<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Artest watch Sixers president/general manager Billy King confirmed that he made a "due diligence" call to the Indiana Pacers about Ron Artest, but that no offer was made. Artest has asked the Pacers to trade him, allowing him a fresh start... Allen Iverson, Chris Webber and Kyle Korver, who all played major minutes in Monday night's 90-89 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, were held out of practice yesterday.</div> Source
if we get artest and still manage to keep AI and CWebb, we might be instant contenders! but the chemistry thing will be an issue, so will the low post defense and rebounding, since we will most likely have to give up Sammy for the deal.
If we get Artest I will personally go to the Wachovia Center, and kiss the ground Billy King walks on. With that said I think it’s more wishful thinking than anything else. The Pacers don’t want to keep him in the eastern conference, and have said they will look to move him west first. So I think the Lakers and Nuggets have the best chance at Artest.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If we get Artest I will personally go to the Wachovia Center, and kiss the ground Billy King walks on. With that said I think it’s more wishful thinking than anything else. The Pistons don’t want to keep him in the eastern conference, and have said they will look to move him west first. So I think the Lakers and Nuggets have the best chance at Artest.</div> Thats Indiana. Anyways, I don't actually think we have any real chance of getting Artest. Really, the only players outside of Iverson or Webber that would possibly interest Indiana are Iguodala and Dalembert, but Iguodala's pretty much untouchable and Dalembert's just signed that huge contract.
Aznx and BKS said it all. 1. We may play the Pacers in the Playoffs. 2. We have no pieces to trade. No way Artest is going to land here and I doubt Mo would be able to control him. The only person in this league that can keep Artest focused and out of trouble is Shaq. That's why I think Miami would be the best fit for him and not here in Philly.
Are you people sure you want Artest on the Sixers? This guy is crazy and might be good in the short term, but in the long term he will just **** us over like he did to the Pacers even after they treated him so well.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Are you people sure you want Artest on the Sixers? This guy is crazy and might be good in the short term, but in the long term he will just **** us over like he did to the Pacers even after they treated him so well.</div> Obviously he's only a short term solution for us, since he's said to the media that whatever team he gets traded to, he'll sign with New York come free agency. But I think it might be worth that one year with us since it gives us a real chance at getting deep into the playoffs. Sure he's crazy, but its not like he's a slacker or anything. Perhaps Cheeks' personality can get him to calm down a bit? Who knows.
I hate to break the news to everybody but there's about 18 teams in the running for Ron Arest and I honestly don't think we have the pieces to trade (unless we give up Iguodala or Iverson) to get him. Plus to add to that the Pacers want to package one of their high salery guys, which of course is just what we need. Unless the Pacers want to take Kyle Korver/John Salmons and a pick, I don't think this is going to happen.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Philadelphia 76ers should not think about bringing Ron Artest to this town. They know this. Artest knows this. And if Philadelphia didn't know this, all it needs to do is connect the dots: Artest is trouble whenever he's unhappy. It has always been that way, and it always will be that way. His latest diatribe against the Indiana Pacers' organization illustrated as much, the moment he went public with his desire to be traded. And there wouldn't be much for Artest to be happy about with this presently constructed band of Sixers, anyway. No matter what logic is conjured up to the contrary. Any hopes for the arrival of the Pacers' enigmatic forward, who is on his way out of Indiana, by the way, are perfectly understandable. At the moment, Artest is averaging 19.4 points per game. He's a former defensive player of the year who is still recognized as one of the best, most complete players in the game. His team usually wins when he plays, and usually loses when he doesn't. And once you add his all-around toughness to the equation - teammates, let alone those playing against Artest, actually fear him - he would seem to be exactly what the Sixers need. In a typical world, this would be the quintessential definition of a perfect match. Especially with the defensively challenged Kyle Korver as your small forward and little else in the way of help at that spot. Watching the Sixers play defense, you almost feel sorry for coach Mo Cheeks, knowing how much he's starving for energy and defense at that position. "I would seem to be a great fit," Artest said the other day. "Me and Allen Iverson. Wow! But it's not that simple." With Artest, what is? The flip side to this latest mess created by Artest is that he believes he deserves to be Indiana's number-one offensive option ahead of Jermaine O'Neal. That would be one reason to question his sanity. Artest is on the record as saying he doesn't like playing for coach Rick Carlisle, who doesn't give him enough touches. That is another reason to question his sanity, considering that Artest touches the ball more than anyone has on the Pacers this season. So, essentially, Artest believes he's more than he actually is. He believes Carlisle is less of a coach than he actually is. So convinced is Artest that he personally gave me a wish list of Cleveland, New York, Miami and Dallas as teams he would like to play for. Did anyone notice he never mentioned Philly? "I don't want him," Sixers president Billy King said Wednesday. "I'm not interested in getting into why. You make calls. You inquire because you just never know what a team is willing to accept for him. But you just know." Sadly, you don't need to know that much.</div> <div align="center"><font size=""1"">Source</font></div>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BigMo763:</div><div class="quote_post">Pretty much... so it's either Artest or Iggy, and personally I'd rather have Iguodala.</div> yeah, much rather have iggy. also, im not too sold on artest. i mean, we all know he is a cancer, so what if he turns out to be a TO just like with the eagles? a scary thought. btw, sorry i havent been posting as often, im behind on school work
The guys right now I don't want to give up are Iverson, Igoudala, and Webber. Artest would just take over control of this team. I can already see him and IVerson fighting. We don't need another TO in Philly, I'm sorry. Mo Cheeks is too laid back of a coach to have a guy like ARtest on his team. The only coaches that could contro lhim are guys like Larry Brown, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley.
Agreed, but here is the problem I see with him playing for Brown and Jackson: Brown will probably get sick of his antics and would either demand Isiah to trade Ron or would probably step down as head coach of the Knicks. Jackson could probably control him... look what he did with Dennis Rodman. However, with Rodman he had Jordan and Pippen to control him as well, whereas in LA Kobe and Ron would probably kill each other. Riley is the only coach I could see controlling Artest... and it doesn't hurt that he has Shaq and Zo their to help him either.
I really think Artest would be a nice fit here in Philly. Remember the "JailBlazers" team that Mo coached in Portland? Well although it was a pretty rough group of players, the team was fairly good itself at least to the point where they were in the playoffs and contending. So maybe Artest wouldn't be a problem in Philly. I understand it will never happen, King said he doesn't want Artest. But in professional sports a change of scenery can do a lot of things for a player mentally and physically. If it came down to trading Andre Iguodala, I probably wouldn't do it, but I'd be willing to unload Dalembert at this point, as well as everybody else not named Iverson, Webber, Iguodala.
He would be good in Philly for a short stint, like probably for half a season like Walker was to the Celtics. If kept for a long period of time he is going to be a headache. He said that he didn't get enough touches on Indiana which is crazy because he shouldn't get more than JO but the most surprising thing is that he was getting more than JO and still wanted the ball more. So just imagine how that would go since he would be a third option as far as getting touches behind two players that already demand the ball so much. I personally think he could make us contend against a team like Detroit or Miami but with time he will be more of a distraction than an asset.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Best Kept Secret:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Pacers don?t want to keep him in the eastern conference, and have said they will look to move him west first. So I think the Lakers and Nuggets have the best chance at Artest.</div> warriors and hornets have best chance in western conference atlanta and toronto in the eastern conference MY PREDICTION : artest goes to a western conference team via a 3 way deal involving the hawks
With Ron-Ron wanting all these touches, there's just no way he can end up in Philly. With AI hoisting his usual number a game, and Webber in the mix, there just isn't space. It would just be begging for trouble, and I think Artest would be just the man to head them in that direction.
