OH THAT CRAZY RON-RON

Tonight the Lakers won their second consecutive championship with a great second-half comeback. Ron Artest, who has come up huge the past two games, can finally add a ring to his long and wacky resume.  He can also add a(nother) wild post-game interview:

Chris Douglas-Roberts of the league-worst New Jersey Nets commented on Ron Artest's bizarre post-game interview.  And by "bizarre," I mean totally normal by Ron Artest's standards:

Ron thanked everybody he ever knew didn't he??? Hahahahahahaaaaaa.

Get ready, because CDR is about to name everybody Ron knows.  Literally.  And figuratively.  The latter was for emphasis.

#RonArtestthanked thanked the dentist who pulled out his wisdom tooth.

#RonArtestthanked thanked the guy who held the elevator for him that one day.

#RonArtestthanked the doctor who helped his Mom give birth.

#RonArtestthanked thanked the whole Wu-Tang clan.

#RonArtestthanked the teacher who taught him his ABC's

Is anyone else getting the sense that "Ron Artest thanked...." is the new "Chuck Norris" joke of the 21st century yet?

#RonArtestthanked the landlord from his crib he grew up in, in Queenbridge.

#RonArtestthanked his Pee Wee basketball coach.

#RonArtestthanked thanked the bootlegger who he bought his first RunDMC tape from.

#RonArtestthanked the guy who threw the cup in Detroit.

He seemed to thank everybody but me.  I'm not saying I'm hurt by it, but I guess "perturbed" wouldn't be out-of-line to say the least.  CDR's tweets was all in good spirits though, ending with:

Hahahahaha. Ron is my dog though.It's all love. He deserves one. But it seemed like he won a damn Academy Award tonight. Hahaaaa. Respectt

NHL player Joffrey Lupul was also quick to comment on Artest's post-game antics:

OMG Ron Artest, you just thanked ur psychiatrist and pumped ur single in the post-championship interview... Simply stunning

Granted, Lupul was more in shock that all the players on the court had a full set of teeth and no playoff beard.

Free-agent-to-be Rudy Gay found Ron-Ron's interview equally hilarious:

RT @MoneyMase: RT @Electric_Ash: @MoneyMase he thanked his THERAPIST! lol--Hilarious!

Oakland Raiders LB Tom Howard deemed Artest's post-game interview the "greatest quote ever" with this tweet:

RT @FABEWASH31: RT @jeffrohoward: "I want to thank the hood and my psychiatrist" -Ron Artest #greatestquoteever

Golden State Warriors big man Anthony Morrow almost forget to mention Artest's post-game interview amidst the hoopla of the Laker victory:

I kno. I didnt have a chance to tweet about true ron, first of all he was the real MVP tonight, secondly I (cont) http://tl.gd/1uv8ap

True ron thanked his hood #QueensNY LOLhe started talkin about his rap single Doris Burke was like 'ok back to you guys In the studio' LOLOL

If you didn't stick around for the post-game interviews, shame on you.  Whenever Ron Artest is involved, the game isn't over until he's off the court.  And then sometimes it's still not over. Remember:

Sorry, but I had to.  But then, how else can you truly appreciate how far Ron's come. He will go down as one of the game's biggest flakes, but he's a champion now, and not just someone who got there by accident.  Two years ago he walked into the Lakers locker room after their Game-6 Finals blow-out loss to the Celtics and kept walking until he found Kobe — inside the shower room — and told Kobe he wanted to come to LA and help him win a title.  Those who know him (even the league brass) say he's no dummy, and not really a bad guy, and just about everyone in the game who's not wearing a Celtic uniform is glad he won tonight.  And there's not a player in the league that wouldn't want him on their team.

Congrats Ron.  I've always been a big fan, and have wanted you to play for my favorite basketball team, the Knicks for years.  You definitely earned the ring tonight.