So it begins. We’ll have roughly 250 more of these over the next two months.

I assume he doesn’t have the same agent as Bonzi Wells right?

Who lets their agent run their life? I mean, if it’s about the teams that have cap room this year, just say that. Does Ron check with his agent on what to eat for dinner and which shoes he should wear that day?

Should I respond to this quote or should I wait until tomorrow’s quote, or quote after that?

Ron Artest – bending the minds of fans one day at a time (but hey, Ron, if you’re reading this, we still love ya’).

Take it all with a grain of salt, or in Ron’s case, a dose of Xanax.

I love Ron as much as the next dweeb, however tomorrow he may enlist in the Peace Corps, or decide to become a man of the cloth, perhaps announcing a desire to become the first African American to win the Daytona 500.

As astute and accurate as dkons21’s comments may be regarding the role of sports agents and the current marketability for small forwards, his agent, Mark Stevens, is no mensa member and voices his mercurial opinions much in the same fashion as his client—that is to say, he employs his mouth more often than his brain.

If the Wise One can move Mr. Artest in a sign and trade scenario, don’t you think he’ll pull the lever this time? We won 38 games with Ron as the focal point. He averaged 20 ppg and we missed the postseason by 12 games. This team will be no better next season with Ron gobbling late-game possessions.

This won’t happen because the “Theusocracy” will demand more meaningless wins next year at the expense of future viability, but a smarter, less egotistical skipper would start Salmons, Moore, Hawes, Kevin, and Cisco. If the draft takes a fortuitous turn and we bag a point guard of the future, start him and bring Cisco off the bench for significant 6th man minutes.