As far as "guidance" and "telling his story", he apparently is getting little or none; therefore, I suspect that Jeff Feiger, Kevorkian's lawyer and the attorney for two folks that Artest allegedly assaulted in the Detroit melee, is taping all of Artest's comments to use against him in civil court. If he is getting legal advice or marketing advice telling him to "get out in front of this", then his advisors are every bit as deluded as he is.
I have no doubt that Feiger is doing just that, which makes me despise him--Feiger--even more. But that's another issue.
Perhaps Artest IS receiving counsel, and maybe some attorney's strategy is to have Artest go out and make as big a fool of himself as possible...maybe even say such outlandish comments such as, "I'm innocent!" and "Buy my new CD!"
Then, Artest's attorneys can plead insanity.