I disagree completely, the reason the kings stink is that we have no low inside game. You can't blame all the ills on Artest. I rememer a nutty player that played for the Piston, Bulls, and Spurs that played against the crowd ten times worse than Artest. Yet, he has a few rings to show for it. The reason the Kings won't make the playoffs isn't Artest it's the lack of inside game. You have to bang and muscle to play inside. Atleast, although Artest is undersized at the 4 he puts up a fight. We have NOBODY else to do that. If we get rid of Artest who will we get. It's not like picking up a decent big is that easy. Some posters seem to believe that we can just pick them of waivers.
Okay, this is just silly. The post of mine that you've quoted is in direct response to the post by GoGoGadget. I even bolded the specific part I was talking about:
GoGoGadget said:... Ron's version of getting fired up is very seldom about inspiring his team to win the game. It's a very selfish me-against-the-crowd attitude, which really does nothing but distract.
Regardless of whatever else you might want to say, you cannot deny that when Artest starts to act that way, it does NOT help our team. If you disagree with THAT, please tell me how his antics help the Kings.