When it comes to getting a shot at an NBA championship, Ron Artest is willing to wait if the money ain’t right.

The current Sacramento Kings guard made an appearance on ESPN 710’s Steve Mason & John Ireland show on Tuesday to discuss his plans for the offseason.

And it turns out that teams hoping to lure Artest away from Arco will be a bit disappointed, and owners thinking that they can bring Ron in at a discount better think again. Read more…

• RIGHT DOWN PEACHTREE compares the calamities suffered by injured Atlanta Braves players to those of Spinal Tap drummers.

• SLAM ONLINE tries to translate some post-series quotes from the winners and losers (and non-participants) of this year’s NBA Finals.

• SONS OF BILL SIMMONS discovers that Marla Maples, one of the ex-wives of Donald Trump, is looking fine for a 44-year-old.

• SIGNAL TO NOISE says that Portugal’s soccer team is the Los Angeles Lakers of Euro 2008 - so they won’t be winning a title, either.

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• Remember when Lakers owner Jerry Buss couldn’t be bothered to come to Boston because of a poker tournament? WICKED CHOPS POKER now deals up photos of the good Doctor hitting the tables - under the watchful eye of a much younger, very interested spectator.

• 950 ESPN in Philadelphia bounces along word that Doug Christie wants Congress to investigate NBA officiating - if that’s okay with his wife.

• MR. IRRELEVANT concludes their broadcasting day, as “Blog Show” is heading off the airwaves.

• DC SPORTS BOG strikes a pose, as the 9-year-old daughter of Redskins lineman Kedric Golston is turning into quite the model child.

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Like most Angelenos, I only watched about 2 1/2 quarters of the Lakers-Celts Game Six debacle last night. I’d really like to meet the sheeple non-Boston fans who watched the entire game here in L.A.. Both of them.

Though I didn’t have the stomach to watch the celebration in The Garden, I thoroughly enjoyed Boston fans keeping up appearances outside (as noted by Jason this morning).

And from what I saw from the NEW YORK POST today, it appears I wasn’t the only one who didn’t feel like acknowledging yet another Boston sports championship.

I wonder how David Stern feels about that, in his hometown?

Game 7 is no longer necessary. In laying out the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics are now your 2008 NBA champions.

And when the game clock finally flashed 0:00, no one got more caught up in the moment than Kevin Garnett.

(Judging by where KG is puckering up, no wonder the Celtic logo’s smirking)

Oh, no doubt it was also a special night for Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Doc Rivers, Brian Scalabrine and the rest of the Celtics team & fans. And Pierce should be expecting a new endorsement deal from Gatorade:

(Doc Rivers gets a bath. Shouldn’t the Celtics be drinking green Gatorade?)

But it was KG who was the most emotional once the title was theirs.

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Although the Lakers have already played their final home game of the season, many L.A. fans were planning on heading back to Staples Center tonight, hoping to watch their team stay alive in the NBA Finals. But for those on the 10 or 101 or 110 heading downtown, you might as well turn around - the viewing party’s been nixed.

(Sorry, Jack - Find somewhere else to screech tonight)

Kevin Modesti of the L.A. DAILY NEWS reports that Staples will not be showing tonight’s Game 6 on their big screens. Fans had previously been allowed inside the arena to watch Games 1 & 2 in the Lakers-Celtics showdowns.

So, why not tonight? Because Lakers & Celtics fans can’t play nice.

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• THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER wonders are those reflectors in Terrelle Pryor’s shorts, or is he just glad to see us?

• THE SCORES REPORT is hip-notized by this girl shaking her money maker while working the Wii Fit. (Bonus: She’ll be doing it again on MTV Tuesday.)

• Darren Rovell of CNBC saw signs that the NBA wanted the Lakers & Celtics to go to a Game 6 - signs in the rolling ads at Staples Center court.

• DEADSPIN remembers the fine acting abilities of Tim Russert, as the late NBC politico tries to score some Boston College tickets.

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