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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:03 am    Post subject:

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Well, if you can't trust an agent, who can you trust?

After all, Ron is a winner. Look at all that winning he's done, and stuff.

My thoughts exactly. imo he's just the opposite of a winner.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: Ron Artest Wants To Remain In Houston, With Or Without Yao

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Ron Artest's agent David Bauman said Yao Ming's condition has not changed his clients desire to return to the Rockets next season.

"Our first choice is to do a deal with Houston, Bauman said. Yao's situation doesn't change that. It has not affected us one way or another.

"He's concerned more for Yao than anything."

Bauman said that he and Artest are confident that if Yao does miss much or all of next season, the Rockets have the depth and roster flexibility to make moves without stepping back to rebuild.

"The beauty of what Daryl (Morey, the Rockets general manager) has done, is the Rockets are not just Yao Ming," Bauman said. "They are Ron. They are Aaron (Brooks). They are Shane (Battier) And they are (Luis) Scola. That's the great thing about this team. They can fire on five or six different cylinders."


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6505049.html
No mention of T Mac and his back.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:06 am    Post subject:

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Resign Odom, drop Ariza and sign Artest.

Bynum-Gasol-Artest-Kobe-Fisher WOW!!

With Odom off the bench. Get it done.
Actually the best lineup they could put out there is Gasol Odom Artest Kobe and Fish. I still think we're a better team with LO at the 4. jmo.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:11 am    Post subject:

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Resign Odom, drop Ariza and sign Artest.

Bynum-Gasol-Artest-Kobe-Fisher WOW!!

With Odom off the bench. Get it done.
Actually the best lineup they could put out there is Gasol Odom Artest Kobe and Fish. I still think we're a better team with LO at the 4. jmo.


ACTUALLY, the best lineup would be Bynum, Gasol, LO, Artest, Kobe.

Artest, Kobe, and Lamar can handle the ball. i think kobe and Artest can guard the point.

lol that would be a sick lineup, but we'd be a bit slow to get back on D lol
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:11 am    Post subject:

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So basically Ron-ron's agent just told us that neither Cavs, Lakers nor Orlando have pursued Ron, but he's hoping real bad that they do so he can drive up the price for Houston.


Officially, the Cavs, the Lakers and Orlando can't pursue Ron yet. The only team that can talk to him now in Houston.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:19 am    Post subject: Re: Ron Artest Wants To Remain In Houston, With Or Without Yao

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Ron Artest's agent David Bauman said Yao Ming's condition has not changed his clients desire to return to the Rockets next season.

"Our first choice is to do a deal with Houston, Bauman said. Yao's situation doesn't change that. It has not affected us one way or another.

"He's concerned more for Yao than anything."

Bauman said that he and Artest are confident that if Yao does miss much or all of next season, the Rockets have the depth and roster flexibility to make moves without stepping back to rebuild.

"The beauty of what Daryl (Morey, the Rockets general manager) has done, is the Rockets are not just Yao Ming," Bauman said. "They are Ron. They are Aaron (Brooks). They are Shane (Battier) And they are (Luis) Scola. That's the great thing about this team. They can fire on five or six different cylinders."


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6505049.html


What about TMac?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:19 am    Post subject:

IMO, Artest is much better than Ariza. He was abusing Ariza until Yao went down and we started to send hard-doubles at him. Ariza also got abused by Carmelo quite a bit, until we again sent the hard-doubles. Finally, he got abused by Hedo, albeit with single-coverage.

I say go after him now. Ariza is not that good that we should have to wait for him to make a decision.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:24 am    Post subject:

El Daddy702 wrote:
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Lakers For Life wrote:
Resign Odom, drop Ariza and sign Artest.

Bynum-Gasol-Artest-Kobe-Fisher WOW!!

With Odom off the bench. Get it done.
Actually the best lineup they could put out there is Gasol Odom Artest Kobe and Fish. I still think we're a better team with LO at the 4. jmo.


ACTUALLY, the best lineup would be Bynum, Gasol, LO, Artest, Kobe.

Artest, Kobe, and Lamar can handle the ball. i think kobe and Artest can guard the point.

lol that would be a sick lineup, but we'd be a bit slow to get back on D lol
True, but Phil would never go with this line-up which is why we never saw the Bynum Gasol, LO, Ariza, Kobe lineup.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:28 am    Post subject:

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I would gladly take Artest. i think he would be a better fit than Ariza at the 3. he could guard the big 3's of the league (LeBron, Melo, Pierce...) he's a great 3 point shooter, and he's a load in the post.

if we resign LO, and sign Artest...i think we can win 3 more titles in the next 4 years.


We know that isn't true.


As for Artest's agent, he has been saying the same thing for years, yet somehow the Lakers seem to avoid bringing him in.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:33 am    Post subject:

For all the talk about Ron to Lakers (and there's been a lot of it over the years), I don't think the Lakers have ever been serious suitors.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:34 am    Post subject:

El Daddy702 wrote:
Arizona wrote:
Lakers For Life wrote:
Resign Odom, drop Ariza and sign Artest.

Bynum-Gasol-Artest-Kobe-Fisher WOW!!

With Odom off the bench. Get it done.
Actually the best lineup they could put out there is Gasol Odom Artest Kobe and Fish. I still think we're a better team with LO at the 4. jmo.


ACTUALLY, the best lineup would be Bynum, Gasol, LO, Artest, Kobe.

Artest, Kobe, and Lamar can handle the ball. i think kobe and Artest can guard the point.

lol that would be a sick lineup, but we'd be a bit slow to get back on D lol



Yeah, the best lineup is with LO at the 3, despite him not playing Small Forward for the entire season.

The best lineup was with a healthy Bynum at Center, Pau at Power Forward and Odom coming off the bench. It's somewhat debatable whether LO/Gasol is a better starting than Bynum/Gasol, but LO at the 3? Come on. WHEN WILL IT STOP????
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:36 am    Post subject:

activeverb wrote:
Mongo wrote:
So basically Ron-ron's agent just told us that neither Cavs, Lakers nor Orlando have pursued Ron, but he's hoping real bad that they do so he can drive up the price for Houston.


Officially, the Cavs, the Lakers and Orlando can't pursue Ron yet. The only team that can talk to him now in Houston.

Why is that?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:51 am    Post subject:

Artest is a time-bomb waiting to go off at any moment,with no real warning....He is a roll of the dice,does a Championship team risk a team chemistry explosion ?

Without doubt he is a better player than Ariza is,or ever will be.Ariza is good,and will probably get better,but he will not be on Ron's level...Our window is now,and he fits now,it's just the risk you take with his mentality.....

Deep down the safer bet,and perhaps even better than Ariza would be........ A tandem signing of Kleiza and Barnes to share the 3 spot,Stick them in a 3 man rotation with Kobe,offer them both 24 to 30 minutes per game on a true Championship team,playing alongside stars like Kobe,and Pau. Kleiza and Barnes can also spell Kobe for a few minutes at the 2,and Sasha, and Luke can go deeper down the bench.....
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:55 am    Post subject:

That would be awesome if we could sign Artest and Sheed. But at the same time, I like Ariza's youth. So I'm up in the air on this one.

I think we gotta stick with Ariza. LO I couldn't care less about. Sheed would be a good fit.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:57 am    Post subject:

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For all the talk about Ron to Lakers (and there's been a lot of it over the years), I don't think the Lakers have ever been serious suitors.
yeah, we're just not that into him...
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:59 am    Post subject:

Artest is an egomaniacal cancer. What he offers in raw talent he takes away with locker room destruction and off the floor distraction. Dont mess with the chemistry!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:01 am    Post subject:

Artest > Ariza ..good plan B imo
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:05 am    Post subject:

Artest will stay with the Rockets for some reason, even if Ariza doesn't pan out. As of right now I can see LO coming back but I think it's unlikely that Ariza stays with this team, I think he'll go to the highest bidder.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:07 am    Post subject:

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I would gladly take Artest. i think he would be a better fit than Ariza at the 3. he could guard the big 3's of the league (LeBron, Melo, Pierce...) he's a great 3 point shooter, and he's a load in the post.

if we resign LO, and sign Artest...i think we can win 3 more titles in the next 4 years.


We know that isn't true.


As for Artest's agent, he has been saying the same thing for years, yet somehow the Lakers seem to avoid bringing him in.


well, maybe not great...but he's a very good 3 point shooter. he shot 40 percent from 3 this last year.

Lakers have avoided him because they never wanted to trade LO for him.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:15 am    Post subject:

Or D. George. Supposedly that is all it would have taken to get him, but the Lakers weren't even interested at that cheap price.


Supposedly the Rockets have offered Gortat the full MLE, they obviously haven't given up after losing McGrady and Yao.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:50 pm    Post subject: Ariza vs Artest

Please chime in.

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- Proven shooter
- Stronger
- Create own shots
- Can guard 2, 3 & some 4

Ariza
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- longer athlete
- quicker
- better slasher

If we can sign both for the same annual salary, I feel more comfortable offering long term deal to Artest.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:55 pm    Post subject:

Artest - black hole, proven team cancer, top notch defense is in the past

Ariza - good system player, long, fast, top notch defense is in the future

And more importantly, Artest thinks he is a top 3 player in the league, while Ariza knows his role.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:58 pm    Post subject:

Ariza all day. Yes, please and thank you.

For this team.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:00 pm    Post subject:

you missed one



Ariza-Brain



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:00 pm    Post subject:

First thing that comes to ming is Artest in a Lakers jersey, melting down against Peirce in the 2010 NBA Finals, the same way he did with Kobe this year in the playoffs, and the scary thing is he likes Kobe.
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