Artest to Lakers

Evil Scotty · Jul 3, 2009

Have seen some twitter reports about this but paid it off as....well twitter.
From ESPN:
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4303679"]NBA free agency: Ron Artest says he's leaving Houston Rockets for Los Angeles Lakers - ESPN[/ame]

ozballer23 · Jul 3, 2009

Kobe and him on the same team

......

chadjaja · Jul 3, 2009

Sign him up Lakers

ozballer23 · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Sign him up Lakers

how did I know you'd be happy

dickyKnee · Jul 3, 2009

ozballer23 said:
Kobe and him on the same team ......

I would pay to watch them go at it at practice lol

ozballer23 · Jul 3, 2009

dickyKnee said:
I would pay to watch them go at it at practice lol

lol I'm with you on that one!

nenjabin · Jul 3, 2009

That'd be a great move by the Lakers!....if they wish to self-destruct

chaddy42 · Jul 3, 2009

Interesting move by the Lakers. If we can pick him up for the mid level exception, it would be a good price for someone with his talent. He would dramatically improve the Lakers D in the SF position and provide more of a scoring punch than Ariza. However, he didn't get the Crazy Ron nick for nothing. Expect some wild times at practice and some pretty nervous fans! FG% was also an issue this year (cost me dearly in my roto league!), so if both he and Kobe have off shooting nights, expect some out of the blue routs.

The Rodman acquisition / experiment didn't work, but this one may be worth the risk IMO. Couldn't be any less stabilising than The Glove.

Allstar cards inc · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Sign him up Lakers

Didn't the Celtics pick up Marbury???

I know who I'd rather have....Phil will keep him in line just like he did with Rodman (at the Bulls anyway!!)

nenjabin · Jul 3, 2009

Allstar cards inc said:
Didn't the Celtics pick up Marbury???

I know who I'd rather have....Phil will keep him in line just like he did with Rodman!!

Keeping him in line is only half the issue. The other half is that Ariza knew his spot as a role player while Artest sees himself as a star and therefore will ask for the ball more and try and dictate things more than Ariza. I can't see Ron giving his ego a miss for the team, but I could be wrong Rodman at least knew he was a role player.

ozballer23 · Jul 3, 2009

nenjabin said:
Keeping him in line is only half the issue. The other half is that Ariza knew his spot as a role player while Artest sees himself as a star and therefore will ask for the ball more and try and dictate things more than Ariza. I can't see Ron giving his ego a miss for the team, but I could be wrong Rodman at least knew he was a role player.

hmmm good point! We all know the size of Ron's ego!!!!

Billyhoyle · Jul 3, 2009

I wouldn't be surprised if ron pulls his head in and uses this as a achance to win a title and retire

chadjaja · Jul 3, 2009

Signs Ariza is on the move?

ozballer23 · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Signs Ariza is on the move?

Rockets have spoken to him already...

nenjabin · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Signs Ariza is on the move?

Word is that they could only offer him the MLE and he is wanting more.

Dream34 · Jul 3, 2009

WOW crazy pills really wasn't chasing any $'s- $6 mill a season is a steal if they can keep him under control like Rick did (although it was a contract year)
But he;s a great 3rd option!!
Phil is certainly going to earn his $'s this year if this deal goes through!!!!!
Especially if he's only coaching home games!
Oh well I guess I will not miss him dribbling around for 20 seconds and then throwing up an off-balance contested J!!

chaddy42 · Jul 3, 2009

ozballer23 said:
Rockets have spoken to him already...

It's almost a free agency trade if it comes off...and Lakers get the beter half of the deal (again).

Dream34 · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Signs Ariza is on the move?

chaddy42 said:
It's almost a free agency trade if it comes off...and Lakers get the beter half of the deal (again).

Yeah they've made the call to keep Odom and fade Ariza.
Ariza is over rated anyway- He D is just gambling like Kobe does...... Fingers crossed we don't sign him, let someone else over pay him

*Oz · Jul 3, 2009

chadjaja said:
Signs Ariza is on the move?

Definitely. We don't get both of them and this could be pressure on TA.

'Yeah, yeah, you want your 10MIL a season, we can get Artest cheaper...'

It's not the worst thing that could happen. If we can't get Ariza back I welcome the move. The biggest teams we face would be in trouble eg. Boston/Pierce, Cavs/LeBron, Spurs/Jefferson, Denver/Melo. Let me know if I'm forgetting anyone, would love to list them as well.

If Artest came to fit in with LA, and does what he needs to do to get a Championship, it's money. Look what he did single handedly at times with the Rockets. He won't be asked to do the same thing in LA, but like I said, if he comes in professionally minded it's money. I'd pay that to Artest over Ariza anyday. Ariza won't have the same success outside of LA, he fit in the system and we got 1 good year out of him. Ron is proven.

---------- Post added at 12:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ----------

Looks like it's an hour or so from being official.

jimboiitmac · Jul 3, 2009

nenjabin said:
Keeping him in line is only half the issue. The other half is that Ariza knew his spot as a role player while Artest sees himself as a star and therefore will ask for the ball more and try and dictate things more than Ariza. I can't see Ron giving his ego a miss for the team, but I could be wrong Rodman at least knew he was a role player.

Artest just wants to win a ring. Obviously he will play more of a role than Ariza did but that's because his abilities are greater too.

He is only signing the mid-level exception to play for the Lakers so I'm sure he will fall into line fine. He did a great job co-existing with some good players in Houston, I think those days are past him. It will be good for the Lakers, give them a bit more bruteness and tenacity.

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