ElRey
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Great thread...
Good luck Ron. Be smart and don't try to think too hard.
So is this trade officially "official" yet?! I don't see anything on the internet. Can we celebrate?
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So is this trade officially "official" yet?! I don't see anything on the internet. Can we celebrate?
Rookie
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NME
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http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/014593.html
"He always sweats until the agreement has been approved by the league attorneys, which is expected to happen about 2:30 p.m. on Thursday."
Countdown to 2:30PM!
Sptsjunkie
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Good luck in houston Ron, beat LA for us!
Yes, beat LA or slowly destroy Houston from the inside so they end up giving us a lottery pick
ockingsfan
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according to the blog, sean singletary and pat ewing jr is included in the trade? i hope singletary is not included.... there is no reason salary cap wise to include them....
i sure would hate for us to include singletary as a non neccessary throw-in player and he becomes a good back up point guard for houston....
NME
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The word is that Houston will accept them and then immediately cut both, so it's not that they're interested in them as players. It's for luxury tax purposes, so the only thing that makes sense is the portion of those contracts that are guaranteed are putting us over the limit.
It was also said that that part of the deal wasn't in stone, and this issue could be resolved another way; Houston isn't asking for those players, they're doing us the favor. Hopefully there's some other deal in the works to shed a bit of salary, because I'd rather hang on to Singletary as well, even if it's only in the D-League. I guess we'll see in a few hours.
In the spirit of continuing the drama, although I personally had my own little "farewell to Artest" celebration last night at 12:01 a.m., I've altered the thread title. Let's just hope the attorneys don't drag their feet.
Brickie? I fully expect you to call in any and all favors with your peers to "get er done!"
ElRey
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It's almost 3 pm eastern time....does this means the trade is official?!
NME
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Voison was talking about local time, and it was also just a guesstimate.
SacKings7
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Yes, beat LA or slowly destroy Houston from the inside so they end up giving us a lottery pick
How about quickly?
I can see it now, TMac and Yao go down with their annual injuries, leaving the Rockets as Artest's team. He quickly gets comfortable with this, only to have TMac and Yao return. Thus the implosion begins
GeorgeofSacramento
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Sptsjunkie
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How about quickly?
I can see it now, TMac and Yao go down with their annual injuries, leaving the Rockets as Artest's team. He quickly gets comfortable with this, only to have TMac and Yao return. Thus the implosion begins
Stranger things have happened. I have been a little suprised how many people assume the Houston pick will be in the late 20s. It certainly can be as a healthy Houston team will be tough to beat. And if I was a betting man, I would put money on it being late 20s.
However, with TMac's and Yao's injury histories, Artests' let's say "chemistry X factor" and their role players needing to repeat last year's top contributions there is plenty of room for us to have a much better pick. Especially in the tough Western Conference.
NoBonus
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Update: Artest claims pit bull 'tasted like chicken'
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nb- ya can always get 93 seconds. 
Anthonysam
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Thank you guys so much for giving us Artest!!!! I think the trade works well for both teams since you guys werent going anywhere anyways, and we were contenders who needed that one last piece. Artest will work great with Adelman(great coach) just like two years ago. Good luck next year, and THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
BritishColumbia
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Thank you million times for taking him !!!
Anthonysam
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hehehehe o yes enjoy him, you are very welcome, and we will enjoy the ham sandwich we received in return...jkjk. i agree, i think that no team can be too mad about this trade. but we'll see..
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