Batum ranked 13th on Yahoo's top 30 sf list

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As others have already said, don't be fooled by the handful of games in the playoffs where Artest sucked it up and played well. He was inconsistent and mediocre during the season. Dude looks like he is coasting.

His offense has always been a bit shaky, and unfortuately experience has not turned him into the low volume, high efficiency scorer he should be. He is the opposite of Batum and Battier types on the offensive end - make the most of the few shots taken playing off of stars. Artest thinks HE is the star.

Defensively, I thought Artest has been overrated for YEARS - coasting on his reputation. What sealed it for me was when Artest wanted the challenge of checking Brandon Roy in the playoffs, and Brandon stole his lunch money. It was almost comical watching Artest try to make his overbulked body do things it no longer can. One on one, Artest was worthless against Roy (though the Rockets as a team, mostly Battier doing the heavy lifting, did a decent job making Roy work hard).

That was two years ago, and Artest has not improved his defense since.

I think it is very fair to knock Artest down the ladder.