Couple of points:
- if Max brought this up on the Big Show, I knew nothing of it, this was an original idea.
- I don't think there is even a remote possiblity of this happening because Artest has never come off to me as someone who is willing to sacrifice his paycheck for jewelry. He has always seemed the type that measured how good of a basketball player one was by how much you got paid. So for Artest to opt out of $8.5 million to take only $5 Million doesn't seem possible.
- I think if the Celtics can't retain Posey Ainge will look to maximize the value of the MLE by bringing in players with talent that are willing to take less for the chance at a ring.
- I think Barnes, Biedrins, Wells, Roger Mason, Kenyon Dooling and Kurt Thomas are the areas I would be looking for in the FA market if Posey is gone.
- But the idea of Artest on the Celtics with Pierce, Allen and Garnett reigning him in and making him a team player is quite intriguing and it would probably put the Celtics into a 2-3 year era of being the frontrunners for championship every year. Also a 5 year Artest deal with a straightened out Artest goes a long way towards extending the era beyond Ray Allen.
- just thoughts but as I said, quite an intriguing idea, even if it is extremely unlikely.
