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I guess there could be a Lamar Odom for Artest rumor pop up soon

artest with LAL is a good one. just what they need. he provides exactly the type of game they lack

what the lakers lack?
oh yeah thats right they a bunch a s0ftc0(ks

artest on the same team as kryobe - phil jackson doesnt want kryobe to have his jaw busted aint gonna happen laker dreamers

Atlanta pull the trigger for a sign and trade of Josh Smith with Artest, before you get nothing for losing Josh

Ron Artest sucks. You would ha ve to be crazy to give him a long term extension. The Lakers are respectable, they don't need to bring in any thugs.

Hey, Ron ... ****.

Ron Artest is over-rated

Ron-Ron screws up yet again. I would love to see him with the Lakers but no way do the Kings do that deal. If the Kings do trade Ron Artest it's to an Eastern Conference team.

HA!!!!!..... I love it when Artest gets screwed over

Shouldnt Artest or his agent have found out BEFORE the opt out deadline if they were intested in negotiating a long term contract? Boneheads

If Ron still has the same agent, he's crazier than I thought.

This is exactly what your agent is "not" supposed to allow to happen.

If what he wanted was a long term deal the way to get it is to "opt out" and see if anyone will offer it to you and, if so, whether the team will match it to keep you.

He played his hand and the Kings bought him cheap then left the cash on the nightstand.

You can't teach stupid.............

I'm not saying that the not opting out is dumb-
just that HE is

unfortunately for Ron, he has a history of silly, poor & dumb decisions

Seriously...has Artest ever had a decision he didn't regret later???

Much fun to see Artest's stupidity displayed yet again. I'd love to see the Lakers do a deal for Artest. Petrie is a shrewd operator and would take Kupchak to the cleaners. No dumbass Memphis GM to **** and take it this time!

Artest making just a pittance more than Luke Walton is a Travesty. Now THAT IS stupid on Artest's part and Lakers'.

If Artest came to the Lakers, we would have the two most hated players on our team in the League, which makes the Lakers officially the most hated team coached by maybe, the most hated coach?

the zen master is the most hated coach? y? and kobe's getting some respect back, but ron's a different story.

I'll make sure to light a candle for Ron.....NOT!! Why am I not surprised to see that he's blaming everyone under the sun for not the decision not to opt out of his contract. He should have had the wherewithall to know that this year's free agency class is weak and he missed a golden opportunity to cash in. I just hope he can manage to survive and get by on $7.4mil. I can't imagine what's its like to try and "rough it out" making that kind of money. My heart really goes out to him.