Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Yesterday, I put up a poll, asking the readers of the NBA Source where they thought Kings’ forward Ron Artest would end up: staying with the Kings, with the Mavs for Josh Howard(which probably won’t happen, now), with Denver, for a very low price, with the Lakers, being dealt for Lamar Odom, or with the [...]
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Sam Amick reports that the Mavericks offered Brandon Bass and Jerry Stackhouse for Ron Artest. Amick also notes that the Mavs are unlikely to offer Josh Howard and that he doesn't see Petrie doing the deal as offered. Amick's post indicates that Lamar Odom is available, but the potential Artest and Kenny Thomas for Odom deal is on hold until the Lakers decide whether to match the Warriors offer for...
Lakers (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Lakers probably won't swap Lamar Odom for Sacramento's Ron Artest this summer. But the Kings and Miami Heat could be more likely trade partners, according to the latest report on the Artest saga in the Sacramento Bee. The Kings...
Lakers (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Lamar Odom and Dwyane Wade played only one season together with the Miami Heat before Odom was traded to the Lakers. But Wade remains an Odom booster, mainly because he would like to play with the 6-foot-10 forward again some...
The Basketball Jones (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
LA. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. If Los Angeles can swing Lamar Odom for Ron Artest and Kenny Thomas’s contract, they should do it in a heartbeat. Ron Ron has gone a little nuts the past couple weeks, as he always does, but this was a far more mature temper tantrum. Artest [...]
Lakers (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The Lakers are believed to be interested in trading for Ron Artest, but aren't willing to send Lamar Odom to the Sacramento Kings to get him -- that's the bottom line. The Lakers know they need more toughness, but are...
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
CAB with the find - Marc Stein has the scoop. Lots of interesting tidbits. Artest is aparently getting the cold shoulder from the Maloofs and no longer feels as if Sacramento is loyal to him. Stein also mentions that the Lakers are hesitant to part with Lamar Odom. He's also become his own agent. I'd like to think that this is a big developement because he's more or less demanding a trade (I think?,...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Filed under: Kings , Lakers , Rumors There's been chatter about a potential Ron Artest trade to the Lakers for roughly 18 months now; L.A.'s ejection from the Finals thanks in part to Lamar Odom 's uneven performance has intensified the talk among fans and reporters. Earlier this week, Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee reported the Lakers called Kings president Geoff Petrie about Artest during the NBA's...
Lakers (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Lakers have called the Sacramento Kings about swapping Lamar Odom for Ron Artest, according to a report in the Sacramento Bee. Their salaries don't match up, so the Kings would have to throw in a player to make the...
With Malice... (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Man o’ few words, but Darren Heitner of SportsAgentBlog.com sent me this Miami Heat Greats team… PG - Tim Hardaway SG - Dwyane Wade SF - Glen Rice PF - P.J. Brown C - Shaquille O’Neal With Rex Chapman and Lamar Odom coming off the bench. And there you have it.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Some of y'all have been discussing Kurt's recent Forum Blue And Gold post about the notion of swapping Lamar Odom for Ron Artest, a plan of attack he's not particularly down to follow. Kurt breaks down the stats that, in his opinion, make the Lakers better off sticking with Lamar Odom, but there's another angle that dawned on me after perusing his nitty gritty. Given that Ron Ron is, to put it kindly,...
Forum Blue And Gold (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
I think one thing most Lakers fans agree on is that the small forward position will be key for next year’s Lakers. Where the disagreement is exactly how to deal with that. But some think they have the answer. On this blog, in Lakers forums all over the Internet, on talk radio, seemingly everywhere there is [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Business as usual: An offseason that features speculation over Lamar Odom's future with the Lakers, a ritual that gains even more intrigue this summer with his contract entering its final year. Business as anything but usual: Seeing Lamar Odom finally become the player everyone wished he could be, which ironically stemmed from finally being the player he wished he could be. Until this season, Odom's...
freedarko.com (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Whatever FreeDarko-ness is, there's one thing we can all agree on: These days, it's in short supply around the league. The Suns are dead. The Hawks will disband. Larry Brown is about to put the clamps on Charlotte. Lamar Odom couldn't get a deal. You all know the rest. The 2003 draft was supposed to usher in a new crop of superstars; 2007's was to replenish the league with an entire first
LA Times (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Many of you were waiting to hear what LO had to say at his exit interview today, and while there were no real surprises, it's fair to say the mood was a little somber. Not only because he's still pretty down about the Finals -- at times, Odom was barely audible when speaking about his disappointment -- but also because, as it has been basically every year since he arrived in L.A., Odom's future in...
