Artest and Favre

Notorious NBA bad boy Ron Artest finally gets his wish, he was traded to the Houston Rockets from the Sacramento Kings yesterday. He didn't get exactly what he wanted as he was vocal about going to the Knicks or Lakers but either way he's happy to be off the Kings. My thoughts? Good riddance. The Kings made out pretty well as they get newly drafted Rockets rookie Donte Greene, Kings alumnus Bobby Jackson, and a first-round pick in 2009. They don't need an overrated, injury prone, arrest prone, black cloud in the locker room. Artest is a great player if he can stay healthy and out of trouble as he showed by helping to turn around the Kings franchise, but the guy is a negative influence to everyone around him and spent 25 games or so last season on the bench leading to a subpar season. It'll be interesting to see how he does with the Rockets and playing with McGrady and Yao Ming but I am thanking the stars that Odom is staying put in LA and that they didnt give in to this egomaniacal maniac who is on a path of career self destruction, mark my words.



Speaking of self destruction there's the whole Favre/Packers controversy going on. Apparently Bret Favre figured out how to work a fax machine in his mississippi ranch and has officially filed a letter of reinstatement with the NFL. Now I must say even though I haven't seen this type of flip flopping in sports in a long time, the Packers would be RETARDED to trade Favre away. The Packers had a good season last year getting far in the playoffs and to think that Aaron Rodgers is going to be able to imitate that type of success is ludicrous. Atleast keep Favre as a backup and make him sweat out a few games from the bench but to hand over one of the top QB's out there and maybe in the history of the game to a team like the Jets or Bucaneers is absurd. The Packers are in a volatile division this season and with Favre back at the helm they could be guaranteed a shot to the playoffs. With Rodgers I think they'd be lucky to win over 500.