Artest to the Lakers..

[Shastafarian]

What Laker has ever been able to guard Parker and WHEN HAS THAT STOPPED THE LAKERS FROM BEATING THE SPURS?

you people are stupid.

Um in case you missed it Trevor Ariza did a great job containing Parker. I guess you were too busy making "DOOMZZZZ" threads before games were over.

[SouthTexasRancher]

lol. Only uneducated Spurs fans would think this is a good thing. Go to other teams forums and they are saying "why even have the playoffs? Just give the le to L.A. right now." If Artest becomes a Laker, its all over but the crying. Your little Richard Jefferson move is nothing compared to this.

Fish
Kobe
Artest
Gasol
Bynum

Hahahahahaha...say goodnight, Spurs fans. Banner 16 is on its way to L.A.....hahahahahaha.

Wrong as usual, steeler nation. Your Fakers just got worse. Your team was finally getting some good chemistry in the NBA Finals. Now you lose an outstanding up and comer in Ariza and in his place get a cancer who no longer plays defense...Kobe ate his lunch each night. And Fisher is getting as old as 969 year old Methuselah who can't keep up with a guy like Tony Parker.

Teams like the Spurs, Cavs, Magic, and Celtics get better and the Fakers go backwards. Too bad, kid. I guess you could say it was fun while it lasted...ROTFFLMFAO!

[z0sa]

Um in case you missed it Trevor Ariza did a great job containing Parker. I guess you were too busy making "DOOMZZZZ" threads before games were over.

true. TP will be the difference in a victory over the Lakers or not. They are too weak in at the PG to defend Parker, yet Ariza gave them an option to stop the bleeding. Not anymore.

LA got better against many teams, not the Spurs. That's If Artest stays volatile instead of crazy.

[qiuyizeng]

Outstanding. The Lakers just got worse by adding him. We need to vbookie how long it will be before Laker fan turns on him.

yup,artest is overrated!

[barbacoataco]

I see both sides of the coin with Artest. On the one hand his defense is good, some call it overrated. I thought he was pretty effective this year in the playoffs and I saw most of the Rockets playoff games. With Battier and Artest playing together, teams were having a hard time scoring. When you have 2 perimeter defenders in that class they just don't give up a lot of open looks. That is how the Lakers will be with Artest and Kobe on defense.
On the other hand, Artest is a low percentage shooter who oftens dribbles away the shot clock and then shoots a contested fade-away jumper. He also is visibly slowing and next year will be one year older. Losing Ariza and gaining Artest makes the Lakers better defensively and slighty worse on offense IMHO.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Laker 2nd unit

Morrison
Walton
Vujacic


Holy !

Exactly right!!!

[SouthTexasRancher]

Originally Posted by TonysTeam
wow this pretty much negates our richard jefferson trade. lakers will be winning rings for awhile now

LMAO overreact much?

Tony'sTeam is another La La Land Faker fan who says he is a Spurs fan as a cover.

[Tully365]

Here's what I would call a good homer test:

Whose defense has slipped more in the last year-- Ron Artest or Rasheed Wallace?

[bishopospurs]

If the lakers lose Odom that would make this off season that much sweeter. They basically will be trading Odom and Ariza for Artest. One can hope right?

[SouthTexasRancher]

Yea the Lakers were such pussies and had no heart that they won the 2009 NBA Championship.

While the SPURS who supposedly have heart and toughness lost in the 1st round to a pathetic Dallas Maverick team despite having HCA.

Old house using WiFi from LA County Jail. Can't stay off the juice, eh!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Here's what I would call a good homer test:

Whose defense has slipped more in the last year-- Ron Artest or Rasheed Wallace?

Nice call. Sheed definitely. I hope we land McDyess.

[bishopospurs]

Lakers were champs, but to sneak by the Rockets with out T Mac and Yao in 7 games, not exactly dominating. I would be worried if I were a Lakers fan.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Artest will likely not be a huge black hole if he comes to LA. If he does that he simply won't play. It's not like Houston where they had nobody else to handle the ball in the clutch.

In LA Ron will have a very well defined role as a 3rd/4th option at best. If he cannot accept that then he will not play, period. Given Phil's history with coaching unruly players I would be surprised if Artest acts out and plays himself off the team.

The bottom line is that Artest is a bigger, stronger, and better defender than Ariza is. If you didn't notice, Ariza got abused by both Ron Artest and Melo in the playoffs. He can't handle bulky SF's like Pierce or Lebron the way Artest can. He's also a better shooter than Ariza, a better passer, and more capable of creating for himself.

There is obviously going to be some risk, but the Lakers are not a stupid franchise. They don't have 15 rings for nothing.

Artest would go along with being the 3rd or 4th option for about a week before he explodes. Ain't no way in that Artest can guard LeBron or Pierce. House, stay off the drugs. You're gonna end up like Michael Jackson.

[SouthTexasRancher]

when we got RJ i thought we had a bit of chance to maybe beat LA. but if they get ARTEST...we have no shot.

i can't believe how some spurs fans are trying to brush this off..THIS IS HUGE for the Lakers. i see another 3 peat in LA's future

!! there goes our window in the duncan era!!

Go back to bed, you closet Faker fan. And get yourself some glasses.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Funny if his agents really negotiated a deal with the Clippers..

Damn, that made me laugh! Good one!

[21_Blessings]

Earlier Thursday, Bauman said Artest was being courted by several teams that made the playoffs last season and received text messages from unspecified “superstars” who were trying to lure him to their cities. Bauman would not say if Bryant was one of those players, but acknowledged on Thursday night that their friendship was a factor in Artest’s decision.

Kobe probably textd him one phrase and sealed the deal: "three-peat"

[21_Blessings]

RJ making 14 million next year compared to Artest's 6

[SouthTexasRancher]

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

Explain to us one more time just how well that La La Land Faker team that picked up Malone and Payton, worked out? [email protected]!!! Yeah, good f*ing luck with your dream of a repeat.

[Russ]

The Spurs' best hope is that while one or the other might be okay . . .

Odom + Artest =

[Shastafarian]

RJ making 14 million next year compared to Artest's 6

Artest's 27% 3PFG in the playoffs last year

[SouthTexasRancher]

I think the physicality of Ron Artest is the key to the deal. You're right that Ariza is younger and faster.

But in the Playoffs, Ariza was too skinny in some matchups and couldn't deal with the thick dudes like Melo & Ron Artest. Paul Pierce and LeBron would also be tough covers for Ariza whereas Artest can defend Melo, Pierce and LeBron pretty much on his own.

Uhhhh, yeah right. BTW, I have some wonderful swamp land in the Mojave Desert and a nice bridge, some people know as The Brooklyn Bridge I will let you hav for cheap. And for 10% more, I'll throw in The Trump Towers so you'll have a place to stay when visiting your swamp out in the middle of the desert.

[barbacoataco]

One good thing about this is that Artest being on the Lakers could make a potential spurs/Lakers playoff series come down to Ginobili vs. Artest. And the Spurs win that dog fight because Ginobili is a better player and has always found a way to score on Artest.

[21_Blessings]

Explain to us one more time just how well that La La Land Faker team that picked up Malone and Payton, worked out? [email protected]!!! Yeah, good f*ing luck with your dream of a repeat.

Payton was done and Malone got hurt. It isn't rocket science.

[Shastafarian]

One good thing about this is that Artest being on the Lakers could make a potential spurs/Lakers playoff series come down to Ginobili vs. Artest. And the Spurs win that dog fight because Ginobili is a better player and has always found a way to score on Artest.

That's because Artest's defense is overrated. So with his overrated defense, his terrible shot selection, and his -for-brains, I see this as a good pickup... as long as you're not a Lakers fan.

[tempest186]

I believe that Artest and Odom are good friends. IMO this makes if even more likely (if not certain) that Odom stays in LA.

This is an interesting move to be sure. If it pans out then the Lakers will be tough. All of this is moot until we see the chemistry on the court for all of these new acquisitions.

RJ making 14 million next year compared to Artest's 6

How much does Sasha make? Oh yeah $5,000,000 next year and Adam Morrison $5,257,228.