S&T Artest to LA!

[dookieguy]

It makes perfect sense. Instead of letting Artest walk for nothing, we can get even a little outta him.

S&T Artest for S&T Ariza + Fillers (maybe)

It's my understanding that both teams have the players' bird rights, so by doing a sign and trade like this, both of them can keep their MLE for other uses, instead of burning it all on one player.

[brassviews]

That filler is most likely a bad contract like Walton or Vujacic. You're better off just signing Ariza and going pass the Artest issue.

[luhbron]

HOW CAN HE GO FOR THE MLE. This is SUCH bullsh*t. You know we would have had to pay him like 10 mil to stay with us.

What the hell, Ron.

[TMU]

Sure, if Morey agrees to pay Ariza beyond the MLE. Otherwise, Portland has us beat.