Advertisement
Sports Now

Lakers fans can blame Artest ... or Kobe

By Mike Hiserman
Share

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

The Lakers apparently not only got a forward, but also a potential scapegoat, when they signed Ron Artest. During a visit to San Diego today promoting the Lakers’ Oct. 23 exhibition game at the San Diego Sports Arena against Denver, Artest said that fans can blame him if the Lakers don’t win another NBA championship, the Associated Press reported.

Easy to say, of course, before training camp has even started.

Artest wore an all-black Kobe Bryant jersey at his appearance.

Say, you don’t suppose he might later attribute those comments to Kobe do you? ...

-- Mike Hiserman

Sports Now
Mike Hiserman

Mike Hiserman is former Sports editor of the Los Angeles Times. He wrote for the Long Beach Press Telegram and Orange County Register before joining The Times in 1982 and won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting on betting scams. Hiserman has been Sports editor of The Times’ San Fernando Valley and Orange County editions. He retired in November 2020.

Advertisement