'08 Ron Artest
Rewards / Rewards: Pacers
General information
Theme
RewardsPosition
SFSalary
1000Height
6'6" (198cm)Weight
244lbs (110kg)Age
29Team
Indiana PacersFrom
St. John's (NY)Nickname
Pandas FriendPlays
Cutter P&R Wing
91 Overall
86 Outside scoring
- 85 Open shot mid
- 85 Contested shot mid
- 85 Off dribble shot mid
- 88 Open shot 3pt
- 88 Contested shot 3pt
- 74 Off dribble shot 3pt
- 96 Shot IQ
- 80 Free throw
- 85 OffensiveOff. consistency
88 Athleticism
- 88 Speed
- 86 Acceleration
- 85 Vertical
- 93 Strength
- 95 Stamina
- 84 Hustle
- 84 Overall durability
82 Inside scoring
- 90 Shot close
- 94 Standing layup
- 94 Driving layup
- 60 Standing dunk
- 75 Driving dunk
- 59 Contact dunk
- 84 Draw foul
- 69 Post control
- 66 Post hook
- 77 Post fadeaway
- 85 Hands
72 Playmaking
- 79 Ball control
- 69 Passing accuracy
- 66 Passing vision
- 68 Passing IQ
- 80 Speed with ball
94 Defending
- 98 On-ball defensedef. IQ
- 86 Low post defensedef. IQ
- 98 Pick & roll defensedef. IQ
- 97 Help defensedef. IQ
- 98 Lateral quickness
- 98 Pass perception
- 80 Reaction time
- 95 Steal
- 53 Block
- 87 Shot contest
- 98 DefensiveDef. consistency
51 Rebounding
- 58 Offensive rebound
- 48 Defensive rebound
- 48 Boxout
- 91 Potential
- 40 Intangibles
- 3738 Total attributesattr.
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This is the Reward to choose if you want maximum long-term utility from your Reward. This Artest is good enough that he could justify a spot all the way through the end of the cycle. He's incredibly flexible, capable of guarding at 1, 2, and 3. Even 4, depending on matchup. And would be much better than most other wing defenders handling a 5, if switched onto that big in a Switch-All defensive scheme.
Unlike Ben Wallace, he can also dribble and shoot. Don't expect him to be a good shooter, unless you're one of the very few who shoot well with his animation. But, at the least, he can keep defenses honest.
His only issue is Badging. Not having HoF defensive badging keeps him from being a truly endgame elite card. But...we're talking Current Domination reward here. No biggie.
The slightly bigger issue is that 2K mostly just copied 2K17's Diamond Artest and repeated the mistake of NOT GIVING HIM DEFENSIVE STOPPER. He should have this. It's a big deal especially in the early stage of the game cycle, when people may not have any other cards with Defensive Stopper.
Yeah they changed his animations...it's now quicker and absolutely wet..man is insanely good
Shot's different, right? I think still a low crouch, but I think it's smoother. He's an ace for me. Shooting over 50% from outside. It's so weird.
Show 4 replies...One question, if you don't mind. Don't you think his defensive tendencies are a bit low for a defensive anchor? I mean, If I chose him, he would be my defensive anchor, but still I find his tendencies to be a bit lower than I expected. I follow you and I would appreciate your thoughts on that :)
I green with him so easy in the PD league man..he's so nice now..I wouldn't say low crouch that much it feels pretty normal to me..he's so good now
He does have defensive stopper
Thanks...wish I could edit. I typed "Stopper" by mistake.
What I meant to complain about is how Artest does not have Defensive Anchor.
I wonder about his release too. Last year it was initially bad. They tweaked it but it took a while.
Just played my first game with him. Only the hawks weekly challenge but his release was butter. 2 attempts from outside = 2 green lights. And his finishing inside was insane. I know not the best game to gauge the card in but in that like 6 minutes of game time he went 5/5 and 2/2 with a few assists and steals. Pretty impressed with him.
Show 1 reply...Thanks. I appreciate you posting this. I'm glad to hear his release is good. He's definitely the one I'd go for. Last year just had me worried. He was a beast once you got his release down but a lot of people gave up on it.
I think the choice all comes down to availability. Fat Lever seems a great card too to me. I mean, if we'll get other great 3&D wing guys then Fat Lever will be the best choice, if we'll get other great 2-way point guards, then Artest will be the best.
The tricky part is that many of us will have to choose without that information available ahaha!
Artest is pretty special as a wing defender, especially because he not only is he athletic and can shoot, he can also handle the ball. And he's crazy strong. He only gets replaced by guys like endgame Kawhi toward the end, as far as D is concerned.
But scoring PG's are aplenty. Which doesn't mean that Fat won't be very good. I think he will. I used his Ruby and Amethyst in 2K17 a bit. But Artest is special and is useful for a long period as at least a niche roleplayer.
Undoubtedly, though, more great PG's are always released than 3&D wings. That alone makes artest more valuable.
Show 1 reply...Also you can get both. One for completing domination and another one for completing historic domination as well
Defensive Stopper should be at HoF badge cause he was a great perimeter defender during the 2000s
@19020 he looks like he bouta come into the stands and beat someone up
I think that his value in Super Max will be going up because every one will have him. Makes me wonder if I should choose Lever instead ..
Needs Dyn. Duo with ben wallace so he can get 99 strength and 99 hard foul tendencies
Lets be honest. If you were super mad already then someone threw a beer at you, how would you feel?
I was playing with him and the announcer said "Panda's Friend with the rebound" lmao
He has a 80 free throw so why every shot from the line lands in trash
it happens to me it always gives me very early release how do i make it stop
Me too i dont know how to stop
Show 1 reply...no i got it his release is just really really slow you have to hold it down for a while
Why is it '08 Artest but it shows Pacers uniform? He played for the Kings 2005-2008.
artest sounds like arrest, and he shouldve been arrested when he punched that drunk detroit trash
“Pauuullll!! I’m so sorry. To humiliate you on tv by pulling your shorts down! I won’t do it again”
They really just didnt give a shit about the card design this year, didnt they?
This the best domination reward by a mile... And that's sad cause ths card really isn't that great
how do you know it's a domination card? what are the other ones? Do you know the diamond ones?
Domination rewards are Artest McDyess and Lever. Some people already finished it
Show 2 replies...Crooked Ronnie made this card , fat lever and Antonio Mcdyess the domination and historic domination rewards. A very sad and evil deal. One of the worst myteam deals ever! Has to go!
Please dont do this all year lol
Don't do what? Could you be more specific
Show 14 replies...Please dont imitate the biggest embarrassment to the US since slavery.
Chill yo if anything is the biggest travesty since slavery it's our treatment of native Americans
They are the only people able to own casinos and they dont pay taxes. Seems like a fair trade off to me lol
You right killing 90 percent of an entire population and physically forcing them to walk a treacherous walk across the country on to a small reservation is a fair trade cause they have casinos and don't pay taxes. Except they still pay taxes and aren't the only people able to own casinos..
I was hoping you sensed my sarcasm
I never assume people online are being sarcastic. I just assume they're idiots. Just glad you weren't being serious lol.
I wasnt, I realize how terrible our past is. Even as a kid I thought it was fucked up how confederates were treated as heros down south.
Random but ok!
Nah im just saying im from new england and u learn about how messed up slavery is and how confederates wanted to defend to keep it around. And then i go down south on vacation as a teen and see them glorifying the confederate army.
Robert E. Lee & Nathan Bedford Forrest were great men. Read up on them. There was more to it than just MUH SLAVES.
"the most remarkable man our civil war produced on either side" - Tecumseh Sherman about Forrest.
80 reaction time is too high
He took at least a good 3 seconds to realize someone threw beer at him
ANd ended up betting the wrong guy..so 0 all around vision and iQ
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Show 1 reply...And 70 hard foul...
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I can't believe nobody has found it strange that his nickname is "Pandas Friend"
Probably the funniest comment on here
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99 Throw Hands
this is the best comment in the history of comments
93 strength, yeah he punched him pretty hard, and he wasn't even the guy that threw the beer. For Same
70 hard foul tendency, yeah right. Should be 99999999999
Weakness and rage creator
Ben Wallace and coke
nope