Ron Artest has been traded to Houston for Bobby Jackson! Breaking News?

Question

http://realgm.net/src_wiretap_archives/53803/20080729/kings_to_acquire_ron_artest/

The Houston Rockets have reached an agreement to acquire forward Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.

The Rockets will give up guard Bobby Jackson, a No. 1 draft pick next season and another player that the individual with knowledge of the trade could not name.

It is believed that rookie Donte Green is included in the deal, which will prevent the deal from going through until August 14, when Green becomes tradable.

There could also be other players involved to make the money match but none that the Rockets would plan to keep. The Rockets will also send the Kings cash in excess of $1 million.

what do you guys think?

Answer 1

haha the kings are going to be so bad

Answer 2

good but not good enough

Answer 3

BREAKING NEWS: THATS NOT TRUE!

Answer 4

GREAT trade for both teams if Green is part of the package.  IF Houston can stay healthy, they are going to be extemely tough next year.

Answer 5

Nice move for Houston.  Now...if only Yao could manage 70 plus games a season

Answer 6

As a Kings fan i think that this is a great trade for both teams. For the Rockets they get a premiere defender and a pretty talented scorer as well to go along with McGrady and Yao. The Kings get back one of the most beloved players in the teams history along with a good forward in Green and a first round draft pick. Which is always nice. Also with the track record that Petrie has im not going to question this move. Plus Artest even admitted that he didnt see himself being in Sacramento past this upcoming year so better get this for him then let him go and get nothing at all back.

Answer 7

Here's the article on Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spor...

Answer 8

It's all depends on Artest is he finally ready to play basketball or is he going to a sideshow  as always.

Answer 9

As a Kings fan, this is a stupid move.  We got nothing.  What the heck is Petrie thinking?  Artest had so much more value than that!  I love Bobby J from when he was here before but he doesn't put up the points nor the defense equal to Artest.  And Dante may be good someday down the road, but this year we got nothing.  Petrie is going senile.

Answer 10

yea real reliable source lol wat is real gm sounds like a fantasy thing to me

Answer 11

Doesn't matter Utah is winning championship!

Answer 12

great now kupchak wont be tempted to throw away the season!

Answer 13

I love that the Rockets are getting the attention on Yahoo Answers instead of those Lakers

Answer 14

I like Donte Greene though, he could be even better then Artest, did u see his summerleague stats, hes good.

Answer 15

This move by the Rockets may finally put them past the 1st round that they desperately needed. T-Mac just has to stay healthy.

Answer 16

LAKERS fans are crying right now.

BEHLAT lakers!! :)

Answer 17

I think the kings would be really stupid if they do that, at least 2 teams offered a better deal

Answer 18

its soo bad for the kings

Answer 19

I think the Rockets are the Favorites in the West now

Answer 20

Yesssssssssssssssss!

**** the Lakers

T-MAC, YAO, ARTEST, Alston

Beat that BLOWBE!

Answer 21

congrats to houston, they made a good trade

Answer 22

Just when i thought the Kings couldn't get any stupider... they proved me wrong! wow, Artest for Jackson? Artest had great trading value, and the Kings agree on a trade that will bring Bobby Jackson back to Sac. Don't get me wrong, i loved Bobby Jackson back in the day, but he has gone down hill ever since he left Sacramento. I think he is over the hill. Petrie should be fired for this one, he hasn't done anything right in years! It will be even more painful watching them play this year. I swear they are trying to tank the team so they can move them to Vegas.

Answer 23

That's great for Houston.  Should make them more competitive.

Answer 24

d**n thats killer

francis

yao

tmac

artest

alston

scola

battier



d**n thats like d**n