Ron Artest is a player who perfectly fits the Detroit Pistons' temperament.
If he could be transported directly to the era of the Detroit Bad Boys, he would definitely get along with those veterans—both literally and figuratively.
In fact, a big reason why the Bulls gave up on Artest was because he caused too much trouble.
In Chicago, he would take two days off every week. Why? To work at a grocery store.
That's right, to work at a grocery store.
Nobody knows why Ron Artest did this, as he earned millions of US Dollars a year from Chicago, so he didn't need to work to support his family.
Yet he insisted on working, even at the cost of missing training sessions to do so.
His relationship with his teammates wasn't good; he rarely dined or played with them. But he was a genuine, down-to-earth black man, unlike Ray Allen, Kobe, and other "Black Pearls," who found it difficult to get along with teammates due to their completely different living environments.
