Ron Artest is back

[Edrees]

Someone find a thread where we all hated on MWP so I can see if I did or not.

Here you go bro.

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1146551

I tried to post in that thread saying how ron will get his offense back esp when kobe's out, and that he's still got it in him and will shoot 10-15 one game, but I had so many good things to say it went over the character limit for a realgm post so i couldn't post it. Oh well!

[picc]

One play that stuck out was he was isolated at the top of the key, and took his man off the dribble and actually into the paint for a good layup attempt.

He missed the layup but I was flabbergasted that he actually got to the rim off the dribble. That was enough for me.

When I knew his defense was back was in the Clippers game when he ripped CP3 one on one.

Im loving it.

really? he does that on a constant basis. you need to watch more games

He rips the best ballhandler in the NBA one on one on a constant basis? Yes, I missed those.

[addygrace]

Don't jinx it. We have to see if he keeps it up when Kobe is back. But I am loving him these days and I am confident in his ability instead of yelling NOOOOO when he shoots a 3

He Jinxed him. Why did you have to say Jinx? You Jinxed him. I guess we should have been confident in his ability to lose his mind again. Wow, this sucks.

[Tee212]

I love watching smaller defenders bounce off of him in the post without it looking like hes using excessive force.

[Wile E. Coyote]

Ron changed about as much with his new name as he did when he switched numbers.

[Jetset]

Am I the only one that sees the loss of Metta as not that big of a deal? Of course it hurts our depth but we've still got two defenders in Barnes and Ebanks. I'm pretty confident in Ebanks' defensive capabilities until he runs into someone much stronger than him, say LeBron. But no team in the west has a SF like that.

[Stebo_SSK]

Am I the only one that sees the loss of Metta as not that big of a deal? Of course it hurts our depth but we've still got two defenders in Barnes and Ebanks. I'm pretty confident in Ebanks' defensive capabilities until he runs into someone much stronger than him, say LeBron. But no team in the west has a SF like that.

For the 1st round against Dallas its not that huge of a deal but against the stronger teams then yes. Ebanks had a good game y'day but most of that was due to KD just being cold.

[Jetset]

Am I the only one that sees the loss of Metta as not that big of a deal? Of course it hurts our depth but we've still got two defenders in Barnes and Ebanks. I'm pretty confident in Ebanks' defensive capabilities until he runs into someone much stronger than him, say LeBron. But no team in the west has a SF like that.

For the 1st round against Dallas its not that huge of a deal but against the stronger teams then yes. Ebanks had a good game y'day but most of that was due to KD just being cold.

Even before yesterday I thought Ebanks was a good defender, I just didn't like him and still don't for the comments he made through his manager. But I can't let that take away from his game, he's a decent defender bottom line.

Dallas is the 7th seed now, we're more than likely going up against Denver.

[Kilroy]

Am I the only one that sees the loss of Metta as not that big of a deal? Of course it hurts our depth but we've still got two defenders in Barnes and Ebanks. I'm pretty confident in Ebanks' defensive capabilities until he runs into someone much stronger than him, say LeBron. But no team in the west has a SF like that.

I've been done with MWP since last season... And I'm discounting his recent scoring spurt as a fluke.

But he comes up big on D just about every time I write him off. I think we'll miss him quite a bit in the playoffs.

[sportjames23]

LOL, Ron Artest is back, alright.

[DrewBynum77]

you peepz forget that marion is a post player and a good rebounder. we only have skinny players at 3 without artest.

marion is too strong, even for lebron.

maybe it can be a good thing. IE: less shots to dirk/terry even if points in the paint are more efficient then long shots (terry and dirk made a pack with the devil, tho) but knowing our coach he'd start doubling marion then we'd be done.

We need him against Gay too, if we slip to 4th.

So yeh, cheer for denver. Gallo is just a lanky shooter with no post games. Ebanks handled Durant fine so Gallo wouldn't be much of a problem match up wise.

One thing: if kobe hadn't got injured then ebanks wouldn't even be an option right now... then we'd be **** up. Can you imagine that?

[LeBronsHairLine]

Con Artist's elbow should be the 6th man.