Thank you Ron-Ron for getting this thing going.

The Houston Rockets have acquired oft mentioned head case Ron Artest, in a deal that sends Bobby Jackson back to the Kings, along with Donte Green, and a 2009 first round draft pick. Gee I suppose the Rockets moving Green means the summer leagues really don't mean everything, isn't that right Tyrus Thomas et. al.? This is not to say Green won't be productive, but this deal gives the Rockets, dare I say it? Their very own Big Three. Some how I don't think it will produce quite the same resultant, as the Celtics Big Three. As much as I love McGrady, dude is cursed, simply cursed. How can a guy have that much talent, be that classy, and have so much bad luck. He just seems to be born to runner-up, kind of like Dan Marino, or Jim Kelly.

Yao is about as sturdy, as a house of cards, don't believe it? Well in the last three seasons Yao hasn't even sniffed at a whole season missing an average of rougly 28 games. Yes I am fully aware his production has gone up during that time frame, but what diffrence does it make when the guy isn't in the line up during crucial times say like the playoffs the last two years? Besides Yao isn't the straw that stirs this drink it is in fact McGrady that does make this thing go, for better or worse.

My boy Ron-Ron provides all those intangibles a contender looks for, but is sacrificing sanity worth it? The second this thing goes wrong, and it undoubtedly will go wrong one way or another much like Many, Ron will be Ron. He will get a case of the "ill advised shots" and say something dare I say, insane, asinine, or otherwise lamentable. Heck why even wait for the season Ron is already letting loose, upon hearing of the trade Ron said "I'll be a kid in a candy store," Artest followed with "I'll be a kid in a store with a lot of candy. I'm going to dance with the stars." Sounds a little off I know, but Ron assured us he will be a team player "Boston kind of blitzed the whole league with that trio they have. To pretty much compete for a championship, you need a trio and some great role players. I guess if it's McGrady, Yao and Artest ... I'll let everybody else do the math."

Well I did the math on this one and it just seems so good on paper, but when it all goes down I see myself buying into it like it's a Delorean. This just seems to good to be true, at the end of the day I don't see Ron, Tracy, and Yao hanging out. Personally I can see it being more likely ending up Tracy and Yao distance themselves from Ron like ESPN is to real sports coverage. Ron being the ever loving basket case he is, ended his phone interview with ESPN with this little nugget, "I'm still not the type of guy to do all the right things. That's not my culture. I was raised different, but that doesn't mean I'm not a good person. I might do different things. I might say I don't want to be a King or that my teammates aren't playing hard, but that doesn't mean I'm a bad person. I might have had the [incident] in Detroit, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to be traded." For a guy who on all accounts is actually a nice guy, that statment doesn't bode well, not to mention that quote is all over the fucking map. He managed to further be unrepentent about that brawl (Ben Wallace did help incite that one by the way), throw Sacramento players under the buss, and just leave me plain confused by the end. In conclusion congratulations Houston you got the Bermuda Triangle Three you wanted, oh well it could be worse Ron could be this headcase.