Vindication: The Saga of Ron Artest

He was always just the guy that was trying to fit in. Ron Artest was never one to be described as a team player, or the guy that anybody wants to play with. His skills as a defensive player were respected. That's it. His hard work has never seemed to pay off.

Most players in the NBA would have been fine to never play with the man that first arrived to the NBA spotlight with the "Brawl at the Palace." That fateful night, Artest was known as the man who couldn't ever hope to control his temper and the guy that nobody wanted to deal with.

Artest then finished up his career with the Pacers and embarked on a journey to discover exactly what it was that he could contribute to the NBA. He wanted to win. You could see it in his tenacity in chasing around the star player of th...

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