Is Ron Artest in Our Future Plans?

we have 28 games to find out, but I doubt it

 

Ron is too much of a risk.

He has the heart, he's more disciplined than before...

But he is injury-prone, his shot selection is pretty horrible at times...

I would let him go and wait for 2010.

 

Ron will stay here if he feels wanted financially and if he feels respected by the franchise.

 

I think he is part of our future plans as long as he asks for something reasonable when dealing with his contract

 

He is for the rest of this year, and maybe the summer, but for the future as in next year......maybe so, maybe no.

DD

 

I believe he is. Morey will use the Landry contract strategy on Artest to get him as cheap as possible (using the bird rights), then use McGrady as bait or an expiring to add a third player.

The only way I see him go is if they can land Bibby or A.Miller in the offseason.

 

How about a one year deal? Might be good for both the Rockets and Ron, leave both of their options open for the 2010 summer of love.

 

what do you think ron is asking??

I say 5 years 55 mil

What will the rockets offer?

I'm guessing 4 years 35 mil

 

It all depends on how he react to the trade and the return of Tmac

 

For Ron, the most I would offer would be 3 years 33M with a team option for the fourth year worth 13M.

 

That looks like a reasonable figure... but I still believe thats a bit on the high end

 

I hope he is, Artest has done well as a Rocket when he has been playing. T-Mac should be the guy that has no future as a Rocket, Artest should have a future. I can only hope so, but if Morey is capable of finding a much better player other than Artest, that's fine by me. But since I can't read his mind and I can't predict the future, I am just going to hope Artest will return for next season.

 

Just resign him at the max next year no matter what. Create an artificial expiring to trade. Win-win

 

Morey's comments about getting another star over the summer seems to suggest they have little interest in Artest beyond this year.

 

Remember we don't have to offer him anything, we can just match whatever else he signs, ala Landry.

 

I wonder if dude would be dumb enough to take a 1 year. Perhaps if we offered him 1 year, at $14 million and told him more teams would have capspace the next summer, he would consider. You could then use that as an expiring contract later in the year.

 

Considering we didn't trade him for Vince Carter, he better be in our plans next year.

 

He would take that 14 in a heartbeat. No one else will offer anything close to that next season. Only contenders want him. Contenders only have the MLE.

 

thank god we have artest.

its like we swapped tslack for artest.