Maybe Kobe was not his primary responsibility on defense on this game? Who knows? Does not matter - Artest clearly has high regard for Brandon - I think he said after the crazy first game of the season that he (Roy) matured a lot and he (Artest) was proud of him. I know he is the "enemy" in this series - but I have a lot of respect for the way Artest is behaving so far - he has not been dirty, he is clearly working hard and he seems to relish the challenge. A very good player and seems to have really grown as a person as well. Props to him.
I tell you what, I'd LOVE to have this more mellow Artest on our team. He is a vet and could really help our team become great defensively. And just think how someone like Artest could mentor Batum into becoming a pure lock down defender. What a defensive duo those 2 would be.
He can probably be had for around MLE price this offseason. He had a difficult time meshing with McGrady and a role off the bench. I don't know, maybe he'd mesh better with Roy.
Well, apparently Artest felt he was guarding Roy the entire game. Otherwise, he wouldn't have assigned himself the blame for Roy's 42 points.
We do not need Artest. We need a veteran point guard. Artest would be too reminiscent of Ruben Patterson for my taste.
Kevin Martin is listed as the Kings SG in that game... perhaps Ron wasn't the primary defender like he was vs BR? STOMP
God bless him. I hope the Boys and Girls club had someone standing by with a cast-iron skillet in case his crazy fuse accidentally caught a spark...
I'm sure our joke of a local press core would treat Ron the same way they did Rube, but those two don't play anything alike. STOMP
