Artest Should Be Our #1 Target Next Offseason (MLE)

[One Love]

I hate to jump the gun but given his commitment to opting out (article below) and the fact Sacramento is not a viable trading partner with us given our history, we should make him our #1 offseason target... The general consensus is he will sign for the MLE (5 years)... We would be the best defensive team in the league, period... LO would be our fourth option... Bynum will blow up... We would be a LEGIT championship contender for years... PJ could control Artest and he would welcome the LA vibe... Our lineup would be as follows:

PG: D Fish (6'2") & Farmar
SG: KB24 (6'6") & ______
SF: Artest (6'7") & Ariza
PF: LO (6'10") & Turiaf
C: Bynum (7'1") & Mihm

Artest Plans To Opt Out After Season
January 20, 2008 - 9:46 am
Sacramento Bee -
Although it was assumed by most that Kings' small forward Ron Artest would choose to become a free agent after this season, he said for the first time Saturday that he would likely exercise the early termination option in his contract as expected.

"You know, I guess everybody assumes (I'm going to opt out)," he said. "If you're going to bet your house on it, then bet that I'm going to opt out. But that time will come later. We'll see what happens."

While predicting what Artest will do next is a futile task in any forum, he continued to speak about potential free agency in ways few players

[kobynum show]

that would be amazing.. everything except the for part about mihm still being on the team