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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5914062.html
Ron Artest set for deal to Rockets
Bobby Jackson, first-round pick to go to Sacramento
By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
July 29, 2008, 7:09PM
In what had been a quiet offseason, the Rockets are about to make a lot of
noise.
In a stunning move designed to push the Rockets from solid playoff team toward
legitimate NBA contenders, the Rockets reached agreement Tuesday with the
Sacramento Kings to acquire gifted but controversial forward Ron Artest,
according to an NBA executive with knowledge of the deal.
The Rockets will give up guard Bobby Jackson, a No. 1 draft pick next season
and another player that the individual with knowledge of the trade could
not name. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey could not be immediately reached
for comment.
Because of contract considerations, the trade will not be announced until
Aug. 14, though that would indicate the deal could include Rockets’ first
round draft pick Donte’ Greene. Greene is not permitted to be traded until
then, one month from when he signed with the Rockets.
There could also be other players involved to make the money match but none
that the Rockets would plan to keep. The Rockets will also send the Kings
cash in excess of $1 million.
Artest, 28, is considered one of the NBA’s most unpredictable characters
and was the central figure in a 2004-05 brawl with fans in Auburn Hills,
Mich. He is also considered among the league’s toughest lock-down defenders
and sometimes, an unstoppable offensive force.
The 39 points he scored against the Rockets in 2006-07 season are his career
high.
A 6-7, 248 pound forward, he had publicly lamented his decision last month
not to opt out of the last season of his contract to become a free agent
, renewing the Kings’ efforts to move him.
Artest played 40 games for Rockets coach Rick Adelman after he was traded
by the Indiana Pacers to the Kings in the 2005-06 season, averaging 16.9
points, 5.2 rebounds and a career-high 4.2 assists. He was also a first-
team NBA All-Defensive team selection. He offered to donate his salary if
the Kings were willing to retain Adelman after that season.
In nine NBA seasons out of St. John’s, where he was a third-team All-American
, Artest has averaged 16 points and 5.1 rebounds. He was the 2003-04 NBA
Defensive Player of the Year. He averaged 20.5 points per game last season
.
Artest, however, has been unable to stay clear from trouble. He was arrested
in March 2007 and charged with domestic abuse and eventually sentenced to
20 days in jail and community service. That sentence was reduced to 10 days
in a work release program. He had also been charged with animal neglect,
though charges were not filed and Artest has since worked with People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals on several campaigns.
In addition to his 73-game suspension after going into the stands in the
Nov. 19, 2004 brawl (the longest suspension in NBA history other than for
drug policy violations or gambling), he has been suspended for destroying
a television camera in New York, for an altercation with then Heat coach
Pat Riley in Miami and for numerous flagrant fouls.
Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1999, he was traded in 2002 to the Pacers
, having some of his best seasons, including his one All Star season in 2003
-04. Prior to the fight in 2004, he was suspended for two games for asking
for a month off to promote an R&B album by a group on his production label
.
After his return to the Pacers the season after the fight, he asked for a
trade and was placed on the inactive roster.
Though Artest has been best used as a small forward, Rockets forward Shane
Battier is also considered among the league’s best players at defending
small forwards and shooting guards. But because Artest can defend players
from small guards to power forwards
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