Recommendation: "I was blinded by friendship," Artest wrote in a recent e-mail to ESPN. "Even Mama Maloof (Kings co-owners Joe and Gavin Maloof’s mother, Colleen) told me she wanted me to stay. I never knew that meant one more year. I thought it meant several. When Mama (Maloof) talks, you listen." Artest is upset with current speculation that Sacramento management may be seeking a trade involving the small forward.