Maloofs Strike Back
Sactown Royalty —
From Sam Amick in The Bee:
"He has to balance the way he acts," Joe Maloof said by phone. "He's got to control his emotions a little better. You've got to try and keep your cool a little bit.
"Take a deep breath and quit flying off the handle with comments that don't make sense. I hate to say it that way, but that's how I feel. It doesn't make sense to me."
It doesn't make sense to me either, but it remains impossible to be surprised by anything Ron Artest says (or, uh, emails).
Meanwhile, before Ron-Ron got ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
Sam Amick of The Sacramento Bee : “The Ron Artest media tour continued over the weekend, when the Kings small forward submitted his longest e-mail rant yet to ESPN’s Marc Stein. Having already shared his regret over not opting out of his contract last month after learning he wasn’t in the Kings’ long-term plans, Artest expressed a desire to be traded and claimed he was “blinded by friendship” with the Maloof family that owns the Kings. A day later, Kings co-owner Joe Maloof had a message for his conflicted player.” ...
Daily Links 7/15
CelticsBlog —
... Parquet Wishes The NEW Big Three: O'Bryant, Posey... Marbury? Sporting News Picking at the scraps of NBA free agency USA Today For Boston Celtics it's banner No 17, DVD No 1 Brighcove Rondo stops to chat with WEEI Lex Nihil Novi Larry Siegfried: The groundbreaker The 1986 locker room celebration O'Bryant Snippets 1 O'Bryant Snippets 2 O'Bryant Snippets 3 O'Bryant Snippets 4 SacBee Co-owner lashes out after latest Artest comments Share this article! Digg! Reddit! ...
Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 7/15
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... Picking at the scraps of NBA free agency USA Today For Boston Celtics it's banner No 17, DVD No 1 Brighcove Rondo stops to chat with WEEI Lex Nihil Novi Larry Siegfried: The groundbreaker The 1986 locker room celebration O'Bryant Snippets 1 O'Bryant Snippets 2 O'Bryant Snippets 3 O'Bryant Snippets 4 SacBee Co-owner lashes out after latest Artest comments [Discuss this ...
Link Capades
Rumors and Rants —
... ass, so here's the ring they get to wear because of it - Red's Army This is probably the best thing to happen at a Blue Jays game all season - FanIQ Blog The players speak out on how crappy Yankee Stadium really is. So don't buy the "history" angle all the sports hacks will be throwing at us in the next couple of days - New York Times I have to keep following the Artest thing because I really, really, really don't want him in Los Angeles - Sacramento Bee 48 million pounds for Robinho. Man. - The Guardian Isn't this ...
Artest's Last Advocates in Sacramento, the Maloofs, Have Seen Enough
FanHouse —
... -- basically calling them disloyal, uncommitted promise-breakers -- one of the billionaire playboys fired back in comments to the Sacramento Bee's Sam Amick. ...
Yet Another Blow To Starbury’s Chances Of Being Buried In A Jewish Cemetary
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... Citing alleged Miami interest in Ron Artest, the Sacramento Bee’s Sam Amick quotes Kings co-owner Joe Maloof as asking Artest to “take a deep breath and quit flying off the handle with comments that don’t make sense.” Maloof’s advice might well be directed at some of the Bee readers, whose comments following Amick’s piece raise the following quandary : if Buzz Bissinger can hold the editor of Deadspin directly responsible for dopey comments, where’s the outcry over the unmoderated hate-fest occurring under the auspices of the MSM? ...
A-R-T-E-S-T still spells "crazy" [NBA]
Deadspin —
... And you know, once you bring somebody's mom into a dispute, there's going to be a response. And here's what Kings co-owner Joe Maloof had to say: ...
Do the Marion-Odom-Artest Shuffle
FanHouse —
Filed under: Heat, Kings, Lakers, NBA RumorsSeveral important developments for the United Mercurial Forwards, Local #77 this morning. First, in his already-discussed story on an episodic MALOOF SMASH!, Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee tossed out a mention that Miami is believed to be interested in Ron Artest and willing to part with Shawn Marion to make it happen. Shoals of The Sporting Blog relays Dwyane Wade's forlorn heartache over old pal Lamar Odom, though Ira Winderman of the ...
A Crazy Idea that Just Might Work
The Bratwurst - Milwaukee Bucks Blog —
I’ve never thought much about the rumors that are posted in the Sacramento Bee, especially after that rag once claimed that Yi Jianlian’s camp was trying to get the Chinese Man of Mystery traded to the Kings because they are so close to the Chinese population of San Francisco. Never mind the fact that Sacramento is exactly the same distance from San Fran as Milwaukee is from Chinatown on the south side of Chicago.
Anyway, they are claiming that Miami wants Ron Artest and is dangling Shawn Marion to make it happen.
So while I’m sure that rumor ...
NBA Weekly
Hip 2 Da Game —
... Ron Artest: Last week there were rumors of a potential Ron Artest for Lamar Odom deal and this week there are a few more rumors that involve Ron Artest. The latest rumor is a Shawn Marion for Ron Artest deal, but this move is seen as unlikely because the Heat need helo down low and at the point guard position and Artest fills neither one of those needs. The other rumor out there is a possible ...
Saturday Morning Links
Mavs Moneyball —
... I've been super busy. Here some up-to-date links on the Mavs.
First off, the big talk has been all about Ron Artest. What started out on db.com as some inside scoop as to the Mavs looking at Artest, has been blown up all over the internet from SI.com (who pretty much ripped off Mike Fisher and David Lord without any giving them any credit, and they ARENT HAPPY about it either.) to hoopsworld.com and ESPN (via the sacbee.com) to a double take over at sactownroyalty.com here and here, has really ...
