Will Artest Be A Warrior After Tonight?

Jan 5 - Word is, the only thing holding up the Warriors' trading for beleaguered All-Star forward Ron Artest is tonight's game, reports the Contra Costa Times. According to the newspaper, the Pacers don't want to trade Artest and then have to face him right away so they're waiting until after tonight's game. This way, Indiana wouldn't have to deal with Artest until Feb. 10 when the Warriors play at Conseco Fieldhouse. "Whatever," Warriors guard Jason Richardson told the newspaper. "I don't listen to no rumors."

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Glen Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he thought Indiana would have made a deal by now. He told the newspaper the team is still pursuing a possible trade. "We're looking into the deal because you don't know exactly what that deal might all be," Taylor said. "It might be more than just a Ron Artest deal. It might be a three-way deal."

Looks like artest really will be a "tru warier"

Posted by Caseloads:

More advertisement for his label!

Are you kidding me? I bet he already has a T-shirts and other stupid stuff made up already.

Sounds like something the paper made up. Didnt the Sonics trade Payton to Milwaukee then played them the next day? They just held the players involved out of the game.

Posted by LBeast:

Sounds like something the paper made up. Didnt the Sonics trade Payton to Milwaukee then played them the next day? They just held the players involved out of the game.

that was a trade deadline deal, they had no option to hold off on the timing.

artest isn't playing, but the guys GS would have to give up definitely are. indy loses little production, but GS probably is out a few rotation players. they don't want to shoot themselves in the foot.

in any case, indy's blowing them out, they may as well have made the deal.