IMO I think Ron Artest is just being honest, watching the Pacers several times this season, Artest is clearly not comfortable in Carlisle's structured offense which features Jermaine O'neal, even Stephen Jackson is frustrated with his role and limited shots. Clearly Ron wants to maximize his potential and earn big bucks, every NBA player wants that, it would be a lie to say "I'll sacrifice this amount of money just to be on a winning team", this BS, specially for a player entering his prime. Specially now that Artest finally discovered his offensive prowess... He's one of the best two way players in this league, and will command a salary upwards of 10M once he becomes a free agent, provided he stays out of trouble. NBA is a business, look at Joe Johnson, everybody is bashing him demanding a trade that landed him a $70M contract. Screw them, anybody in their right mind won't turn down that offer... its financial security for life.


I dumped Mike Jr. to the FA pool two weeks into the season because of his inconsistency. Anyway, looking forward to next week!
