Stop the Artest Rumors!

by Craig Kwasniewski

Can we stop the endless Ron Artest trade speculation for now. There are at least one million of them out there. First he was going to New York, then Toronto, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Tokyo, Rapid City, San Quentin, Sacramento... We have no idea where the hell he's going. Even we at The Association have proposed a trade and responded to a rumor.

Take what happened here in Los Angeles for example... Peter Vecsey, in his semi-annual column in the NY Post said:

"Word from the wise in La-La Land: Phil Jackson strongly encouraged Jim Buss to include Andrew Bynum in a package proposal for Ron Artest, but the owner's son fervently negated the notion. Though everyone in the front office maintained shared aims last June, people in the know maintain Buss and assistant GM Ronnie Lester were instrumental in the drafting of 7-foot Bynum, whereas Jackson and GM Mitch Kupchak preferred Sean May and Danny Granger....Still, at least one cockeyed optimist within the organization remains convinced the Lakers somehow will bag Artest."

Basically he said that the Lakers are not willing to offer Andrew Bynum in a trade for Artest, against Phil Jackson's wishes. Also, some anonymous person with the Lakers is optimistic that Artest will end up with the Lakers. No real trade proposal mentioned in the article, no substantial trade rumor.

Suddenly, the news spread throughout Los Angeles sports media, "The Lakers are going to trade for Artest, Peter Vecsey reported it!!!"

Now you have every screamer/homer/honk at all three sports talk radio stations (three too many) dissecting the trade and predicting a championship within three years. Callers talking about how brilliant the move is or complaining about how bad Artest will be for the Lakers locker-room. Yet no trade has happened nor has there been any real offer.

Easy guys! Let's wait till something really happens. Until then, so who's going to sign Spreewell?

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