It is like an arms race among Detroit, Boston, Cleveland and now the Lakers.. Oh boy! The NBA is FANTASTIC!! :)
Artest bolting Houston shouldn’t be surprising if you’ve been watching
“Artest is better than Ariza. Ariza is a good defender, especially on the perimeter, but Artest can be very good everywhere. He is strong enough to muscle inside and quick enough to keep up on the wing. Ariza is a solid offensive weapon — 11.3 points and 49.7-percent shooting in the playoffs. Artest, though he gets a little three-point crazy at times, will score from anywhere.”
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/scott_howard-cooper/07/02/Lakers.Artest/index.html?section=si_latest