Ron Artest demands trade!!!

[Kevin101]

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.d...RTS04/512100493

Should we get in on it??

[heyholetsgogrant]

YES, we dont have enough players and getting rid of Larry Huges was a bug mistake.

-Grant

[DeanCollins]

link did not work (expired?) Stadium forum?

[Prosperity]

Can he play defensive end?

[Bugs']

Should be moved Washingtn Basketball forum....

And no we should not touch Ron Artest....the Wiz don't need garbage like that.....we got rid of Kwame we don't need another head case :doh:

[Kevin101]

'My past haunts me here'
Artest reportedly wants to be traded from Pacers



INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indiana Pacers would not comment Saturday night on media reports that forward Ron Artest would like to be traded.

Artest, who was suspended for 73 games and all of the playoffs last season for his role in the brawl with fans at Detroit, has missed the past two games and three of the past four with a sore right wrist. He was at Saturday's game against Memphis but was not made available by the Pacers for comment.

"I don't know anything about it," coach Rick Carlisle said of the story that was aired on ESPN on Friday night and was reported by The Indianapolis Star on its Web site Saturday. "That's not the story tonight. The story tonight is the great team effort [in an 80-66 win over the Grizzlies]."

The Indianapolis Star reported that Artest wants to be traded, and was interested in the New York Knicks or possibly Cleveland.

"I still think my past haunts me here," Artest told the newspaper. "I think somewhere else I'm starting fresh. I'm coming in with baggage but people already know about it and how I'm going to be. Either they're going to be for me or they're not going to trade for me. Here I think my past haunts me."

Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh was surprised by Artest's request and said the franchise would decide the next step, The Indianapolis Star reported.

"I've never heard him say anything before," Walsh told the newspaper. "He hasn't talked to me, and I see him every day."

Artest, who leads the NBA in steals and is the Pacers' second-leading scorer at 19.4 points a game, was hurt in a Thanksgiving night victory over Cleveland. He missed the next game, a loss to Atlanta, and re-aggravated the injury Tuesday night in a loss to Dallas.

He sat out Thursday night's win against Washington and was again inactive against the Grizzlies.

Carlisle said X-rays of the wrist were negative but he was not sure how long Artest would be out.

"He's probably day-to-day now," Carlisle said.

Stephen Jackson said he hadn't seen the story and had not heard anything from Artest about wanting a trade.

"I don't think anyone on this team has heard anything about that," Jackson said. "We just want him to get healthy and to come back and play."

Guard Jamaal Tinsley also was inactive for the fifth straight game because of a strained left quadriceps.

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You guys are crazy, I would love to have Ron on this team, he a is a defensive shut down man.

[Spaceman Spiff]

He'd bring exactly what the Wizards need.

[Destino]

Should be moved Washingtn Basketball forum....

And no we should not touch Ron Artest....the Wiz don't need garbage like that.....we got rid of Kwame we don't need another head case :doh:Head cases are the norm in the NBA. We didn't get rid of Kwame because he was a head case. We got rid of him because he was head case AND he was flat out terrible.

[Bugs']

Head cases are the norm in the NBA. We didn't get rid of Kwame because he was a head case. We got rid of him because he was head case AND he was flat out terrible.

I just think his antics and distractions outweigh his talent.....I like the makeup of the Wizards they way they are right now.....but if Ernie Grunfeld and Eddie Jordan want him then it would be just fine with me :silly:

[Kevin101]

Can someone move this to the Wizards forum? Artest is something we desperatley need. Caron and a first sounds fine to me.

[Leonard Washington]

i think artest wants to go to NYC so he can work on his rap career.

[Winslowalrob]

Oh Ron Artest is the freaking man, too bad we do not have anyone that Indiana wants. He is one of the best players in the league and would help shore up our terrible defense. Maybe if they wanted Caron...

[altair4]

Thumbs down.....we have enough mental cases in this town, what with Bush and all...

[Charlie Murphaaay]

i think artest wants to go to NYC so he can work on his rap career.

He actually owns his own record label. Not really a rap artist.

Besides, he's coming to the Lakers, for Lamar Odom... :cheers:

[Kevin101]

He actually owns his own record label. Not really a rap artist.

Besides, he's coming to the Lakers, for Lamar Odom... :cheers:
He already said he doesn't want to play for a west coast team.

[Bugs']

This guy is a head-case....damn good basketball player but I think he would be a cancer to the team...look what he did last year, going in the stands after fans! Now this year he is saying that he doesn't like playing with his coach and doesn't want to play for the Pacers anymore.....

Why would you want him? To tear apart what is becoming a very solid organization again.....the trash was taken out last year (Kwame Brown) let's not pile it up again. :doh: