Bonzi, Artest or Sprewell: Who Should the Kings Take a Risk

[foretaz]

as an indiana fan, most all of us are looking forward to seeing ron back on the court...it isnt a stretch to say the incident in november was a very drastic exception to what had become a decent improvement in the way artest handled himself...

spending a year away and getting the therapy in that time would seem to indicate that things will be even better....

im not sure if its accurate to say he was shopped last offseason....he was mentioned in a trade to get tmac....not sure thats shopping someone....tmac is arguably the only player better than artest at his position...

depending on who u ask, the kings and pacers had peja/artest conversations...

i would say this....i truly dont believe the pacers would take peja for artest...

maybe last year they wouldve , who knows...but with everything that has happened i think they probably believe hes a much smaller risk now....

frankly, i dont see a trade with the kings involving artest that would make much sense....bibby wouldnt be much of an upgrade over tinsley...why would we want peja instead of artest?....miller, well who knows...but there was a reason he was let go...primarily his contract and inability to stay healthy for a whole season....those things havent changed....

...of the list bonzi seems the most attainable....though im sure spree could be had as well-though i think bonzi is the better player right now....i just dont think artest could be had by the kings even if they wanted him pretty bad....

i like the kings...theyre one of my favs outside the pacers...i just think they are in for a long road....i dont see them winning much more than 30 games the next year or 2....they did what a lot of teams do.....they make a huge run at the title...and they were close a few times....but that run was made at the expense of the future, as often happens....and now its time to pay the piper , it would seem....

and while i understand the 2 guard talk with dc being gone as well as his replacement....but i think the front line is much more of a concern, despite having peja and miller....

remember how much grief i got for this post????? maybe im more of a prophet than any of us really knew???

anyway....the interesting thing is....

u guys got bonzi....

this whole artest fiasco got started with the fabricated rumors of the pacers and kings discussing an artest trade to the kings...

now there have been more rumors regarding the kings and artest....

and spreewell is still available....

lets see if u traded peja and garcia to the pacers for artest...

then either signed spree or worked out a sign and trade with minny

 

[love_them_kings]

remember how much grief i got for this post????? maybe im more of a prophet than any of us really knew???

anyway....the interesting thing is....

u guys got bonzi....

this whole artest fiasco got started with the fabricated rumors of the pacers and kings discussing an artest trade to the kings...

now there have been more rumors regarding the kings and artest....

and spreewell is still available....

lets see if u traded peja and garcia to the pacers for artest...

then either signed spree or worked out a sign and trade with minny

that's actually pretty funny. I never saw the thread this summer because we were out of town. I read the poll tonight and scanned several posts and was totally confused until I bothered to look at the original post date. Yes, we did get Bonzi, and I think of the 3 choices I still think Bonzi is the best choice, I just wish he'd hurry up and get healthy!!

And, and far as the Kings winning 30 games or 50 games go, well, I'm still hoping you'll end up being way off, but maybe you weren't off as far as we imagined. And, well, 50 games seems pretty dang impossible right about now.

 

[VF21]

This is an old thread. And since this stuff is being discussed ad nauseum in multiple current threads, I'm locking this one to avoid further confusion.