want to write a book called "The Portrait of A Young Ron as an Artest." It'll be the struggle of a poor Catholic African American who battles with his lust over basketballs, juxtaposed to his constant guilt over his sinful ways. Later in life, once he en

Later in life, once he enters the NBA, he realizes that his aesthetic values are his true nature, and he allows himself to fall in love with a leather Spalding basketball.