Since I’m sort of a dick I forgot to mention that the hiatus round these parts was due to my vacation last week rather than the fact that I have gone into mourning over the death of Michael Jackson. But unlike me, Ron Artest was pretty shaken up by the whole thing and, fortunately for us, recorded a song about his feelings on the matter. It’s deep. And classic. Classically deep. (It’s the YouTube at the bottom.)
Best line: “Even though I’m always strapped, I’m putting down my mack for Mike Jack — he’s so wavy.”
Also, on a non-Michael Jack note, Shoals wrote a pretty good piece on the existential tip about Tru Warier and Kobe playing together. It’s worth your time.
UPDATE: God I love this guy.
Ron is now taking his Michael Jackson love to the subsequent level by wearing jersey number 37 in Los Angeles to honor the amount of weeks Thriller was #1 on the charts. Splendid. And just so Dwyer and any other uninitiateds know, Ron previously wore the numbers 93 and 96 in Sacto and HTown because they are numerical depictions of “qB” and “qb,”which is an abbreviation for Queensbridge where he grew up.
He breaks it all down in this Hip Hop Game interview.
On the Rockets website they already got you wearing No. 96. Is that going to be your new number?
Yeah. 96 means “QB.” The “9” is the “q” and the “6” is the “b.”
Do all of your previous numbers hold significance for you?
The 93 was “QB” also but it was a lowercase “q” and an uppercase “B.” But now it’s better because it’s two lowercase letters. Lowercase and uppercase don’t really make sense. I always tell my son to begin with the uppercase and end with the lowercase. 15 is my real number. It’s my father’s high school number backwards. 23 I wear for Michael Jordan. 91 I wore for Dennis Rodman and 93 is “qB” and 96 is “qb.”
The more you know.
Throw in the Thriller thing and Ron Artest has now officially spent more time thinking about jersey numbers than any other living NBA player. And Bruce Bowen.
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