This is just weird

From Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee:

As the continuing radio career of the Kings small forward continues, Artest is now hoping to interview the infamous John Green of the 2004 "Malice at the Palace" brawl. The Pistons fan is the one who hurled a plastic cup of beer at Artest as he rested on press row on that Nov. 19 in Detroit, sparking the bolt into the stands and yadda yadda yadda.

You know that story well, but this is something new and so very American if it comes to fruition. Apparently, Green has already been tracked down and appears to be on board with the plan. No date has been set, but the buzz grew enough that Fox's Best Damn Sports Show caught wind of it and wanted Artest to do the interview in their LA studio. Artest, who has grown so comfortable in the studio of KHTK's Carmichael Dave as his unofficial co-host recently, wants to do it in "his" house and Best Damn may be sending a video crew to capture the magic.

I generally like to pretend the brawl never happened, but I must admit, I'd probably set the DVR for that one (or at least hit it up on YouTube the next day). I'm not sure why Artest is suddenly in the footsteps of Larry King, but his recent interview with Kobe Bryant was an entertaining seven minutes, if you haven't seen it already.