Ron Ron to Lakers

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Huh? Who needs people to match up with Artest? This is a great move for the Lakers cause now they have Artest who is an amazing defender and takes away one of the only defenders that can slow down Kobe. But no one is sweating cause they have to matchup with Artest. They are sweating cause the Lakers may have the one guy capable of stopping all the top wingmen in the NBA. I did not see this move coming and thinks it puts the Lakers right back on top of the NBA hierarchy.

I hear you. Who do you guard him with? You act like we are talking about Bruce Bowen or something. artest is a legit offensive threat that can take over a game at any time. You do realize that through it all he is a career 16 ppg scorer who can post up as well as shoot threes. At 6 6 244, he is too big for most swingmen.