RON ARTEST should be disciplinarianally BENCHED...

His lack of any type of explosiveness and first step out of the dribble has left us with no one to depend on outside of Yao.

Mcgrady had that and still does-except he never chose to drive when he was isolated.

Artest has the right mentality, but he doesn't have the physical tools to do it consistently.

Do I miss Tmac though? Yeah as a fan but if he comes back early and not work hard on rehabbing, or he doesn't mesh with the team normally then I won't have a problem seeing him go for the Rockets sake.

 

Does anybody here still think that we should spend 10 mil on Ron Artest?

 

Nope...I hope Morey let's him test the market....Artest may only get MLE types of deals...

He is just not a great team player.....he is too unpredictable and prone to stupidity spells.

DD

 

No. I don't think he would get more than MLE from a contender either.
MLE + peak's shoe deals+ a shot at championship + great team environment, take it or leave it Artest.

 

I agree with what your saying but RA is not an in your ass type of coach. It will just continue to happen.....

 

I said all this in February and some people even insulted me.

Although it's late, I am glad you have realized it. Next on the list are Aaron Brooks and Von Wafer, antoher 2 boasted players with similar weaknesses. You simply can't go against everybody, GM's of contenders are not that stupid. Look for similar players on their rosters... there aren't. Most important thing in basketball to win at elite level is intelligence and knowledge of the game; we have a bunch of stupid guys on the court, too many. (stupid playing basketball).

Finally you'll realize how much the team misses Rafer Alston and Tracy McGrady.

 

Artest wants to be the hero every night,but he only succeed once VS JAzz at home.
His IQ and EQ are too low.....
He should be benched if he keep forcing so many shots.
He is not the answer for Rox

 

BRING IN AVERY JOHNSON!
LOOK AT WHAT HE DID FOR DALLAS AFTER ANOTHER OFFENSE MINDED COACH LEFT.

 

Artest thinks he is Kobe in the team,that hurts us many times,if he keeps doing so,we wont pass the 1st round with Artest.........

 

It's a tough one with Ron Ron. You want to keep him because he has such heart and tenacity, but ultimately lacks the concept of team. Watching the Lakers last night, I realized just how much Kobe has come along. He is just as good as he always has been, but the way he trusts his teammates makes him even better. That's something that we will never be able to get out of Ron. TMac was clearly lacking that as well.

 

Jacktest needs a nice slap in the face..... He has horrible shot selection and when he jacks up a 3 he stands there like a statue causing a fast break for the other team like the Lakers had last night

 

I'm not going to lie. I'm becoming less and less of a fan of Artest.

He's trying to be our point forward. The only problem is, he lacks the skills that he believes he possesses.

Even when he makes a shot, I'm still bickering (when it's an ill advised jack up).

Dude drives me crazy. Let the damn point guard set the plays up.

I was all for signing Artest, especially when I believed we had a somewhat healthy TMAC. I believed he would stay in check, and do what he said he would be doing when we first got him. (soldier for TMAC and Yao).

But man, with out TMAC being the point forward, we've now that this nutcase who thinks he's Kobe.....or even Tracy.

 

I notice that the other players seem to get confused or gesture ron to do something in the play but he seems to take the ball and do his own thing on the top of the key. He doesn't even look to pass once he starts his Steve Francis dribble.

 

Both Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest are guilty of not being able to play in the flow of the game, always wanting to create for themselves!

If they are to remain on the Rockets team both will have to be retrained to play more as role players and not as individual stars they will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of the team just like Yao has! OR be traded!

Not only them but Brooks will need to be retrained to either a pass first Point Guard or a Shooting Guard. Or be traded

 

QFT. unfortunately, nobody in this organization dares to say that to artest's face.

dude needs to understand he's a good player. but he's nowhere close to to a great player. he needs a reality check.

 

Is funny how this thread always pop up after a loss when Artest is had a bad game lol. Its funny how guys point out one guy instead of the whole team. LOL is it that easy to blame one person who is a star. Where is the bash Yao Ming thread The whole team played horrible in the second half.

FYI for everyone who believes that having those 3 days off would help. It helps with rest but it doesn't help with guys games. 2 or more days of rest when Yao doesn't play shows that he is going to have a bad game. Too much rest can be bad for a team.

 

actually artest didn't have a bad game statistically. he actually had a very good game for his standard. people are just complaining about his weaknesses and how he thinks he's better than he actually is. big difference.

 

T-Mac is no longer playing, the fans need someone to blame and Artest happens to be that guy.

 

Some of us have been saying this all along before the Rockets signed him, you roll the dice, take the bad with the good part of his game. The guy has been in the league for many years, it's unbelievable that many people thought he would be differently with the Rockets.

Personally, I think Artest can be a good contributor with minimum negative impact IF he plays with a team leader has strong personality, unfortunately, that's exactly what the Rockets are lack of.

 

They blamed McGrady because he was making $21 mil and he was our "superstar". Next in line should be Yao Ming don't you think. Yao is suppose to be the guy to get us over the hump but Yao has been showing how tired he is. I think Yao needs to stop working so hard during the off-season. He is wearing himself out with the Chinese National games and then having to work out and practice to get ready for the 82 game season is going to make him retire quicker than he wants 2.