Marty Mac is a moron. He tries to hard to become friends with these players that he can’t see what is best for the organization and the team. That column really pissed me off today because that is mostly what people see.

I’m so tired of people from the SacBee

My only point of exception regards “the pissing and moaning from the fan base has been loud and long.” Not around here it hasn’t. And most of the call in’s to 1140 have been supportive of the trade.

Basically ,we got what the vast majority at StR had hoped for: youth (Greene), a draft pick, and expiring contract, which in this case is also a backup point guard that the city is madly in love with. In a nutshell, Petrie spurned the Denver deadline deal and was rewarded with B-Jax and an extra draft pick. What’s not to like?

As far as the Bee or national scribes are concerned, of course Houston got the better end of the deal. They vaulted themselves into perceived championship contention, while we most likely return to the lottery next year. But what is being overlooked is that we got everything that we could for Artest, after months and months and months of Petrie turning down low(er) ball offers. And, we got exactly what we needed for where we are as a franchise right now.

Ron will go to Houston and be a good citizen and contributor, as he has been in the first year of any of his previous stops. Then the Rockets will balk at paying him and he will go somewhere else, while the Kings have a couple of young, inexpensive prospects on their roster. Remember, everyone thought that the Blazers got over on Indiana when they traded the young and unproven Jermaine O’Neal for missing championship piece Dale Davis.

Houston wins this deal right now. Just wait.

wrote a bullshit article to cover his butt. Reading between the lines I wasn’t sure HE was convinced about what he was saying.

hey, gotta turn in an article! Hmmmmm…

At least until the 14th. And hey, maybe it will help in making trades in the future.

The article had a bad headline, and I disagree with a couple of the points McNeal made. Marty’s point seemed primarily to be that there must be something we don’t know for the Kings to have traded Artest for this deal. I’ve heard the rumors of incidents that haven’t been made public, but I don’t know any details. Regardless, Artest has done more than enough to warrant being traded without the public knowing anything else.

Marty also states that The idea that trading Artest two-plus years and a dozen incidents later had anything to do with “desperation and panic” just deluded. If Petrie has panicked, he would have traded Artest immediately after the wife smacking or dog starving incidents.

Finally, Marty talks about what a “coveted player” Artest is, which flies in the face of the facts. Denver wouldn’t give up Linas Kleiza for Artest. Does Marty really think Petrie left a better deal on the table to take what Houston offered? Petrie got a young player with potential, a draft pick and a solid veteran with an expiring contract at a needed position. Artest wrecked his own value with his erratic behavior and is more feared than coveted at this point.

thoughts.

Based on the limited feedback given on the Pacers SBNation blog, they’re just glad Artest’s not their problem child anymore. Enormous talent. Enormous. I can’t say that enough, but he is always his worst enemy…and there is always somebody there to feed Ron’s worst enemy. I wish him the best, I really do, and I hope he figures it out one day.

But the sentiment I took away from Cornrow’s blog is that
1) Pre-melee, they loved him.
2) They stood by him through it and felt betrayed by his trade request. ( I am being kind).
3) They hated giving him up/they hated him for requesting a trade after they stood by him.
4) They’re simply relieved that he isn’t their problem anymore.
5) They’re glad that the trade didn’t get the Kings anywhere dangerously close to a Championship.
6) They feel a bit validated that it wasn’t wrong to trade Ron away, because he’s replayed that same dysfunctional MP3 in his head again with the Kings.

Unless Ron finds a way to fix the perceptions of many fans(and possibly GM’s), Ron fans will probably feel the same way as the Pacers fans do when Ron moves on to his next team, as he surely will unless his mindset changes.

Enormously talented but not a great team player in a team game. Bright, but narcissistic. Overly confident and slightly deluded. (Sir, I have met Kobe Bryant, and you sir, are no Kobe Bryant. Hell, even Kobe Bryant isn’t as big as Kobe Bryant thinks he is!).

Hello Ron, are you listening? No, put down that #%^ IPhone and stop calling CD, he is not helping you, he’s exploiting you. Unless you think that you’re exploiting him?

I’m pretty sure that puts you both lower on my list of life forms than, you know, the average stock jockey pimping his “can’t miss” stock tips.

I feel sad. I hate wasted potential, and I see a ton of it in Ron Artest.

I also hate overhyped and facile poseurs, but I’ll leave it at that. It’s far far far past my bedtime.