Artest signs with the Lakers - Jersey #37

[Chronz]

Originally Posted by bek$

i fucking hope so!

Hes horrible in offenses that stress ball movement and quick reads (the triangle, princeton offense for example), hes a decent defender but no longer the stopper he was in 2003. Hes a change of pace defender that gave Battier rest. A definite downgrade on Ariza defensively, and its not like the Lakers lacked offense. Artest to me has never proven capable of replacing quantity with quality.

The only thing he has going for him in LA is that their bigmen are great passers and Pau can stretch the floor better than Yao. For Artest to thrive Kobe will have to operate primarily on the wings spotting up or at the top of the key. Thats not exactly the strength of Kobes game, still they dont call it the triple post offense for nothing, so long as Pau and Bynum arent on the floor with him he should do alright, I just think keeping Ariza wouldve been the better move. Younger, better defender, and has already proven he can play efficiently.

[Imagodd99]

Greedy 'Riza. 8 million. As much as I love the dude, and thought he played fantastic the whole playoffs... 8 million? You high, nigga (not you chronz)? Good luck being the best player on your team Doug Christ-, I mean Ariza.

[inevtable]

yay!!!!!!!!

[sportsrule90]

It should be interesting to see how Artest will affect the Lakers team chemistry. I think he'll be okay with them as he is an upgrade from Ariza. Great defender obviously who gets the job done defensively. They got him for 6 mil per year for 3 years, which isn't too bad either. This is going to be a tough Lakers team to beat now than before. Hopefully they can resign Lamar, which will make them stronger than ever although I hope he goes to another team haha.

[Chronz]

Originally Posted by adypS

Greedy 'Riza. 8 million. As much as I love the dude, and thought he played fantastic the whole playoffs... 8 million? You high, nigga (not you chronz)? Good luck being the best player on your team Doug Christ-, I mean Ariza.

Hes not getting 8M. Hes getting the Full MLE, thats a bargain if Ive ever seen one. Probably Moreys greatest Money Ball move yet.

[MrRJ]

WOOO GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!

This is great???
REPEAT, THREE PEAT, FOUR PEAT

[Chronz]

Originally Posted by sportsrule90

It should be interesting to see how Artest will affect the Lakers team chemistry. I think he'll be okay with them as he is an upgrade from Ariza. Great defender obviously who gets the job done defensively. They got him for 6 mil per year for 3 years, which isn't too bad either. This is going to be a tough Lakers team to beat now than before. Hopefully they can resign Lamar, which will make them stronger than ever although I hope he goes to another team haha.

If you were starting a team from scratch Artest would be the better player/upgrade, but on a team thats stacked offensively, what need is there for a player as inefficient as Artest? Defensively he may not even be the superior player

[MrRJ]

Originally Posted by Chronz

If you were starting a team from scratch Artest would be the better player/upgrade, but on a team thats stacked offensively, what need is there for a player as inefficient as Artest? Defensively he may not even be the superior player

??????

um... if they're already stacked offensively, then that means we don't need him to score... just play D

[sportsrule90]

Originally Posted by Chronz

If you were starting a team from scratch Artest would be the better player/upgrade, but on a team thats stacked offensively, what need is there for a player as inefficient as Artest? Defensively he may not even be the superior player

So you're telling me that you would have Ariza over Artest right now? Artest managed to score 17 ppg last year even though he wasn't the focal point in offense with Yao/T-Mac. When given the opportunity, he can score. He can still play defense with defensive team appearances in 3 out of the past 5 years (excluding season being suspended) with 1 DPOY, recently being in the 2nd defensive team this past season. Plus he's only 29, playing in his prime. Good move by the Lakers.

[Imagodd99]

Originally Posted by Chronz

Hes not getting 8M. Hes getting the Full MLE, thats a bargain if Ive ever seen one. Probably Moreys greatest Money Ball move yet.

I don't know what the full mile means.

Edit: I can't read.