Even if Indiana considers it, who on the Rockets would they want for the long term? They are set at PF (O'Neal/Croshere); SF (Bender/Jackson); C (Harrison, Foster, Pollard); SG (R. Miller, Anthony Johnson, James Jones) and PG (Tinsley, Fred Jones). They are weakest at SG and PG, but we really have nothing to offer for those two positions.
He was a superb defender. Max could run hot and cold, and get into a funk, but if the guy was on, he was amazing. We got him for one of the great bargains of Rockets history... $50,000 to San Antonio. Max was one of my favorite players. He drove Jordan nuts with his D. How many guys did that? He went round the bend at the end, true, but as Hayes said, he wasn't called Mad Max for nothing. I'll pass on Artest. I wouldn't mind getting Tinsley, if we could work out a deal, but I don't know why the Pacers would do it. Keep GARM Civil!!
i'd love it if we could get him but we have nothing they'd want. i've always liked artest's game. he is mad max. maybe if we get him we'll be forced to get phil jackson.... imagnie it...yao/tmac/artest + phil?
I dont know if I would actually want him on this team but it would make our lackluster, boring, ridiculous low scoring games against San Antonio much more entertaining. Him and Bruce Bowen going head to head for about 40 minutes should produce plenty of pushes, kicks, punches, pinches, pulls, slaps, tackles, collisions, spits, and trips to make a 70-60 final score worth watching. Of course, Van Gundy would have him on Manu and TMac on Bowen, and Pops would have Bowen on TMac and Manu defending Artest, but it would still even out and with their help defense they would get plenty of hacks at one another.
