Ron Artest - Headcase extraordinaire

[Coin]

He wants to be traded, preferably to New York (good luck staying in the East Ron). Gets himself suspended for an entire season, the team sticks by him and then 20 games into the next one he wants a trade. "The team would be better off without me".

Apparently he doesn't like playing for Rick Carlisle, and feels that the offensive style is too restricted. "I like Coach, but I don't like playing for Coach". "I need the ball in my hands". So he wants to go to New York. He must have missed the fact that the coach in New York is Larry Brown, who has a platoon of ball hoggers already and is probably on the verge of a nervous breakdown from trying to get them to pass it the odd time.

Plus, Ron Artest in New York city? Surely that wouldn't be a good thing. Going to the Kings for Stojakovic is an option.

[Teknique]

It'd be interesting to know what the head honcho's of the lague think about this

The NBA needs the Knicks to be competative , something they havent been since the Ewing Days
This fact could determine Ron returning home to "turn things around" and put the NBA back into the minds of the NYC public.Theres nothing more they love than a hometown hero

[Coin]

It'd be interesting to know what the head honcho's of the lague think about this

The NBA needs the Knicks to be competative , something they havent been since the Ewing Days
This fact could determine Ron returning home to "turn things around" and put the NBA back into the minds of the NYC public.Theres nothing more they love than a hometown hero
I reckon David Stern would be happy to see Ron Artest gone from the game, or at least in a small market where he can't do too much damage. Stern has very little patience with anything he sees as a liability to his league. Would you be surprised to learn that Artest had beaten the crap out of someone? Stern doesn't need that kind of thing. Duncan/LeBron/Shaq/Wade/McGrady/Dirk/Nash/Amare. Plenty of generally "decent citizen" stars to hang the league on at the moment, so Ronnie not required.

[11 league titles]

I reckon David Stern would be happy to see Ron Artest gone from the game, or at least in a small market where he can't do too much damage. Stern has very little patience with anything he sees as a liability to his league. Would you be surprised to learn that Artest had beaten the crap out of someone? Stern doesn't need that kind of thing. Duncan/LeBron/Shaq/Wade/McGrady/Dirk/Nash/Amare. Plenty of generally "decent citizen" stars to hang the league on at the moment, so Ronnie not required.
he is a nut job..plain and simple..but what a fuckin player..Any team would love to have him on their side (well maybe not Detroit)..he's not on massive salary either i dont think..plus he'd want to cop on as hes on my fantasy team!!

[Coin]

Jermaine O'Neal is looking to move on. "I'm not answering anymore questions about Ron Artest. Ron doesn't want to be here, so Ron Artest doesn't matter".

Basically, "Fuck Off Ron"

By the way, Artests salary last year was 6.1m, so based on the 15% raises in the old CBA it would probably be about 7 this year and 8.X next year. I'm not sure if he has 1 and a half or 2 and a half years left.

[Coin]

Ronnie is sorry and wants to come back to play with the Pacers. This is really going to make a mess of the team. Stephen Jackson wants him back (as a fellow crazy they get on well), but O'Neal is dead against it. O'Neal has showed before that he puts great store in loyalty when he feels it is deserved, and Ron Artest has pissed him off no end. What a soap opera. Donnie Walsh seems to be having none of it from Artest and is shopping him around. This'll come down to whether they can get full value in a trade.

[11 league titles]

Ronnie is sorry and wants to come back to play with the Pacers. This is really going to make a mess of the team. Stephen Jackson wants him back (as a fellow crazy they get on well), but O'Neal is dead against it. O'Neal has showed before that he puts great store in loyalty when he feels it is deserved, and Ron Artest has pissed him off no end. What a soap opera. Donnie Walsh seems to be having none of it from Artest and is shopping him around. This'll come down to whether they can get full value in a trade.
O'Neal has said artest won't be playing for the pacers again and if he somehow did that one of them (O'Neal or artest) would have to leave..Guess which one??..Supposedly walsh is also prepared to just let Artest on the inactive list if he doesn't get a good enough trade deal

[Coin]

To be honest I'd worry for this guy. He announces in a newspaper interview that he doesn't want to play for the coach and then within days does a total about face and starts calling all his teammates to try to convince them to accept him back, and saying he's sorry and how he should have spoken to the team and management first. No pattern to his behaviour at all, he needs counselling, not a trade.

I bet he's on WWE before he's 30.

[Coin]

Finally all over, Artest is off to Sacramento for Stojakovic. On pure talent, Artest is far superior, but when you factor in the headcase element, its hard to say who got the best end of this. Stojakovic is a free agent this summer, so Indiana could end up with nothing. There is already talk of using him as bait for a sign and trade to overhaul the roster.