Artest to the Lakers..

[EricB]

I thought he'd ruin the lakers but they are two wins from a ring so I don't know how bad they can be...

[UnWantedTheory]

Well the Celts are one win from a ring now....
The Lakers would have been there with or without Artest.

[hsxvvd]

For anybody wanting the Lakers to lose... Artest is fun to watch.

[Obstructed_View]

I thought he'd ruin the lakers but they are two wins from a ring so I don't know how bad they can be...

He hasn't seemed to have melted down and cratered the team, but I think the Lakers would be much happier with Trevor Ariza at this point.

[TJastal]

He hasn't seemed to have melted down and cratered the team, but I think the Lakers would be much happier with Trevor Ariza at this point.

I think so too. Ariza's role was perfect and they could have really used his lateral quickness on the perimeter containing Rondo and Pierce. Artest's athleticism has been falling off a cliff since like last year and they have another 4 years to go LMAO

Gonna suck to be a laker fan in the next 5 years.

[Obstructed_View]

Gonna suck to be a laker fan in the next 5 years.

Most of them are Kobe fans, so they'll blame his terrible teammates when the Lakers lose and call him Michael Jordan when the Lakers win.

[21_Blessings]

Gonna suck to be a laker fan in the next 5 years.

Because the Spurs future shines so bright.

[Blackjack]

21_ ings deserves a better troll, tbh.

[Dex]

[21_Blessings]

[Blackjack]

Yakety Sax

I still contend that watching Artest shoot a 3 is as compelling as a Bonds at-bat used to be. You just never know where that ball's gonna end up.

[ffadicted]

RJ > Artest, as sad as it is

[Blackjack]

Put RJ highlights to Yakety Sax and we'll talk.

[Sisk]

RJ > Artest, as sad as it is

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But I still believe they're better off with Ariza

[EricB]

He hasn't seemed to have melted down and cratered the team, but I think the Lakers would be much happier with Trevor Ariza at this point.

Both ariza and the lakers f'ed up. Ariza was a great fit from LA.

From a lakers fan standpoint you have to be just punched in the gut when you think what ariza's quickness could be doin against the likes of a rajon rondo.

[Muser]

4 more years

[mavsfan1000]

Lakers

[SenorSpur]

Both ariza and the lakers f'ed up. Ariza was a great fit from LA.

From a lakers fan standpoint you have to be just punched in the gut when you think what ariza's quickness could be doin against the likes of a rajon rondo.

...not to mention his length too.

[TheManFromAcme]

Both ariza and the lakers f'ed up. Ariza was a great fit from LA.

From a lakers fan standpoint you have to be just punched in the gut when you think what ariza's quickness could be doin against the likes of a rajon rondo.

Bingo!

You've got many stating that Ariza's stats just stunk up the joint in H-town but the fact of the matter was that Trevor was a better fit in L.A. with better shots facilitated for him. Not saying that Trev was an ivy league guy but he clearly had a grasp of the triangle. Ron-Ron? Not to sure.

Game 6 and 7 will either pay dividends for that deal done almost 1 year ago or turn out to be a lemon.

We shall see.

[arakkus]

I think in this series Ariza would be better fit, however, against sevral other teams such as the spurs Artest gives matchup problems because of his size. Overall, for this year at least I give the nod to Lakers for making Artest choice even if they lose...

But next year or year after I'm pretty sure there going to look back and say WTF were we thinking

[21_Blessings]

[rascal]

Lakers are on their way to another le.

[HarlemHeat37]

Artest's playoff PER is a ridiculously low 10.6 and his TS% is an absolutely disgusting 47.5%..his defense is pretty good, although overrated, but he has really had very little impact for them in the playoffs IMO..

They would have won if you replaced him with a lot of guys, especially Ariza..

[Obstructed_View]

Both ariza and the lakers f'ed up. Ariza was a great fit from LA.

From a lakers fan standpoint you have to be just punched in the gut when you think what ariza's quickness could be doin against the likes of a rajon rondo.

Yep. Of course if they win game 7 they can still call it a win deal.

[21_Blessings]

I'm not worried at all..

Ron Artest is the 2nd most overrated defensive player in the NBA, only behind Kobe..watching either of those guys guard perimeter players is going to be funny as ..

I don't see Artest working as a #3 or more option..he has to be in the top 2, that's just his style..it also takes shots away from Bynum, and Bynum doesn't play defense or rebound unless he's getting shots..LA already has their stars, they need role players like Ariza, and Artest can't be a role player..

Yeah going to be funny as watching the Lakers hold up that back to back

While you're laughing at two of the best perimeter defenders of our generation the entire world be laughing at TP, Manu, RJ backcourt trying to guard anything