The Ron Artest honeymoon in Sacramento is over

[hey_gripboy]

from:

http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm
The Ron Artest honeymoon in Sacramento is over. His absence from three straight losses, to San Antonio, Orlando and Phoenix, due to what he called a back problem, was seen by some teammates as a case of Artest picking and choosing when he'll play. "They have no control over what he's going to do," said one player. Those same teammates were astounded that when Artest refused to re-enter a game against Utah last month, new coach Eric Musselman made like it never happened. New York Daily News

 

[Smills91]

from:

http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm
The Ron Artest honeymoon in Sacramento is over. His absence from three straight losses, to San Antonio, Orlando and Phoenix, due to what he called a back problem, was seen by some teammates as a case of Artest picking and choosing when he'll play. "They have no control over what he's going to do," said one player. Those same teammates were astounded that when Artest refused to re-enter a game against Utah last month, new coach Eric Musselman made like it never happened. New York Daily News

consider the source, it's from NY's version of toilet paper.

 

[piksi]

consider the source, it's from NY's version of toilet paper.

probably so but where is aa smoke there is usually fire too

 

[Smills91]

probably so but where is aa smoke there is usually fire too

That's generally true, but it's almost NEVER true when it concerns the NY Daily Trash....that paper has zero credibility.

 

[Roman]

Except that the SacBee admitted that he was already checking himself in and out of games.

I believe this one wholeheartedly. I don't think this coach has a spine.

 

[Bricklayer]

Except of course if a franchise player has a bad back and is playing hurt you might very well LET him determine how long/hard he can go, or whether he can. That would be the sensationalistic turn the Daily News would put on it. They rarely out and out lie, rather they just smear and distort. So Artest misses three games with a bad back = fact. But then let's see if we can't throw a little mud, so its "what Artest CALLED a back problem", and its Ron choosing when he wants to play, not the injury choosing it for him.

 

[bibbinator]

Muss isn't on his own with Artest. GP, the Maloofs and the league are behind him. The league can effectively end his career any time it wants to and everyone knows that. Everyone also knows the Muss is expendable next to Artest.

Muss can't discipline Ron effectively, really, because Ron will just turn down the effort level if it happens, or worse. Muss needs to get Ron on board with the plans and in order to do that Muss has to listen to Ron when he makes them.

 

[hoopsfan]

Muss can't discipline Ron effectively, really, because Ron will just turn down the effort level if it happens, or worse. Muss needs to get Ron on board with the plans and in order to do that Muss has to listen to Ron when he makes them.

Wow.

 

[VF21]

Reminder: This is from the NY Daily News by way of hoopshype. Could we not make quite so big a mountain out of it?

 

[bibbinator]

Wow.

It's just like any other business, management has to listen to its top producers. They know what they need to do their jobs. That doesn't mean mgmt gives them everything they ask for, but mgmt should have an honest dialogue with them.

 

[BigSong]

i'm really fine with Artest losing it, as long as we can swap him for oh i dont Garnett. Give Minny some picks, Martin, SAR whatever.

Have a lineup of:

Bibby
Salmons
K9
KG
Miller

I know this is nothing new and has been beaten to death but with all this AI speculation, id rather go this route than move Bibby. Id just rather go up in flames with Bibby/KG than AI/Artest.

 

[VF21]

The only difference is Iverson wants to be traded...



Having said that, I am crossing my fingers and my toes, and perhaps even my eyes, in the hopes this doesn't become another trade proposal thread... If it does, it will be segmented and sent to the Personnel Moves forum.

 

[ezekielbear]

Artest only played like 36 min in that game, with a jacked up back.

How dare he!

 

[jon e]

people are giving up way too early...

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

consider the source, it's from NY's version of toilet paper.

Pretty much...this is the same paper that, I think it was like 3 years ago, said that the Sacramento votors had voted down MULTIPLE arena initiatives...and all this was way before the ONE AND ONLY arena ballot had ever been fabricated within the last 6 months.

 

[Kev.in]

Right now I'm much more concerned with the shooting percentages of Brad Miller and Mike Bibby than I am with any issue of Ron Artest and where his head/heart is at according to someone in NYC.

 

[Lamar_Odom]

Except of course if a franchise player has a bad back and is playing hurt you might very well LET him determine how long/hard he can go, or whether he can. That would be the sensationalistic turn the Daily News would put on it. They rarely out and out lie, rather they just smear and distort. So Artest misses three games with a bad back = fact. But then let's see if we can't throw a little mud, so its "what Artest CALLED a back problem", and its Ron choosing when he wants to play, not the injury choosing it for him.

Seriously, is Artest a franchise player or you just call him that by default?

 

[VF21]

The owners of the team have called him that...

 

[piksi]

The owners of the team have called him that...

Lately, I am not sure about their credibility

 

[VF21]

They own the team. If they believe he's their franchise player, that's pretty much the end of the discussion. We may not agree, but we don't own the team.

 

[Packt]

Geez, he could've at least used the recent "outburst" to back up his claims.

Read his whole column and you know he doesn't know what the f he's talking about. Roll eyes on the Seattle, NBA stuff. I doubt some dude from NY is capable of getting such a quote from a Kings’ player.