Ron Artest Net Worth, Age, Height, Relationship Status

                                                    Ronald William Artest, Jr., better known as Ron Artest, is an American basketball player. He is also known as "Metta Sandiford Artest" and "Metta World Peace". Ron won the 2010 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. As of 2021, Ron Artest's net worth is estimated to be around $30 million.

He is known for his on-court incidents, including “Spite in the Palace”, a brawl between Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers fans on November 19, 2004. The first episode aired on Netflix on August 10, 2021 .

Full Name	Ronald William Artest Jr.
Birth Date	November 13, 1979
Birth Place	Queens, New York
Profession	Retired basketball player
Wife	Maya Sandiford
Net Worth	$30 million

Early life

Ron Artest was born on November 13, 1979 in Queens, New York, United States. He grew up at the Queensbridge Projects in Long Island City with two younger brothers, Daniel and Isaiah.

As for his training, he studied at the La Salle Academy. He played a lot of basketball while attending a private boys’ high school. There he played with future NBA stars Lamar Odom and Elton Elton Brand on the same team, the Amateur Athletic Union (AUU).

Ron then attended St. John’s University where he went on to play basketball for the varsity team. He was on the varsity team for two years. Artest led the Red Storm University men’s basketball team to a record 144 wins in the Big East Conference. He began to gain popularity after displaying his extraordinary athletic talents in many high-profile summer basketball tournaments.

Net worth and career of Ron Artest

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Ron began his professional basketball career in 1999 when he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1999. In his two and a half years with the Bulls, he started 175 games. In a total of 175 games he averaged 12.5 points and more than 4 rebounds in each game.

In 2002, Artest signed with the Indiana Pacers. During a game with the Miami Heat on January 27, 2003, he got into a verbal altercation with Pat Riley and was subsequently suspended for four games. He has been with the Pacers for four years.

On January 25, 2006, he was sold to the Sacramento Kings for Peja Stojakovic.

Ron was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers in July 2009. Artest signed with the New York Knicks on July 16, 2013. However, his contract with the Knicks expired on February 24, 2014 after the Knicks terminated his contract.

Artest returned to the Los Angeles Lakers on September 24, 2015. He made his season debut against the Brooklyn Nets on November 6, 2015, where he helped the Lakers win with 10,498 points. Artest left the Lakers in September. February 21, 2016 After months of playing against the New Orleans Pelicans, he scored a team-leading 18 points and helped his team win with 10,896 points.

Ron had a great fight playing for the Indiana Pacers against the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference. At 45.9 seconds into the game, Ron made a serious mistake on Ben Wallace. Later, the mistake was left in a big fight between supporters and teammates.

Artest also punched a fan and was pushed back by a fan named John Green. The incident is known as Malice in the Palace. A Netflix documentary series recently aired a story based on the incident. The first episode of the series began streaming on Netflix on August 10, 2021.

The personal life of Ron Artest

Ron Artest is married to a woman named Maya Sandiford. After marrying her wife Maya de Ella, he changed her name to Metta SandyfordArtest on May 4, 2020. Ron had previously been married to Kimsha Hatfield. They got married in June 2003 and in 2009 their relationship ended in divorce.

Ron and his ex-wife Kimshi have three children named Sadie, Diamond, and Ron III. He also has a son named Jeron with his ex-girlfriend from high school, Jennifer Palma.