The exception is the Bibby trade. That was a welcome for almost everyone on the site, especially me, as I had been stumping for such a thing almost a year to the day by the time Bibby got traded.

I do think though, that much of the blame equally lies on Geoff Petrie for not dealing Artest to the Nuggets doesn’t it? I mean some of what you say is a symptom of the organization not giving clear signals to pretty much anyone on what the direction is. Maybe Geoff Petrie has a plan, and maybe he doesn’t, but what plan that is is certainly an in-house secret at this point.

I don’t heavily dis-agree with anything but the Bibby trade being anything but welcome, but that being said some of this is the symptom’s of the whole organization. Does Reggie deserve blame? Absolutely, he does. It would be hard to deny that at this point. The question is what percentage and what percentage is reasonable.

So in the almost final analysis Petrie determined that a player like Brandon Rush or Chris Douglas-Roberts (or maybe even Robin Lopez) was not fair value for Artest, as that appears to be what Denver’s #20 pick might fetch. Since I am currently a believer in addition by subtraction, I would have favored such a deal.

So the question is will Ron become the type of player/teammate/employee that everyone knows that he can/can’t become, or can the KIngs get more than Denver’s #20 pick come draft day or through a sign and trade?

One thing is for sure – I never envisioned a scenario where he might actually still be with the team next year. Of course, I also laughed when Reggie Theus’ name was initally mentioned as a head coach candidate, I scoffed at the notion of C-Webb signing with the Warriors, and I was positive that the Gasol deal was a hoax. In the immortal words of Sgt. Schultz, “I know nothing!”