Hooped Up

Ron Artest might have coined a new term, as he pulled a Ron-Ron by not becoming a free agent when bruising defensive small forwards are en vogue in the league.  Only an “Attack at Arco” to follow the “Malice in the Palace” will assure that he will get traded now.

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.

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