why we overlook the horrible year artest is having

Its the cursed jersey.

You could put a prime Jordan in Rockets Red and he would lose his game.

 

At least he can rap...

I'd like to see your precious Yao Ming try to rap sometime.

 

Artest is not sucking. Without Artest we would be below .500 right now.

 

Y'all just see the offense. Don't you care about defense ? What about Artest shuting down Wade ? What about his physical abilties ? Yes he struggles on offense but it's a matter of time. The season is 1 month old. So calm down!

 

cause he has heart, unlike our other 2 "superstars"

 

I don't think it would have made much of a difference honestly (except we would have lost depth).

 

Actually he can't

 

Artest is gonna be fine. He plays solid defense and has hit some big shots. His shooting has struggled so far, but I think he's gonna be fine. I don't expect him to put up the same numbers he did w/Sac.

 

It is not rocket science.

Artest is trying to go one on team too often. He is also forcing up too many terrible shots. That goes a long way to explain why his shooting percentage is horrible this year.

 

The greatest thing about the Ron addition was that if it works out, great, we have a better shot at winning the title. If it doesnt work out, he is an expiring contract. We let him go in the offseason, and 8 million dollars come off the books. We use that 8 million on whatever we need next offseason.

 

Name a perimeter player on the team that is scoring efficiently right now. Brooks is the only one and its mainly because when he is in we are playing small ball and he is matched up against scrubs like anthony johnson.

Artest's offense hasnt been as bad as people are making it out to be. He is trying to score because thats what we need him to do without mcgrady in the lineup.

With no Mcgrady, teams can double off of Rafer and make scoring very difficult for Artest. It is also an adjustment for him playing with a guy like Yao who clogs up the paint.

When we're completely healthy again, Artest will come off the bench and dominate whatever scrub defender he is matched up against.

 

Id like to see Scola come off the bench.

 

Who would start at PF? Landry?

DD