If you check out the above pic – which I found over at Ball Don’t Lie – you can see that Ron Artest has shaved his head.  Why is that significant?  Because just days ago, Artest was sporting a hairstyle the likes of which would have made Dennis Rodman uncomfortable.  I guess he realized how absolutely ridiculous it all looked and wanted to go back to looking like a normal human being for a while.

I know what Artest must have been thinking; we’ve all gotten terrible haircuts before,  Some haircuts are so bad that you’re not left with any choice but to shave your head and start over.  According to the photographer (Mike Trudell), the messages of “defense” are still there, just not nearly as prominent.  Guess we’ll have to wait for a better image to find out for sure.

Anyway, the fact that Artest may have some self-awareness as to his look bumps him down a few notches on the crazy meter.