All we need is Artest and Battier. Move Battier to the 2, Artest to the 3. Run T-Mac at the 1 and have Yao at center. Then go get yourself a servicable power forward who can block out. Rebound and score close up. Actually with this team, you don't even need a PF that can score. You need an enforcer with some rebounding ability. For that, we can just get Kelvin Cato back to play the power forward position. Cheap too. That being said, you get the best Power Forward you can. Mikki Moore would be a reasonable aquisition for this team. I'd rather have Nene but can't see that happening.
for the love of god tmac is not a point guard, there can be moments where we play with him running the point and no other point on the floor, but for 82 games and 35 minutes a game it will be utter failure, we are trying to take the burden off him not add it
Or..go out and get yourself a killer point guard and have two squads with interchangeable parts like the Spurs. Ginobili would start on most other teams. Horry could start too. In fact, Horry probably would be starting if he played for the Rockets. That's how deep San Antonio is. PG Francis/(Alston trade??) or get Mo Williams Vspan??!! who knows SG T-Mac/Head/ SF Artest/Battier/Novak Might have to trade Battier on this one. PF Sorry we gotta trade Howard..he got to go. Anyone who can rebound! C Yao/Mutumbo/Tsladakis
with decent pf, we would be instant contenders for....the NBA championship. We could beat every team in the west, We enough defense to slow down the Suns or Warriors, and we would have a deep roster, like SA and mavs
I'd say no to give up Battier for Ron. Even if Ron behaves himself, this deal still are enough to put rockets over the hill. Use Howard and a bench or a draft pick to get Ron. the rockets give up a bad contract and take the risk. Ron will be not able to do what he did in Pacers and kings because in Rockets he will be not the 2nd player who try to take over as NO1. Here it is obviously he's no3. It's the similar situation of Rodman in 90's Bulls. He's maybe emotionally troubled, but he's not bb IQ troubled. He's a not big risk but high rewards for Rockets.
I think I may have posted this earlier... Sura, Lucas, and Snyder for Artest would save the Kings c.$3.9M. Besides an under the salary cap team, no other team can offer a better salary dump. I don't think any other team has a trade exception worth more than 2.3M, and TE's can't be packaged. Another benefit would be they're under the salary cap as a result which would allow them to make a follow up trade without having to match salaries.
Everyone knows Ron Artests is good for entertainment value. How many other players you know have a constantly revolving soap opera in their lives. You tune in just to see what the next Ron Artest antic will be. It makes for great drama and boosts fan attendence and readership.
Dude did you not read those articles there are at best 5 teams that would even take him and they would be giving up there scraps as well. If we offered our pick and/or Luther in a package they would be over it in a second. The question is do we want him if we do we can make it happen. I do not think you should come into threads and bash when you clearly have no knowledge of the situation.
It would play great on the video game of your choice, but not in reality. The one season Ron Artest plays in Houston would be a wasted one. We will ship him off for spare parts after he burns his bridges here too. My guess is probably one small incident in the preseason, then a series throughout or maybe one big flameout.Either way, he doesn't last on this team past the All-star break. This guy does not get the idea of a second or third or last chance because he honestly believes he is bigger than the team, the league and probably the game. It took a long time to weed out the knuckleheads. Let's not regress. I don't deny his talent at either end of the court. The guy is a game changer and a phenomenal talent. He's also a teamkiller and most likely has some unaddressed mental issues. What coach will know how to handle him? Hell what owner knows how to handle this guy? More importantly, he is not an athletic power forward. Neither is he a playoff caliber starting point guard. This hypothetical gets us nowhere closer to being a team that can compete deep into the the playoffs. Not unless he's part of a larger trade that lands a PG or PF here and Ron Ron never even wears a Rockets uni.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152007/sports/news__views____sports_peter_vecsey.htm "Those in the know disclose the Kings and Nuggets have had serious dialogue regarding Ron Artest. Clearly, Kenyon Martin would have to be included in any such exchange package" so far we are up against the contracts of kwame brown and kenyon martin... howard and head aren't looking so shabby now, eh? ...this is what hours of boredom at work will do to you...succumbing to multiple responses on "Ridiculous trade idea #..."
If you can get Artest for Howard straight up then you gotta go for that...to get out of Howards contract at least....
I'm not sure how we would work Artest into the rotation though. Especially if you go get yourself a killer pg and a very physical and athletic PF. I mean Artest is going to want to start. He puts numbers up like he's an All-Star. Problem with Artest is that he'll never be an All Star cause the fans hate him. He'll never be an Olympian cause they want squeaky clean players on the squad.
C'mon man TMAC is not at his best when running the point all game. He can create in the half court, but he is not at his best when he has to handle the ball in the full court for the majority of the game. There is no question he can do that, but that would not be best for the team and tmac. Rafer is good at bringing the ball up but he is soft in the halfcourt because he is reluctant to get in the paint and finish strong at the rim. Its easy to just add players that are good with little thought of how the will mesh in a game situation and without thinking of how the complement each other. Ron is a great player and the Rox can use him, but he is not fill a glaring need. If they can get him for Howard and Sura with the Kings throwing in a second round pick I would say do it. I would not give the Luther. If it was Luther, Howard, Rafer and Sura for Bibby and Artest I would do it in a heartbeat.
Looks like the Artest sweepstakes are heating up! Those in the know disclose the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets have had serious dialogue regarding forward Ron Artest. Clearly, Kenyon Martin would have to be included in any such exchange package. Source: New York Post
