Daniel Artest
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Daniel Artest is an American professional basketball player and is the younger brother of Ron Artest. He is 6-5 and 280 pounds.
Artest passed through four high schools and three colleges, playing only two years of organized ball, claiming he preferred streetball. He allegedly played one year of high school ball at La Salle High School in Manhattan and some junior college ball at Southern Nevada Community College in 2002-03, where he averaged 15 points. Since turning pro he’s played one game in the USBL, one game in Germany and has had brief stints in the ABA and CBA.
In 2007 Artest received an invitation to try out for the Sacramento Kings practice squad and made the summer league team. He became a little-used reserve despite never playing the game of basketball in high school. Artest got some minutes, but only scored two points in a summer league game. He quoted his experience as "I don't think nobody could do what I do" and asked if he could make it in the NBA Artest said "I can ball, I can get it".
In an incident that got some attention, Daniel Artest's seat number was "randomly" drawn in a halftime contest at a Seton Hall game in 1997. Artest missed both shots and did not win the two airline tickets at stake. Ron Artest, Daniels's older brother, was being recruited by Seton Hall at the time; he ended up committing to St. John's.
