Artest Says He's Signing with Lakers

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

www.cbssports.com

[ElNono]

Bye bye Ariza

[Culburn369]

Uh, oh, this is going to go over like a fart in church around here.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Oh snap.

[Double-Up]

, you beat me to it!

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

You need a lobotomy if you're still believing what Artest says.

[jacobdrj]

To sign with a team that just won a le... Marion Hossa anyone?

Anyhoo, this will be a make-and/or-break season for Phil. He is 1 of only 2 coaches who can deal with a guy like Ron, and Phil has nothing left to prove and health issues.

Will he be willing to take on Artest for another shot at a le, or will age finally catch up with the Zen Master and cause him to bow out?

[Hornets1]

If the Lakers do this, they are the favorite, w/ SA in 2nd. If SA gets sheed, be ready for an AMAZING WCF!

[Muser]

[Reeko_Htown]

Good Luck Artest.

[ginobili's bald spot]

So Ariza managed to average 9 points per game while benefiting from Kobe and Pau's presence and being left wide open... I wonder how well Ron will do in that role.

[Muser]

So are Kobe and Artest BFF now?

[Spursfan092120]

[I. Hustle]

Can you imagine if the Lakers get Ron and we get Sheed... that is going to be a badass fight. I say we meet in the WCF and they get into a rowdy throw down.

[Findog]

So Ariza managed to average 9 points per game while benefiting from Kobe and Pau's presence and being left wide open... I wonder how well Ron will do in that role.

Get ready for contested 18 foot fallaway jumpers that he'll hit at a 33% clip.

[iilluzioN]

Damn!

If we dont get sheed its bust!

[I. Hustle]

So Ariza managed to average 9 points per game while benefiting from Kobe and Pau's presence and being left wide open... I wonder how well Ron will do in that role.

Those are some tig 'ol bitties

[KSeal]

So are Kobe and Artest BFF now?

I'm pretty sure they've always been close, they just get into it on the court.

If this is true GREAT move by the Lakers. Ron makes us a better team, no doubt. Hopefully this helps in Lamar staying.

[The Gemini Method]

To sign with a team that just won a le... Marion Hossa anyone?

Anyhoo, this will be a make-and/or-break season for Phil. He is 1 of only 2 coaches who can deal with a guy like Ron, and Phil has nothing left to prove and health issues.

Will he be willing to take on Artest for another shot at a le, or will age finally catch up with the Zen Master and cause him to bow out?

If this holds up, it will be interesting to see how the PJ and Ron Artest relationship works out...Granted, he did coach Dennis Rodman at one point...

By the way, Marion Hossa went to the Chicago Blackhaws--not the Pittsburgh Penguins.

[Findog]

If I'm LA, I'd rather have Ariza. Wonder if Kobe and Phil can ride herd on Ron and mitigate his worst on-court instincts.

[Double-Up]

To sign with a team that just won a le... Marion Hossa anyone?

Anyhoo, this will be a make-and/or-break season for Phil. He is 1 of only 2 coaches who can deal with a guy like Ron, and Phil has nothing left to prove and health issues.

Will he be willing to take on Artest for another shot at a le, or will age finally catch up with the Zen Master and cause him to bow out?

Just asking who IYHO who is the 2nd coach that can control Artest?

[ginobili's bald spot]

So are Kobe and Artest BFF now?

Ron has had an odd man crush on Kobe for a while. That's why he got so emotional during the playoffs im guessing.

[Culburn369]

I hope Ron Ron takes 1/2 the shots from Kobe.

As long as those shots are those maniacal jail breaks to the side of the rim that he does I'm jiggy with it.

[benefactor]

This is going to be hilarious. I officially can't wait for the season to start.

[scottspurs]

Can you imagine if the Lakers get Ron and we get Sheed... that is going to be a badass fight. I say we meet in the WCF and they get into a rowdy throw down.

Sheed would whip Artest's ass. Duncan would whip Pao Gasol. Ginobili would pull some crazy Argentine on Kobe. Tony parker would get owned by Derek Fisher. Richard Jefferson would make Bynum his . And Pop would just kick Phil Jackson in one of his legs.