http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090727 Bill Simmons isn't big on the Lakers' aquisition of Ron Artest. And he has a story to tell. BTW, Simmons is a buddy of Daryl Morey's. When he says he knows this "for a fact", its possible he heard it straight from the Rockets GM.
Of course Bill Simmons doesn't like the Ron Artest signing, he's praying to god it fails. He's a well known Laker hater, as 123 pointed out. As for this story, I'm not surprised, nor does it really bother me. I've heard worse Artest stories.