Rappin Ron

Ron Artest may be great at grabbing steals and guarding some of the league's best players, but something else he is good at is rapping.

No not rapping as in music, rapping off statements without thinking and then contradicting himself. In the time leading up to the forward coming to Sacramento, Artest continuously said he wanted nothing to do with the Kings and that trading him for Peja was a joke. Within the first week of him coming here however he announced how happy he was and how the team was on the verge of a championship.

Now Ron Ron is saying that he wants to retire a member of the Sacramento Kings. But also during those weeks leading up to him coming here, when he was still a member of the Indiana Pacers, he said it didn't matter which team he went to because he was going to retire as a New York Knick.

And I have still not yet commented on when he said that he was going to retire at the end of last season to spend more time with his family. Another rapping of empty statements.

So don't take his comments on him wanting to remain in a King's jersey until he is "really ready" to retire too seriously. Artest's history of feeding a load nonsense to the media and fans should attest to that. If anything it was a ploy either by Artest or Petrie or both of them to get the spotlight off the trade rumors for a bit.

With the lack of mid-level offers out there on the market for the rapper/rapper/NBA player, other than New York's David Lee, the Kings may be better off just keeping him on the roster. That is unless Petrie can bust out a rap of his own to lure something beneficial in return.