Would you sign Ron Artest as a free agent?

[Wizard Mentor]

He'll be 30 in November.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=0025

Suppose we have $8 mil. in cap space.

 

[Wheels]

Can you add a poll? My vote would be yes.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Can you add a poll? My vote would be yes.

Was in the process!

But which yes is it!!

 

[alex42083]

haha.. man, just 12 hours after our season's over, the threads of "should we sign so and so?" are starting to pop up! And countless trade machine proposals will be coming. Should be a great summer... I'm not complaining though but it makes me miss the season and talking about games.

And yes, I wouldn't mind Artest on this team as long as he doesn't go crazy on us.

 

[Wheels]

Was in the process!

But which yes is it!!

ok lol sorry. I say yes.. and Long term to me is 4 years.. I would do that for 8 mill sure.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I voted 'Yes' to a short term deal, but a lot depends on the money he wants and just what KP decides to do with the glut of small forwards we'd be left with. Ideally I'd favor a sign and trade, but I can't imagine Daryl Morey being all that intrigued with any of our threes.

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

LOL.. I love how out of touch you guys in this forum are.

Ron Artest a Blazer?

Why not just bring back Zbo, Rasheed, Ruben and the rest of the jail blazers.

 

[Wheels]

I voted 'Yes' to a short term deal, but a lot depends on the money he wants and just what KP decides to do with the glut of small forwards we'd be left with. Ideally I'd favor a sign and trade, but I can't imagine Daryl Morey being all that intrigued with any of our threes.

Does Kenny The Jet still have ties with Houston? Maybe he can do some talking up for Outlaw lol.

 

[Wheels]

LOL.. I love how out of touch you guys in this forum are.

Ron Artest a Blazer?

Why not just bring back Zbo, Rasheed, Ruben and the rest of the jail blazers.

I loved Rasheed.

 

[Nikolokolus]

LOL.. I love how out of touch you guys in this forum are.

Ron Artest a Blazer?

Why not just bring back Zbo, Rasheed, Ruben and the rest of the jail blazers.

Artest is crazy in a different kind of 'truly scary' way, Ruben, Z-Bo, and Sheed were just malcontents and/or dumbfucks. Give me the 'likes to fight' guy over fake toughness any day of the week.

 

[garden of oden]

my first instinct says yes, but we have to remember that Artest is a sociopath. he's been on decent behavior for the last couple of seasons but it could only be due to the fact that Adelman might him in check for whatever reasons.

im sure he's matured, but guys like that are able to go off the hook (not the good kind) at any split second. he fits with Houston b/c they need him. i could see him causing a huge stir here in portland when his usually not so great shot isnt falling and Outlaw gets key 4th quarter playing time in stead. he'd go ballistic.

we probably dont need a guy like that.

 

[mook]

And yes, I wouldn't mind Artest on this team as long as he doesn't go crazy on us.

I think you'd have to plan on him going crazy on us at some point. It's Ron Artest, after all.

I'd still sign him, though. Probably only on a one-year deal, with a team option for a second year. You don't invest long-term in that kind of crazy. I really doubt any team offers him more than two years for that very reason. (Wait--Isiah Thomas isn't a GM anymore, right?)

He's a vet, he's got a nice perimeter shot, and he's still a hell of a defender. Plus we've got such strong personalities in Roy and Przybilla and McMillan that I don't really foresee him going that far off the reservation.

It'd be akin to when the Bulls signed Dennis Rodman.

 

[Pritchslap Madness]

The guy is mental! Yes, he is a great player but I think we should look at other options before even thinking about signing Ron.

 

[Minstrel]

I voted 'Yes' to a short term deal, but a lot depends on the money he wants and just what KP decides to do with the glut of small forwards we'd be left with. Ideally I'd favor a sign and trade, but I can't imagine Daryl Morey being all that intrigued with any of our threes.

I'm sure Morey would love Batum, actually. But I wouldn't trade Batum to get Artest. I'd rather just see if Artest would bite on a free agent deal.

If Portland can't get Andre Miller, or sign-and-trade for Ramon Sessions, then Artest would be an interesting get.

 

[Wheels]

The guy is mental! Yes, he is a great player but I think we should look at other options before even thinking about signing Ron.

From what I have heard.. he has been a model citizen this year.

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

Artest is crazy in a different kind of 'truly scary' way, Ruben, Z-Bo, and Sheed were just malcontents and/or dumbfucks. Give me the 'likes to fight' guy over fake toughness any day of the week.

Artest is mentally unstable.

There is 0% chance that KP would ever even think about adding him to this team.

I'm just amazed that long time Blazer fans who seem to spend a lot of time following this team would ever think that Ron Artest would be an option.

amazing.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Artest is mentally unstable.

There is 0% chance that KP would ever even think about adding him to this team.

I'm just amazed that long time Blazer fans who seem to spend a lot of time following this team would ever think that Ron Artest would be an option.

amazing.

Any team can sustain one nutter. I agree it would definitely be a risk, but I think Ron-Ron isn't quite the same perpetual fuck-up that he was in his early twenties ... sometimes people do mellow with age.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Artest is crazy in a different kind of 'truly scary' way, Ruben, Z-Bo, and Sheed were just malcontents and/or dumbfucks. Give me the 'likes to fight' guy over fake toughness any day of the week.

Agreed, but I also think the team can afford to have one crazy guy on the team - in fact, maybe we can't afford not to!

In this latest talk with the media, we found out that Artest has a lot of respect for Roy and Nate.

 

[Pritchslap Madness]

From what I have heard.. he has been a model citizen this year.

That's means anytime now he is going to explode! Its all been building up inside and then some fan will say something to him he does not like and then BOOM we got him punching fans.

 

[free_lafrentz]

Artest is mentally unstable.

There is 0% chance that KP would ever even think about adding him to this team.

I'm just amazed that long time Blazer fans who seem to spend a lot of time following this team would ever think that Ron Artest would be an option.

amazing.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Artest is mentally unstable.

There is 0% chance that KP would ever even think about adding him to this team.

I'm just amazed that long time Blazer fans who seem to spend a lot of time following this team would ever think that Ron Artest would be an option.

amazing.

That's the difference between REAL fans and the sanctimonious twitterpates who believe what they read in the Oregonian or on O-Live.

If Artest helps us win, he can sodomize Canzano with a Bowie knife on the steps of city hall!

 

[Wheels]

That's the difference between REAL fans and the sanctimonious twitterpates who believe what they read in the Oregonian or on O-Live.

If Artest helps us win, he can sodomize Canzano with a Bowie knife on the steps of city hall!

not defending Hank in any way.. but whats with the superiority complex to olive over here? There are some great guys in here and some dipwits.. same with Olive.

 

[LittleAlex]

That's means anytime now he is going to explode! Its all been building up inside and then some fan will say something to him he does not like and then BOOM we got him punching fans.

If it were a Laker fan I would throw a party for him.

 

[hasoos]

To be honest, one of the big things the Blazers players are missing is the crazy intense player that gets into other players heads. Too many nice guys. Bring in a little bit of mean.

 

[Nikolokolus]

That's means anytime now he is going to explode! Its all been building up inside and then some fan will say something to him he does not like and then BOOM we got him punching fans.

To his credit, he's only ever punched a fan when they threw a beer at him ... did he go absolutely postal and make a good faith effort to fuck that guy up for life? Yes. But should a one-time fuckup (and boy was it a doozy) automatically disqualify a guy from being able to grow up?

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

That's the difference between REAL fans and the sanctimonious twitterpates who believe what they read in the Oregonian or on O-Live.

If Artest helps us win, he can sodomize Canzano with a Bowie knife on the steps of city hall!

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

Ask KP if Ron Artest is an option for us... I bet he laughs you out of the room.

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

To his credit, he's only ever punched a fan when they threw a beer at him ... did he go absolutely postal and make a good faith effort to fuck that guy up for life? Yes. But should a one-time fuckup (and boy was it a doozy) automatically disqualify a guy from being able to grow up?

He also beat on his girlfriend - multiple times.

and don't forget he threatened to quit the NBA for half a season to promote his "rap" album.

 

[shamelessblazer]

I've kind of grown on him this series. He's nuts for sure, but isn't that dirty of a player and the other guys seem to like him a lot. He doesn't seem to make excuses for himself, isn't as much of a whiner (more of a trash talker) , and plays very physical, but not that dirty of defense.

Coming out of this series I hate Battier and Yao way more!

 

[oldmangrouch]

Ask KP if Ron Artest is an option for us... I bet he laughs you out of the room.

Which proves what? That the team is afraid of the witch-hunters at the Oregonian and their amen chorus on O-Live? That was my point! To Hell with Canzano, Quick, and all the other hectoring harridans over there.

 

[anonymous gambler]

Artest would provide us with greatly needed toughness and defense- plus, he can score- as was seen in the last game.

We need a point guard badly, but if we can't get one- I wouldn't mind signing Artest- he immediately give us a much better defense- Imagine a defensive lineup of Aldridge, Oden, Artest, Batum and Bayless.