[David Aldridge] NBA TV: Houston trying to trade for Ron Artest

I'm not holding my breath.

 

I wouldn't. There's still an hour to go. You might die.

 

i ask him a question on Artest and he never replied, i guess he's not taking Artest questions.

 

i'm pretty sure nothing is going to happen, but i can only hope.

 

Now that we have a backup pg - I'm all for trading anyone not named Yao, Tracy, Scola, Rafer or Landry. I'd like to save Battier for an Artest insurance body but we need a bigger splash than BJ to compete.

 

Neer trade Aaron Brooks for artest. I love Ron but AB is the future. Anyways I wish the best to u rockets fans against suns and la

 

The only team showing interest in Artest is Denver and it looks like they're holding out on dealing Kleiza.

IMO if a last minute surprise deal is done for Artest the only teams with the assets are Denver, Suns, or GSW. Suns & GSW have TEs to pull it off.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/

 

here's what chad ford had to say

 

**** how come we can never get something like this done......Drexler had to have been the biggest deal we made at the halfway mark

 

Chad Ford doesn't seem to have any whiff of a Houston deal being out there.

 

Just a few minutes ago on the Sac Bee Kings blog:

 

the fans on this site glorify brooks like he is some kind of chirs paul/deron williams, thinking he is the future or something...lol....the guy was projected to go in the second round, and his shooting is worse than rafer, he is a scrub, we can pick up another one next year

 

according to him, the kings really want brooks, so if anything does happen, brooks would have to be included in the deal.

maybe morey will call in the last second and give up brooks??

 

Personally, Id give up Brooks before Battier. But I know Im in the minority on that one...

 

But it seen like Morey doesn't want to give them Brooks.

 

Why would this team not try for contention for freaking aaron brooks? He's a freaking nobody in the nba!

good lord the rockets orginization are a r****ded bunch. all they do is pick up washed up undersized and old point guards.

No team in their right mind would hold on to an unproved rookie over a chance to get better now, especially with the west being so brutal.

This is a brain fart organization

 

I would too as Battier is a more important commodity on this team right now.

Francis and Snyder plus a first and either Head or Brooks.

 

I would too. The chance of a undersized point guard to be anything great in the NBA is slim to none. Battier on the other hand is a proven first team defender. And he works well with T-Mac and Yao.

 

I have no problem giving up Brooks in a deal for Artest. He's a nice find at the end of the draft, but he's replaceable. What else we would have to give up and Artest's willingness to sign an extension are bigger concerns. That being said, I think he's worth the risk.

 

And he is locked up for 3 more years after this one...