    REBOUNDS PER GAME  
 Team G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
  SAC  70 65 37.7 458-1,040 .440 93-260 .358 307-415 .740 1.5 5.0 6.5 3.4 2.13 .61 2.09 2.90 18.8
Career Highlights

  • 2005-06 All-Defensive Team
  • In seven games in 2004-05, averaged team-high 24.6 points.
  • Voted the NBA's 2003-04 Defensive Player of the Year by the media.
  • Leading vote-getter for the NBA All-Defensive team, as voted on by NBA head coaches.
  • Also named to the All-NBA Third Team, his first selection to an All-NBA squad.
  • Named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the first time in 2004, he averaged career-highs of 18.3 ppg and 5.3 rpg.
  • Runner-up for NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a Second Team All-Defensive selection in '02-03, he led the Pacers in steals with 159 and finished second in the NBA in steals per game (2.30).
  • He was the league leader with an average of 3.29 steals for every 48 minutes played in 2002-03.
  • Named to the 1999-2000 Schick All-Rookie Second Team.

Personal

  • His full name is Ronald William Artest, Jr.
  • Age 27
  • Nickname is “Ron-Ron”
  • He and his wife Kimsha have three children
  • Sponsors basketball tournaments four times a year in his hometown neighborhood of Queensbridge, New York
  • Has a record label called ‘Tru Warier’
  • Will release his debut album on Halloween, titled “My World”
  • Was a mathematics major at St. John’s
  • Spent more than 40 hours in the Detroit community this offseason speaking to youth groups and other organizations about the importance of family, education, and helping others
  • Co-hosted the Wheelchair Charities, Inc. annual celebrity basketball game in September at Madison Square Garden to assist paraplegic and quadriplegic patients, an event also attended by Kings teammates Francisco Garcia, Kevin Martin, and Louis Amundson
  • Took part in the Call-A-Pacer program in Indiana
  • Participates in Kings sponsored youth basketball clinics
  • Helped donate and refurbish a Kings’ Reading and Learning Center at the Stanford Settlement in Sacramento
  • Hosted a group of Sacramento youth in an evening at the movies screening ‘Curious George’ at Natomas Theatres in February
  • Was named a McDonald’s All-American and the Co-Player of the Year in New York City and the state of New York as a senior (1997-98)
  • Teamed with Elton Brand and Lamar Odom on the same AAU team as a teenager
  • Shoe size 16 (k1x).

  •  Season Highs / Career Highs
      2007-08 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS
     Points 39 2 Times
     Field Goals Made 15 2 Times
     Field Goals Attempted 29 @ Cleveland 11/03/04
     Three Point Field Goals Made  5 @ Houston 02/13/07
     Three Point Field Goals Attempted 10 vs. L.A. Clippers 04/02/06
     Free Throws Made 15 2 Times
     Free Throws Attempted 21 @ New Jersey 02/23/07
     Offensive Rebounds 6 vs. Dallas 04/03/07
     Defensive Rebounds 12 @ Chicago 11/03/06
     Total Rebounds 14 @ Chicago 02/14/06
     Assists 10 @ L.A. Clippers 04/15/07
     Steals 8 4 Times
     Blocks 4 2 Times
     Minutes Played 51 @ Milwaukee 03/03/01
     CAREER AVERAGES
                    REBOUNDS PER GAME  
    YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
     99-00 CHI   72 63 31.1 .407 .314 .674 .9 3.4 4.3 2.8 1.65 .54 2.31 2.20 12.0
     00-01 CHI   76 74 31.1 .401 .291 .750 .8 3.1 3.9 3.0 2.00 .59 2.09 3.30 11.9
     01-02 CHI   27 26 30.5 .433 .396 .628 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.9 2.78 .85 2.56 4.00 15.6
     01-02 IND   28 24 29.3 .411 .215 .733 1.2 3.8 5.0 1.8 2.36 .57 1.75 3.90 10.9
     01-02 --   55 50 29.9 .423 .312 .667 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.3 2.56 .71 2.15 3.90 13.2
     02-03 IND   69 67 33.6 .428 .336 .736 1.5 3.8 5.2 2.9 2.30 .72 2.10 3.50 15.5
     03-04 IND   73 71 37.2 .421 .310 .733 1.4 3.9 5.3 3.7 2.08 .68 2.77 2.70 18.3
     04-05 IND   7 7 41.6 .496 .412 .922 1.1 5.3 6.4 3.1 1.71 .86 2.43 3.90 24.6
     05-06 IND   16 16 37.7 .460 .333 .612 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.2 2.63 .69 2.69 2.80 19.4
     05-06 SAC   40 40 40.1 .383 .302 .717 1.2 4.0 5.2 4.2 2.00 .75 2.20 3.00 16.9
     05-06 --   56 56 39.4 .404 .308 .675 1.3 3.8 5.1 3.6 2.18 .73 2.34 2.90 17.6
     06-07 SAC   70 65 37.7 .440 .358 .740 1.5 5.0 6.5 3.4 2.13 .61 2.09 2.90 18.8
     Career   478 453 34.3 .420 .322 .721 1.2 3.8 5.0 3.1 2.10 .60 2.27 3.10 15.4
     Playoff     31 31 38.7 .384 .336 .733 1.6 4.5 6.1 3.0 1.84 .94 2.16 3.40 17.3
     All-Star     1 0 17.0 .600 .000 .500 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 .00 1.00 2.00 7.0