Kings' Artest Clears Up Retirement Speculation

2007/03/27 20:47:25 @NBA.com: News

In the SACRAMENTO BEE, Sam Amick writes “Ron Artest said Monday that he was merely ‘thinking out loud' when he told teammates and an editor of a hip-hop Web site that he wanted to retire after this season. After saying he wasn't going to retire on ESPN Radio with Stephen A. Smith on Monday, Artest reiterated via e-mail to The Bee that his separation from his wife, Kimsha, and their three children is at the root of his latest situation. ‘All of these statements were made because I miss my family and I'm having a hard time, when I'm not playing basketball, being without them,' Artest wrote.”
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