Posted by Ira:

Players often overestimate their game and therefore their market value. We've seen that with both Lee and Ariza.

great point. ariza's agent may have just been posturing for the lakers to give more than the MLE and they go and get ron for cheaper (overall). great move by the lakers. if zen master could keep the worm under control, artest should be just fine. if odom comes back, that would be great to have 2 riverside AAU guys hooping for the (presumable) world champ.