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Gone from Houston (per Twitter). rumored to cleavland, I'd LOVE him in Portland....he's a huge fan of Brandon Roy i guess.......but whatever.
 
One of my guiltier pleasures is watching Ron play. Going back to the SAC days.
 
BTOWN_HUSTLA said:
Gone from Houston (per Twitter). rumored to cleavland, I'd LOVE him in Portland....he's a huge fan of Brandon Roy i guess.......but whatever.
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Good move for Cleveland I suppose, but we'll see how he adjusts to James dominating the ball. His defense will make up for it, though.
 
Stop with the Cleveland shit.

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Cleveland could really use his defense, Orlando exposed them for only having Lebron as a capable wing defender, especially with the undersized Williams/West backcourt. If Artest does go I'd put the Cavs ahead of LA as the clear title favorites.
 
With James and Artest (assuming one of them slots in at shooting guard, I guess), Cleveland will have the most powerful duo of wing defenders ever. Almost two-thirds of a solid linebacking corps.
 
Minstrel said:
With James and Artest (assuming one of them slots in at shooting guard, I guess), Cleveland will have the most powerful duo of wing defenders ever. Almost two-thirds of a solid linebacking corps.
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lmfao..so true tho
 
With talk of moving James to PF, they have an extremely bulky frontcourt. Try running through screens with that frontcourt!

SF: Artest
PF: James
C: Shaq
 
Shit. Cleveland is looking better and better. Maybe they'll win one game against us in the Finals. Maybe.
 
It's kind of funny to me that Shaq and Artest would make CLE the clear favorites, but no one in here wants them for our team.
 
BrianFromWA said:
It's kind of funny to me that Shaq and Artest would make CLE the clear favorites, but no one in here wants them for our team.
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I don't think Shaq fits Portland or Cleveland all that well. Artest is a valuable player and I'd like him on Portland. He's not my top choice, but he'd be a useful player.
 
BrianFromWA said:
It's kind of funny to me that Shaq and Artest would make CLE the clear favorites, but no one in here wants them for our team.
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Bizarre, actually.

Were Portland to get both players, they would be contenders. Maybe not as high up the list as Cleveland, since Portland is lacking a LeBron, but definitely a real challenger to the Lakers and Spurs.
 
BrianFromWA said:
It's kind of funny to me that Shaq and Artest would make CLE the clear favorites, but no one in here wants them for our team.
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I'd take Arterst, but I'm not sure he'd respect Roy to the level he'll respect James. Shaq? Was he PHX's missing piece?
 
LittleAlex said:
Bizarre, actually.

Were Portland to get both players, they would be contenders. Maybe not as high up the list as Cleveland, since Portland is lacking a LeBron, but definitely a real challenger to the Lakers and Spurs.
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The Blazers are already a challenger to the Lakers and Spurs.
 
Shaq and Artest are both so OTH it's silly to discuss getting them without a time machine included.
 
PapaG said:
I'd take Arterst, but I'm not sure he'd respect Roy to the level he'll respect James. Shaq? Was he PHX's missing piece?
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If I recall correctly, after the playoff series against us Artest said Roy was the toughest person to guard he's ever faced (or something like that). Also that he was the only player to score 40+ points in a game against him.

I think he has a pretty high level of respect for Roy, but as you said, who knows if it would/will match the level he would give LeBron.
 
the rockets apparently were only willing to offer him a one year deal(which i think was the right move), so he won't be staying in houston.
 
Fez said:
With talk of moving James to PF, they have an extremely bulky frontcourt. Try running through screens with that frontcourt!

SF: Artest
PF: James
C: Shaq
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cleveland's team is looking worse and worse with the more big names they talk about adding.

is there any chance that artest and shaq could go an entire season without something blowing up between them? i mean shaq isn't going to put up with crazy fadeaway 3s when he's got position inside without taking some shots at artest in the media, right?

the shaq trade was bad enough with cleveland happy to just add a big name regardless of how he fits but if they get artest too, i'm guaranteeing that lebron leaves town as soon as possible.
 
Minstrel said:
With James and Artest (assuming one of them slots in at shooting guard, I guess), Cleveland will have the most powerful duo of wing defenders ever. Almost two-thirds of a solid linebacking corps.
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I bet they put LeBron at the 4 and Artest at the 3.
 
rocketeer said:
cleveland's team is looking worse and worse with the more big names they talk about adding.
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Time will tell, I suppose, but this sure smells a lot like that Lakers team that had Karl Malone and Gary Payton...
 
I don't see this being a done deal anywhere.. but I guess it'd be nice to see him go East rather than stay in the West and be an annoyance to Brandon. Houston having Battier/Artest was one of the main reasons they had our number. If it's just Battier, and then no Yao, then that's some good news.
 
andalusian said:
Time will tell, I suppose, but this sure smells a lot like that Lakers team that had Karl Malone and Gary Payton...
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That team often gets mentioned as if it's a bad thing, but people tend to forget they were steamrolling until Malone got injured. Payton never really fit, but he didn't exactly hold them back, either.
 
alex42083 said:
I don't see this being a done deal anywhere.. but I guess it'd be nice to see him go East rather than stay in the West and be an annoyance to Brandon. Houston having Battier/Artest was one of the main reasons they had our number. If it's just Battier, and then no Yao, then that's some good news.
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all you should be worried about in regards to the rockets is yao. no yao, no need to worry.

it's not like artest slowed roy down at all in the playoffs and artest hurt the rockets more than he helped offensively 4 of the 6 games against portland.
 
Just how much payroll does CLE have anyway? Maybe they can afford to grab like 11 more all star players this off season?
 
You know, it's pretty amazing what a mediocre GM can do with expiring contracts, "trash" players and an MLE.
 
rocketeer said:
all you should be worried about in regards to the rockets is yao. no yao, no need to worry.

it's not like artest slowed roy down at all in the playoffs and artest hurt the rockets more than he helped offensively 4 of the 6 games against portland.
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I think over the long haul, losing their All-Star 7-6 center and an All-NBA defender is going to hurt them more than help them. For stretches, they played better without them but for an 82-game season plus playoffs.. they're going to miss them.
 
alex42083 said:
I think over the long haul, losing their All-Star 7-6 center and an All-NBA defender is going to hurt them more than help them. For stretches, they played better without them but for an 82-game season plus playoffs.. they're going to miss them.
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losing yao is going to hurt a lot.

losing artest won't.
 
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