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Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:26 am EDT

Knicks could have the chance to sign Artest

By Joe Zedalis

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The critics are still out on what kind of defensive identity the Knicks will develop under new coach Mike D'Antoni. Perhaps Ron Artest can help.

The New York Knicks may have a chance to sign Artest to a five-year, $30 million mid-level exception, if he opts out of the last year of his contract with the Sacramento Kings and becomes a free agent on July 1. That contract would pay him $7.4 million. It's even a possibility the Knicks could work a sign-and-trade with Sacramento, if the Kings would agree to it.

When the Daily News asked the Queensbridge product if he would like to play for the team he grew up watching, Artest flashed a huge grin.

"Who wouldn't want to?" Artest said in the tunnel outside the Garden's locker rooms following yesterday's WNBA game between the Liberty and Monarchs. "I'm not going to talk about that stuff till July 1. I don't play for the money, I play for the love."

As the Indiana Pacers president, Donnie Walsh acquired Artest in a 2002 trade with the Chicago Bulls. Walsh also dealt the former St. John's forward to Sacramento in 2006 after his role in sparking the notorious Pacers-Detroit Pistons brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Source: New York Daily NewsNew Window

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  1. Eddie
    1. Posted by Eddie Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm EDT

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    weh
  2. Alex C
    2. Posted by Alex C Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:50 pm EDT

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    Talk about more problems on a team that doesn't need them.
  3. roniel_44
    3. Posted by roniel_44 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:50 pm EDT

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    oh....
  4. JT
    4. Posted by JT Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:57 pm EDT

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    yea thats not smart
  5. hcdouglass
    5. Posted by hcdouglass Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

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    I wonder if Rick Carlisle of the Mavericks wants this guy?
  6. Tom O
    6. Posted by Tom O Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:12 pm EDT

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    I agree that would be big problems
  7. Dad Zach
    7. Posted by Dad Zach Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:42 pm EDT

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    Yeah maybe they could pick up stephen jackson and jermaine oneill, the three thugs reunited
  8. jean v
    8. Posted by jean v Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:31 pm EDT

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    another new yorker yeah great
  9. D
    9. Posted by D Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm EDT

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    artest would fit right in in NYC!!
  10. Tom O
    10. Posted by Tom O Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:12 pm EDT

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    I met Jermaine O' Neill he was actually a real nice guy
  11. Thunderball
    11. Posted by Thunderball Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:30 pm EDT

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    Perfect Fit for more Self Destruction
    Misery Loves Company-Metallica
  12. Jerry R
    12. Posted by Jerry R Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:27 pm EDT

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    Send Artest to C-Town - a prototypical Mike Brown guy - a monster on D and can score!
  13. RobertM
    13. Posted by RobertM Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:58 pm EDT

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    If they can get New Yorks first round pick and a forward or a pg then I say it's a homecomming made in heaven. Is Isiah still there?? Good luck with that :+)
  14. gadi b
    14. Posted by gadi b Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:05 pm EDT

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    That will be another bad move
    Artest is overrated. If he would have been that good as "sources" claims he would achieve something in this league. He aint done nothing yet.
    The knicks should hive minutes to Chndler, Balkman and they will be rewarded
  15. Dave
    15. Posted by Dave Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:34 pm EDT

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    please, please, get him out of sac.
    kings fan
  16. Older_than_Moses_Shaq
    16. Posted by Older_than_Moses_Shaq Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT

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    Perfect fit for the guy who's ruined every team he's been on beginning with St. John's. Be just like old home week and the good old times.
  17. jay dee
    17. Posted by jay dee Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    the knicks need help..... maybe this will finally help them......
  18. gianni_m27
    18. Posted by gianni_m27 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:08 pm EDT

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    Stephen Jackson is a real nice guy who has done a 180... he got an NBA achievement award for helping out or giving back to the community. He's not the thug off the court people think, on the court... watch out 2pac. but you want those guys on your side, same with Artest... but he's a head case.
  19. CAREY F
    19. Posted by CAREY F Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:18 pm EDT

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    The Knicks need help but it isn't in Artest. I've been a Knicks fans since '73 and I will say they have been nothing but a disappointment through the years. Ask Patrick Ewuing how many rings he has! The Knicks aren't even an entertaining team. I say clean house and start over.
  20. Jonathan M
    20. Posted by Jonathan M Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:50 pm EDT

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    Guy may be a head case but at least you know he will play hard for you on both ends of the court unlike Marbury.
  21. lodave
    21. Posted by lodave Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    Artest fits in NYC. He is great only if he can control the temper. He needs restraints from the start
  22. mikey
    22. Posted by mikey Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:41 pm EDT

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    just when you thought things could get no worse for the Knicks lol
  23. Marty
    23. Posted by Marty Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:03 pm EDT

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    Figures that the dysfunctional Knicks would look to sign a talented yet dysfunctional player like Artest...he's a perfect fit...
  24. Khaji
    24. Posted by Khaji Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:01 pm EDT

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    Warriors:
    J O'Neal + Ron Artest + Stephen Jackson + B Davis + Monta Ellis
  25. N/A
    25. Posted by N/A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

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    Well here we go again have we not been down this road before with one of the best defensive players that the kings organization has seen.We would be foolish to let artest opt out of his contract and lose him to the knicks.The maloofs should hold on to our guy and do whatever is necessary to keep him on our team and not lose him to the knicks or anybody else.

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