A panic move? C'mon Marty Mac. How long have the Kings been shopping Artest? Yeah, teams were just beating down the doors to give the Kings some great deal.

I think this is a good deal to get essentially two first round picks, a great locker room presence in BJax and no aging vets or burdensome contracts.
And the blessed relief of having Ron Artest be someone else's endless, distracting annoyance.