I will try and remain calm talking about Artest today.

cuck- I dont see how the Lakers have a better chance of getting Artest now then if he just opted out and signed with them. He had all the cards,he could have opted out and just signed with the lakers...that was the most easy way to have him on the Lakers. Instead he did not opt out which makes things very hard because like it said in the article trades between rivals are very very complicated. The Kings hate the lakers..why would they help them? They can trade artest anywhere..why to the lakers? And now it will cost the Lakers Odom who artest wants to play with and the Lakers taking a bad contract like Kenny Thomas also. And thats IF the Kings will trade with the Lakers at all. So the Lakers would give up Odom,take another bad contract like Kenny Thomas just to have that nut Artest on the team? Not as easy a decision as you make it seem. And not as easy as if that flake would have just opted out and signed with the Lakers. Once again the Kings are in our division and they HATE the Lakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Axle- The Kings would have no interest in taking Luke or Rad,they both have bad contracts..it does not help the Kings at all..it only hurts them. You cant go on and on about how good Rad and Luke or even Coby is and then want to run them out of here. Do you think teams are stupid? Do you think the Kings FO is stupid? Do you really think they would take Luke and Rad and their bad contracts? You want the Kings to give you a good player for 2 bad contracts. Plus Luke and Vlad have very little value..Luke had a bomb of a season and Rad looks lost in big spots..you think the Kings FO missed the finals? You basically want the Kings to take the Lakers junk for one of their better players....luke and rad have BAD contracts not expiring contracts. Its not happening...ever..end of story.

prod- What else can I say to you about Artest..his actions speak for himself..he is a nut always has been..a cancer. You just want what you want when you want it...blame artest not me..if he REALLY wanted to be a Laker he would have done what B Davis did and opt out to play with the Clippers..but artest did not. Blame artest not me.