The Lakers forward said its website attracted 1.7 million page views during your stay in the Larry King show on Wednesday to promote the fact that he was raffling off his championship ring for the benefit of mental health.
In fact, Artest had too many visitors to the website, ronartest.com. It crashed temporarily.
"What he did for me was unbelievable," Artest said Friday. "The fans too, but what he did was incredible. We just drove up."
Artest said that $ 120,000 was raised the day he was on King's show. He plans to raise enough money before the end of the raffle (December 25) to pay partial salaries of mental health specialists in major cities throughout the U.S., including Detroit, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
"I hope to get where I want to reach around $ 2 million," he said. "It's trying to get in touch in every city you can touch, schools and community centers."
The appearance was not without its share of comedy after the king had publicly announced that Artest's site had crashed because of the extra attention.
"We have destroyed their site," said King.
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