Ron Artest, on playing against the Houston Rockets

[He15man23]

I wish the Rockets still had Artest. He was definitely one of my favorite players when he was here.

[hearthustle]

cant wait till opening night, so boston takes down miami, n the rockets shut up the critics and the lakers n show that they are for real

[hearthustle]

4&5 postions even draw. gasol, bynum and odom vs yao, hayes, miller and scola.

rockets havve the size and strength to match up against lakers bigs.

bynum was shut down in tha games yao played and scola completely dominated odom. with miller and hayes trying to hold down gasol, rockets should have a slight edge, but gasol is a hell of a player thats why i feel it should be somewhat even.

n when it comes to hustle n passion, no comparison, lakers have no heart for the game

[hearthustle]

small forwards, goes to houston.

battier, patterson and budinger are better than artest and barnes collectively.

at times artest n barnes think that their game is phenominal n try to show off, which can cost the lakers

4&5 postions even draw. gasol, bynum and odom vs yao, hayes, miller and scola.

rockets havve the size and strength to match up against lakers bigs.

bynum was shut down in tha games yao played and scola completely dominated odom. with miller and hayes trying to hold down gasol

[hearthustle]

rockets are better at point

brooks, lowry are way better than fisher n blake

lakers do have advantage at the 2 with kobe, but after kobe there isnt much at shooting. atleast after martin we have budinger and lee who are capable shooters and defenders.

and martin wont have to hold kobe, thats battier, who is the best kobe defender, no one can stop kobe, but he can slow him down the best.

small forwards, goes to houston.

battier, patterson and budinger are better than artest and barnes

[hearthustle]

no yao, no dikembe, no tmac n ron artest playing as if he was on the lakers.

taking stupid shots, n trying to take kobe on one on one to try to impress him n we still took tha punk ass lakers to the max 7 games.

yaos foot is fully healed, aaron brooks has improved, so has scola, hayes and lowry. we got a "tmac replacement" in k-mart, battier as the leader, new pieces in jordan hill, chase budinger, patrick patterson and brad miller.

all lakers fans kno, that the rockets are the team to fear

[mikeiscrazymo]

do your research and try again. fucken moron

[kobe4lyf]

ok sorry it was a swap.. same shit.. and the rockets have no future till they get rid of yao and start alll over.. its obvious tat artest is a better player.. witout him rockets struggle to make playoffs.. with him they push lakers to 7 games.. artest > ariza.. lakers > rockets

[mysteryboyz449]

im a rockets fan and im glad to see ariza with houston,and next year i think we can beat LA

we would of beaten them last year but we lost yao and next year were goin for da championship

this year the cavs are gonna win cause hes the best(not kobe)

[kobe4lyf]

all u rocket fans who thought this trade was better for houston.. who thought ariza is better than artest.. i think u guys are thinking again right now.. LA baby

[alqutami85]

it wasnt a trade u retard.

[MrJoseandresramirez]

It wast a trade bitch they were both free agents and we didint want to resing artest. Plus we didint bring ariza to be the superstar of the team and its a better fit for the future

[txmad]

screw this fool .... Rockets dont need his ass .... we better without him .... thanks LA for ariza though ..... screw the lakers ... without kobe they are nothing

[houstenrockets9]

i miss him but arizas been better so i cant complain. i loved that guy but now it works out better fuck the lakers aha

[101alva]

im a houston rocket fan.. glad to see we have ariza.. he is an awesome player.. sure he cant defend like artest.. but we have battier for that.. i dont think artest would of fit out play style.. hes not as quick as ariza... we took la to over time sure we lost.. but with no tmac... omg.. wut a ass whoopin that would of been.. let me re phrase that.. a healthy tmac.. cuz a injured one sux lol

[TheAnomaly24]

@101alva stfu faggot. all you rocket bitch fans say the same shit. The Lakers have gone on to win championships, MULTIPLE championships, and all you fags do is get butthurt and wet your tampons over your injury prone players. suck a dick.

[TheAnomaly24]

@101alva@101alva stfu faggot. all you rocket bitch fans say the same shit. The Lakers have gone on to win championships, MULTIPLE championships, and all you fags do is get butthurt and wet your tampons over your injury prone players. suck a dick. at the end of the day you still lost.

[101alva]

@TheAnomaly24 lmfao.. wow.. comment a post that i left almost ova a year ago lol.... i see ur one of tha davids sterns bitches... an luvs tha lakers.. its all good.. i talk about injured players ?? well its tru.. no tmac.. no yao.. rockets bench took ur team to 7 games. tha only reason y yall won was cuz of stern.. thats his money makin team.. otha words.. his bitches.. jus like in 2000.. david fucked over tha kings cuz they had ur pussy team beat.. an even one of tha refs agreed to fixin games

[dalgarza]

im a rocket fan to but he said he was going to be loyal to his fans....as soon as he saw that green...he left houston for l.a. with a guy who he almost got into a fight with(kobe) as far as i am concerned he let down the houston rocket fans.we were loyal to him and he did this.

[VintageChinese]

I totally agree because i'm a rockets fan too

[VintageChinese]

but to have yao ming out is a big loss

[TRNCakaprodigy]

@dalgarza u cant blame him. he was planning to stay but then yao got hurt, so this season was a total loss and he wants a championship. he joined the lakers so that he could get that ring, plus him and kobe are good friends off the court, so the attraction to LA makes sense. and seeing now that the lakers are close to getting to the finals again, ron made a wise decision.

but after this season, its all bout the rockets ! lol

[jr7rockets]

@dalgarza to be fair the rockets front office fucked up again by not giving him the 2-year deal like he wanted but no they gave him 1 ear cuz they said he is a head case so wut dude got game they fucked up im a huge rocekts fans i loved artest he gave us an edge and nastiness that we needed he was a big reason that in 08-09 we had a Home record of 34-8 and made it out the second round and almost beat la

[MrKb248]

Ron is the best one on one perimeter defender in the NBA.I don't what everyone has been watching but it sure in the hell isn't basketball.

[jin2353]

go suck your ass to sleep

[aznwayz]

Basketball is a business to the player as much as it is to the owners. Give him a break, Morey low balled him and the Lakers offered more. You guys crying he is a traitor are basically saying that you would rather be the Walmart door greeter then a manager in terms of pay. 2ndly, being low balled like that can be an insult as well. He played his heart off.  But the Rockets were going young and he had to understand that too.

[diegot143]

im a rocket fan and i dont think he should be bood, i think he should be cheered. He did all he could when he was here. He didnt do nothing wrong to us. He should get a good reception.

[Minase]

im an la lakers fan but i like the rockets as well :D

[travball5]

im going to the game tmr. and u can bet i will boo him. but i should thank him. no way artest fits better than ariza in the fast past houston offense this year. he is going to hurt L.A. unless they figure it out quick that hes just a ball hog

[0263017]

you guys are morons. the lakers did you guys a favor by signing artest. houston, you're smart by not giving this guy more than a one year dea. he's on his decline. meanwhile, trevor has tremendous upside, and can serve you well on his 5 year deal......this coming from a lakers fan.

[TheAnomaly24]

you're a moron. Artest is doing just fine and is still a better defender scorer than Ariza.

Ariza scores more than Artest now because he has more offensive responsibility but he couldnt do any of things he does now when he was a Laker because we have much more talent.

You're just a buffoon.

[0263017]

you idiot. it's not about who scores more. artest is getting older, and he's not getting better. his defense is overrated. meanwhile, ariza is quicker and younger. i like artest, but in the long run signing Ariza was the way to go....he turns 30 on friday. on top that we gave him a 5 year deal? trust me you and me both will want out of this contract 3 years from now.

[TheAnomaly24]

Great he's younger! Whoopdee fucking do!

Hey I'm younger than Kobe! Maybe I should just take his spot, after all age is so damn important.

I'll admit that 5 years may have been a stretch (3 years probably isn't) but Ron's defense has been just fine and he's more equipped to deal with the Melos and the LeBrons.

Melo roasted our asses in the WCF for the first 2 games until Kobe switched. Ron gives us more depth in the event of an injury, and gives us much more favorable matchups.

[iRaTeYourVideoz]

artest betrayed us, and trevor will show his former team why they should of kept him

[Grady01]

lo how? The Rockets did not want him anymore since Yao was done. Ariza is younger and flows into the offense better.

[aznwayz]

yeah he made Morey low ball him.

[kehwa]

It's okay. I set up a small forward on nba 2k10, and I played against Ron. I destroyed him.

[JoshTheChild]

he will get BOOOOOED

[michlyngonzo]

traitor!!!! rockets going to kick yo ass