Artest considering Europe as an option

KiLLiNDaY · Post #1 » by **KiLLiNDaY** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:23 pm

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Could be bad news.. And im sure proud greek owners would have a good shot at artest, though he doesn't fit into their team playstyle as good as other NBA players might..

Post #2 » by **KF10** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:40 pm

I'm pretty sure this rumor has come up every year for Artest when he was with the Kings iirc. (well not every year but I heard of this rumor though a while back) I wouldn't put that much into it. I think this is the usual "Ron being Ron" situation. If not, I would be very surprise and it would be awesome to see Artest in Europe. (No offense Rockets fans haha)

KWSN-Men · Post #3 » by **KWSN-Men** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:14 pm

kingsfan10 wrote:I'm pretty sure this rumor has come up every year for Artest when he was with the Kings iirc. (well not every year but I heard of this rumor though a while back) I wouldn't put that much into it. I think this is the usual "Ron being Ron" situation. If not, I would be very surprise and it would be awesome to see Artest in Europe. (No offense Rockets fans haha)

Panathinaikos actually has offered Artest a 3 year $60 million contract plus a yacht.

Baller 24 · Post #4 » by **Baller 24** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:17 pm

NO! We need you Ron, without you we lose our entire personality!

texasholdem · Post #5 » by **texasholdem** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:27 pm

Artest: "I'm on a boat!"

If he leaves at least he won't be going to a rival western conference team.

any chance we can sign Ben Gordon?

Guy986 · Post #6 » by **Guy986** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:53 pm

KWSN-Men wrote:
kingsfan10 wrote:I'm pretty sure this rumor has come up every year for Artest when he was with the Kings iirc. (well not every year but I heard of this rumor though a while back) I wouldn't put that much into it. I think this is the usual "Ron being Ron" situation. If not, I would be very surprise and it would be awesome to see Artest in Europe. (No offense Rockets fans haha)

Panathinaikos actually has offered Artest a 3 year $60 million contract plus a yacht.

Take it Ron. Take the yacht!!!

moofs · Post #7 » by **moofs** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 10:07 pm

ARTEST IS ON A BOAT?!

(cue Max)

Ribalding · Post #8 » by **Ribalding** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 10:15 pm

Ron hates the water. Can't swim. He's cat-like, in that respect.

86 the yacht.

jove9 · Post #9 » by **jove9** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 10:36 pm

Guy986 wrote:
KWSN-Men wrote:
kingsfan10 wrote:I'm pretty sure this rumor has come up every year for Artest when he was with the Kings iirc. (well not every year but I heard of this rumor though a while back) I wouldn't put that much into it. I think this is the usual "Ron being Ron" situation. If not, I would be very surprise and it would be awesome to see Artest in Europe. (No offense Rockets fans haha)

Panathinaikos actually has offered Artest a 3 year $60 million contract plus a yacht.

Take it Ron. Take the yacht!!!

...and EAT THE HEAD!

@Kingsfan:
You can look at it as "Ron being Ron," or you can look at it as if there is something legit to it, if its hung around for years.

PocketRockets · Post #10 » by **PocketRockets** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 10:50 pm

20 mil a season?? Artest would be (Please Use More Appropriate Word) not to take that!!! Plus considering the dropping dollar (not sure what currency he's getting paid) and a Yacht....a shorter season (i think). And isn't Panathinaikos a great team? And to play in a league that he actually has a chance of winning a championship and isn't blatantly rigged?

Easy choice IMO.

Guy986 · Post #11 » by **Guy986** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:05 pm

PocketRockets wrote:20 mil a season?? Artest would be (Please Use More Appropriate Word) not to take that!!! Plus considering the dropping dollar (not sure what currency he's getting paid) and a Yacht....a shorter season (i think). And isn't Panathinaikos a great team? And to play in a league that he actually has a chance of winning a championship and isn't blatantly rigged?

Easy choice IMO.

Ya EZ money.

Take the Yacht before its gone Ron...

HTown_TMac · Post #12 » by **HTown_TMac** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:08 pm

If they had offered him that we would already be looking for a 'replacement'.. Ron would be on his yacht somewhere in Europe.

brassviews · Post #13 » by **brassviews** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 12:23 am

HTown_TMac wrote:If they had offered him that we would already be looking for a 'replacement'.. Ron would be on his yacht somewhere in Europe.

Playoffs were still going when the offer was made. I'm sure they have deadlines just like the NBA.

KWSN-Men · Post #14 » by **KWSN-Men** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 2:36 am

HTown_TMac wrote:If they had offered him that we would already be looking for a 'replacement'.. Ron would be on his yacht somewhere in Europe.

NBA fans just don't know anything about basketball unless it is NBA related. Panathinaikos makes offers like this every now and then. It almost never ever never makes it to any US press.

PocketRockets · Post #15 » by **PocketRockets** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 4:39 pm

KWSN-Men wrote:
HTown_TMac wrote:If they had offered him that we would already be looking for a 'replacement'.. Ron would be on his yacht somewhere in Europe.

NBA fans just don't know anything about basketball unless it is NBA related. Panathinaikos makes offers like this every now and then. It almost never ever never makes it to any US press.

No, I know those European teams are ballin out of control. Aren't they going to give kobe/lebron 30/40 mil/season when their contracts run out? Idk man. If i had that luxury, I'd already have a few houses in europe. hahahha

Ron's not stupid. Agents know they can use that European contract as a bargaining chip. He's trying to see if somebody over here would pay something close to that. Hopefully Hou won't. =)

Snip · Post #16 » by **Snip** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 5:41 pm

KWSN-Men wrote:
kingsfan10 wrote:I'm pretty sure this rumor has come up every year for Artest when he was with the Kings iirc. (well not every year but I heard of this rumor though a while back) I wouldn't put that much into it. I think this is the usual "Ron being Ron" situation. If not, I would be very surprise and it would be awesome to see Artest in Europe. (No offense Rockets fans haha)

Panathinaikos actually has offered Artest a 3 year $60 million contract plus a yacht.

Oh god...it's this guy again?!?

In another thread he created, he claimed Vasilis Spanoulis being better than McGrady and egged everyone on for a few days. Total waste of time and I hope that thread was locked...

I'll give him one thing though, he provided some humor that day.

jove9 · Post #17 » by **jove9** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:41 pm

Though honestly, it doesn't take much to be better than T-mac nowadays....

I think I'd take V-Span in a pick-up game over T-Mac right now.

HTown_TMac · Post #18 » by **HTown_TMac** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 8:52 pm

PopularByDemand wrote:
HTown_TMac wrote:If they had offered him that we would already be looking for a 'replacement'.. Ron would be on his yacht somewhere in Europe.

Playoffs were still going when the offer was made. I'm sure they have deadlines just like the NBA.

Ok... So they told Ron he would need to sign before his NBA season was over? Makes no sense at all. Some people just have no common sense.

Guy986 · Post #19 » by **Guy986** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 10:37 pm

jove9 wrote:Though honestly, it doesn't take much to be better than T-mac nowadays....

I think I'd take V-Span in a pick-up game over T-Mac right now.

Yes G-Mac is currently the better Mac, unfortuantely.

Post #20 » by **TMU** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 11:09 pm

Those Europeans are getting creative with their offers. The NBA better do the same if they don't want to lose all of their players to Europe.