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Kupchak up to his ol' tricks. Reluctant to give up Odom for Artest. facepalm.jpg
>> Anonymous
this is fucking retarded

Artest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Odom

and the Maloofs are willing to make this trade. make the deal dumb ass
>> Anonymous
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My Kings want to include Kenny Thomas' 9 million dollar salary in the deal which would put the Lakers even further over the cap.

Petrie's not an idiot, he won't give up Odom for Artest straight up, he wants to get rid of some cap room too if he's going to do this.
>> Anonymous
>>214498
The Maloofs own the team but Geoff Petrie manages it.
>> Anonymous
>>214501

Do you honestly believe that any major trade ever happens without running it by the ownership first? Even if they don't know jack about the sport and are only in it for the money, they have a behind-the-scenes guy to keep tabs on the GM's dealings.
>> Anonymous
>>214483

Is that John Malkovich
>> Anonymous
>>214516
They get a say in the process, but from being a Kings fan for 22 years, let me tell you that every deal made by the team is almost completely orchestrated by Geoff Petrie, and the Maloofs almost always agree with whatever he does. He's the genius who turned the worst situation in basketball into the best team in '02, and if it weren't for Dick Bavetta, that team would have given this city a championship.

Petrie's a basketball genius, and the Maloofs don't disagree with him ever.
>> Anonymous
>>214523
AH.
>> Anonymous
The rumor started again based on a sacbee article, IIRC all other sites that talked about Artest getting traded to the Lakers all base their saying on the same source. The Kings probably 'leaked' it to see how other teams would respond. Even if Kupchak is willing to give up Odom and take in Kenny Thomas's contract, do you think the Kings would be so quick to pull the trigger when there's other teams vying for Artest?
>> Anonymous
I wouldn't want Ron Artest on the Lakers, he could snap at anything and go charing after some fan's fried chicken.