Artest will remain a King.

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Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest will honor the final year of his contract and play for the Kings in the 2008-2009 season.

In an email sent to News10's Bryan May, Artest confirmed he is not exercising the free agency option in the final year of his contract, meaning he will earn $8,450,000 the coming season.

Artest is entering his third year with the Sacramento franchise, having come over in a January 2006 trade for Peja Stojakovic to the Indiana Pacers.

Bryan May will have more on News10 at 6.



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PFFFT!! said:
Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest will honor the final year of his contract and play for the Kings in the 2008-2009 season.
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Doubtful. I still think he's shipped out before the season starts. And if we can get anything decent for him, so much the better. Would have been hard to lose him for nothing (talent-wise). Hard to know how much a gamble this was by the Kings not taking a reduced offer earlier (right before the trade deadline), but it looks like it may have paid off if a better trade comes along. And I think it will given the certainty of his contract now and his stats for the entire year (ppg, FG%, 3pt%, etc, all up IIRC).
 
Čarolija said:
If thats the best we can get, I'd rather he walked
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Yeah, I mean what on earth would we want a talented young PG for? Especially when we're rebuilding, that would just be silly. :rolleyes:

Anyway, Philly would never trade him for Ron. They're rebuilding too.

I hope he's traded this summer.
 
this is still Ron and - no, we won't get anyone that is similar quality or potential. A draft pick would be like a lottery win.
 
I like Williams.. I would definitely take a chance on him.

He is about ready to get the starting nod. Don't think Philly does it though.
 
piksi said:
this is still Ron and - no, we won't get anyone that is similar quality or potential. A draft pick would be like a lottery win.
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1st round draft pick, young decent PG, and an expiring or 2-year contract max (salary filler) would be a home run at this point....
 
Warhawk said:
1st round draft pick, young decent PG, and an expiring or 2-year contract max (salary filler) would be a home run at this point....
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Well, we'll see if that crap about teams not wanting Ron at the deadline because he had an opt out is true. Personally, I don't think we're going to get much and I don't really recall teams trading draft picks too often in the offseason, that's more of a midseason thing.
 
Dime Dropper said:
Yeah, I mean what on earth would we want a talented young PG for? Especially when we're rebuilding, that would just be silly. :rolleyes:

Anyway, Philly would never trade him for Ron. They're rebuilding too.

I hope he's traded this summer.
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Artest is set to recieve what some $8million for the 2008-2009 season?!

Why the hell would we want give that sort of money to an unproved albeit taleted player in Williams?! Thats just absolute madness.

It would be the dumbest move of the off-season.

I for the past number of off-season I have read on this board that we should offer MLE to the likes of Amir Johnson, Andray Blatche and many other players with "potential" that have amounted to nothing.

By all means get youth but be a bit more selective about what you go after.
 
Čarolija said:
Artest is set to recieve what some $8million for the 2008-2009 season?!

Why the hell would we want give that sort of money to an unproved albeit taleted player in Williams?! Thats just absolute madness.

It would be the dumbest move of the off-season.

I for the past number of off-season I have read on this board that we should offer MLE to the likes of Amir Johnson, Andray Blatche and many other players with "potential" that have amounted to nothing.

By all means get youth but be a bit more selective about what you go after.
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I don't think they meant for Williams to get it all, just that he would be the main piece to get back in trade, with filler as necessary.
 
Čarolija said:
Artest is set to recieve what some $8million for the 2008-2009 season?!

Why the hell would we want give that sort of money to an unproved albeit taleted player in Williams?! Thats just absolute madness.

It would be the dumbest move of the off-season.

I for the past number of off-season I have read on this board that we should offer MLE to the likes of Amir Johnson, Andray Blatche and many other players with "potential" that have amounted to nothing.

By all means get youth but be a bit more selective about what you go after.
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I wasn't suggesting $8 million for Williams, just that he be would be a part of a deal for Artest. Putting together a deal is tricky because Williams would be BYC, but it could be something like Williams @ $5 million, Booth (expiring), and maybe Jason Smith (young big) which adds up close to Artest's salary. If Philadelphia is still under the cap after signing Iggy and Brand or Josh Smith, that would probably work.

Philadelphia would have:
PG: Miller/Green
SG: Iggy/Carney/Green
SF: Artest/Young
PF: Brand or Smith/Speights/Evans
C: Dalembert/Speights

Pretty good young team, and definitely making a run at a playoff spot in the East.

I'm just saying it's an example of something that's within the realm of possibility and the type of deal we should be looking at, not that we should lose our minds paying Lou Williams.
 
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Trade him to the Warriors for their trade excemption, which is about the same as what Artest will make. Then use the trade excemption to trade for who ever we want, or not, and just let it expire.
 
bajaden said:
Trade him to the Warriors for their trade excemption, which is about the same as what Artest will make. Then use the trade excemption to trade for who ever we want, or not, and just let it expire.
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Too late, that exception expires tonight as well.
 
Its really doubtful Philly is in the market for an Artest type "character". In fact right now they are heavily "character" adverse.

But it seems evident now that several of the contenders would consider it just so long as we don't get too greedy.

Ron really should have opted out -- then he could have chosen his landing spot and only lost about $3mil for the season. A lot of the contenders would have been willing to pick him up for free for the MLE for a season, and a deep playoff run would have been just the thing to resuccitate his value before free agency next year. Probably a shorter list willing to actually give up assets for him, and instead of ending up in L.A. or somehwere, he could easily end up in a place like Denver, get involved in an ugly lockerroom as they disappoint, and crush whatever value he has regained. I don't expect Ron to ever be smart about these things, but his agent should be,, unless he is holding onto the pipedream of Ron on a long term max type deal.
 
Bricklayer said:
Its really doubtful Philly is in the market for an Artest type "character". In fact right now they are heavily "character" adverse.
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Well, that's what they say, but they're also supposed to be interested in Josh Smith, sooooo...... character shmaracter. They were also confirmed to have called about Ron in the offseason, although things didn't go anywhere.

Not saying it's likely, just possible.

Anyway, I think that as impatient as we all were for a trade at the deadline, this is actually probably the best outcome for the Kings. His trade value is going to be pretty high this offseason since it's a lower risk situation for the trading team. They know they're getting a year of Ron, he's an expiring, and they can see how it goes. Now it's time for Petrie to turn him into some value.
 
Bricklayer said:
Its really doubtful Philly is in the market for an Artest type "character". In fact right now they are heavily "character" adverse.

But it seems evident now that several of the contenders would consider it just so long as we don't get too greedy.

Ron really should have opted out -- then he could have chosen his landing spot and only lost about $3mil for the season. A lot of the contenders would have been willing to pick him up for free for the MLE for a season, and a deep playoff run would have been just the thing to resuccitate his value before free agency next year. Probably a shorter list willing to actually give up assets for him, and instead of ending up in L.A. or somehwere, he could easily end up in a place like Denver, get involved in an ugly lockerroom as they disappoint, and crush whatever value he has regained. I don't expect Ron to ever be smart about these things, but his agent should be,, unless he is holding onto the pipedream of Ron on a long term max type deal.
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Don't know why, but I don't get the feeling that we shall be able to trade him before the season starts. Long time still to go, but the front office showed in the proposed Denver deal, that they won't just give him away. I don't know how many teams are willing to take a risk on Artest right away, and give the kind of assets we covet.

Some of these contenders might be more interested in him around the trade deadline. The west shall again be brutal this year, and some of the teams shall look for someone who can push them in the playoffs, or help them get out of the first round etc. Challenge would be to find good trades.
 
Bricklayer said:
Its really doubtful Philly is in the market for an Artest type "character". In fact right now they are heavily "character" adverse.

But it seems evident now that several of the contenders would consider it just so long as we don't get too greedy.

Ron really should have opted out -- then he could have chosen his landing spot and only lost about $3mil for the season.
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It's more than 3 million. If he opts out and takes a MLE then that 3 million is just the first year. Multiple 3x5 years and you get 15 million. And that loss is if he was to sign an extension off his current contract. If he waits for it to expire he can sign for much more.
 
I'm a fan of Artest. No secret there. I would prefer he stay with the Kings, BUT if GP decides to trade him I hope he gets decent talent in return as well as maybe, just maybe get rid of Kenny Thomas in the process.
 
Section 101 said:
It's more than 3 million. If he opts out and takes a MLE then that 3 million is just the first year. Multiple 3x5 years and you get 15 million. And that loss is if he was to sign an extension off his current contract. If he waits for it to expire he can sign for much more.
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The assumption, and I think clearly the move to be made, would be that he would just be signing for a year. First of all that's the only way anybody wants to take a chance on him. And secondly that's his best shot at picking a team, having a good season, and captializing on it immediately in free agency.
 
Section 101 said:
It's more than 3 million. If he opts out and takes a MLE then that 3 million is just the first year. Multiple 3x5 years and you get 15 million. And that loss is if he was to sign an extension off his current contract. If he waits for it to expire he can sign for much more.
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He probably meant MLE with some opt out clause after year one. One year loss is just around 3M, but he can more than make up for it with a strong performance for a contending team.
 
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