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Originally Posted by Bmoney2K4
I miss Ariza being on the Lakers. The offensed flowed so much better with him on the team rather than Artest. Artest, at best, is probably going to be tamed for this season and then he may get crazy again--the guy is very unpredicatble.
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It's relatively early in the season. I don't think the reason the offense isn't "flowing" well is because of Artest. Again, it's early in the season so most offenses don't flow and the team has been without Pau Gasol which impacts the offense greatly. Pau is a pivotal piece on this team and also allows Odom to lead the bench play which has suffered without his presence.
Did you see him shut down Kevin Durant? He was also doing a terrific job on Melo until the referees gave him unnecessary phantom fouls in the 2nd half. Artest has been a clear upgrade IMO.