First of all, I can't believe were still debating the merits, or lack of merits of Ron Artest. One could say, that the very fact there's so much dissention on this fourm about him, is reason enough to want him gone. I was one of the silly one's that was thrilled when we traded for Artest. I wasn't happy that it had to be Peja, but I knew he needed to play for someone else.
So how did I get from there to here, hoping that every day I get up the paper will tell me that Artest has been traded. I certainly didn't cause it. He had my full support. To say that reporters and other media pundits simply made up stories about him just doesn't hold water. I mean, what was thier agenda. They didn't call the police to Artest's house for threatening his wife. They didn't make up the story about his dog. You can argue the validity of either one of those events, but none the less, they happened.
At some point in your life, your resposible for the things you do. With Artest, its always somebody else's fault. He's the one thats always misunderstood. He's never responsible. He decided to pick up his option, and then decided he made a mistake. But that was somebody else's fault too. He said he was lied to. By who? Petrie doesn't operate that way. And the last time I checked, Mama Maloof doesn't do the negotiations for the Kings.
He says publicly, that he wants to stay with the Kings. He wants to lead them to a championship, and then while in New York, says he would love to play for the Knicks. He then says he was misunderstood. He goes to LA and tells Kobe that he would love to play with him and the Lakers. But in his mind, the Kings lied to him. In his mind, he has carte blanche to flirt with other teams and say what he wants about where he wants to play, but the Kings aren't susposed to take notice. They aren't susposed to get tired of hearing every day about a new team he wants to play for.
They're not susposed to get tired of him deciding when he wants to play or not play. Anyone that doesn't think he hasn't been a disruption to the team simply has blinders on.
Those that support him are welcome to it, but the majority of the fans out there have had it with him. The last time I checked, its the fans that pay the bills. You know, the one's that fork out the cash for the season tickets. Who even knows what effect he may have on season ticket sales.
I don't hate him. As I have said before, he's a child in a man's body, and refuses to grow up. I'm just tired of parenting him. Let someone else do it.
This made me laugh. Some here take this game a bit too seriously. I'm actually very interested to hear what he has to say next, I find this all too entertaining. Maybe you should try looking at it like I do and have some fun with what is going on.
