Artest for Stojakovic

The trade finally happens. And as someone who obsessively checks trade rumors, I have to say I feel some relief. I can finally move on. Until the Early Watson rumors begin flying that is...

But who got the better deal? I think definitely Sacramento. The team this year has felt stuck in the mud. Their free-wheeling pass happy team has been replaced by such perenial losers as Bonzi (because he's an asshole) and Shareef (who appears to have had a gypsy curse placed on him). It's also really hard to get a superstar. Artest might be crazy, but he's talented and not that expensive. He's definitely a risk worth taking. And it wouldn't surprise me if he can turn around their season for him, since they still are a deep team.

Indiana on the other hand? They got a great shooter who's totally slowed by injury and will be a free agent next season. Maybe he'll click with O'Neal. And maybe he'll show up in the play-offs. But probably they'll only be a little better than now and be bounced early from the post-season. And then he'll leave as an expensive free agent (since all free agents are over priced). So all they really succeeded in doing was getting rid of Artest's salary, which wasn't even really that high. Come on Donnie and Larry. You could've done better!