Ron Artest goes to the...Lakers?
That's only because Ariza tried to play tough guy with Kupchak and got his ass run out of town. Now, Ariza is going to end up with a mediocre team and disappear into obscurity.
Ariza can thank his idiot agent for that. So, he'll earn a little more money and never have the chance to be at the top again unless something miraculous happens.
Yeah, it's definitely a shame and a pretty terrible decision on Ariza's part.
Ariza's success was attributed to the team he was on. Let's see him knock out 12 points, 7 Reb, and 4 steals in a Rocket uniform with a limping Tracy McGrady and POSSIBLY without Yao with a career ending injury. Kupchak and Laker management knew exactly what they were doing. They had a back up plan if Ariza didn't sign and it worked.
That Yao injury is just heart breaking. Never ever ever do I want to see a player go out on a career ending injury in his prime. F'ing shame.
But yeah, Ariza's head AND his agent's head just became WAY too inflated in one very successful playoff year. Good luck in Texas Trevor, you're without Bryant.
The soap opera continues in LA....LA TImes reported that Jerry Buss (Lakers owner) pulled the 3 year $27 mil contract off the table to Lamar Odom becuase neither Lamar nor his agent contacted Laker management.
Odom is reportedly asking for 5 years $50 mil.