thelakersnation.com - 7/2/2009
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Ariza and his agent will meet with the Rockets. His agent hints at a possible 5-year deal:
MyFoxHouston : Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey and Head Coach Rick Adelman are in Las Vegas Thursday meeting with free agent forward Trevor Ariza according to his agent David Lee in an ...
Bye bye Ariza; Trevor about to get big payday ($32-40 million)
thelakersnation.com 7/2/2009 — If true, Ariza will be gone. Ron Artest anyone?
Yahoo : According to a Twitter post by Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Trevor Ariza will become a very rich man at the hands of the team that loses out on Hedo Turkoglu.
League executives believe Portland or Toronto, whichever team does not ...
Early Ariza reports are not exactly promising
lakers.freedomblogging.com 7/2/2009 — Free agency isn’t getting off to a very rosy start for the Lakers.
Not if , as ESPN is reporting, all they will offer Trevor Ariza is the mid-level exemption of $5.6 million. I bet Portland is looking a lot better than that. Toronto, too, can offer Ariza more than the mid-level.
If ...
Ariza for Artest —
Lakers blog
It’s now being reported by ESPN.com that Trevor Ariza gave Houston a verbal agreement to sign with the Rockets next week, thereby making Thursday’s Lakers move an Artest-for-Ariza swap.
Got a call into Ariza’s agent for confirmation.
Post from: Lakers blog
Ariza, Gone Baby Gone: The impact for the future —
Lakers blog
By next week, we can now safely presume, when NBA free agents can actually sign contracts, Trevor Ariza will be a Houston Rocket, and Ron Artest will join the reigning world champion Lakers.
Those wearing purple-and-gold-colored glasses immediately celebrated the news as an upgrade. Ariza, ...
Ariza verbally commits to Houston —
The Lakers Nation
We’ll miss you, Trev. No matter where you go, you’ll always be a Laker for life.
ESPN : The Houston Rockets have answered the defection of Ron Artest to the Los Angeles Lakers by quickly reaching an agreement to sign Trevor Ariza away from L.A.
NBA front-office sources told ...
Afternoon update —
Inside the Lakers
Trevor Ariza is scheduled to meet with Houston Rockets officials today in Las Vegas as he seeks a new contract. David Lee, his agent, said this afternoon that the meeting with Coach Rick Adelman and General Manager Daryl Morey was "taking place probably as we speak." Lee said his phone has been ...
Swing and a Miss: Ariza > Artest According to Plaschke —
Los Angeles Dodgers
This is the start of what I hope to be a series on Celtics 17. I will find stupid basketball columns and show them to you. The first is a column by Bill Plaschke of the LA Times. You know, the guy with the egg-shaped head on "Around the Horn" who thinks the Dodgers are better without Manny ...
Lakers Free Agency: Ron Artest to the Los Angeles Lakers! —
LAKERS4LIFE
It's official! Ron Artest is now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers after agreeing to a three year deal for about $18.7 million which could stretch out to a five year deal for about $33.5 million. A lot of people will say that signing Trevor Ariza who is still very young at 24 years old might ...
This is gonna be fun: Ron and Kobe as Lakers teammates —
Lakers blog
They’ve always been close, and were never closer than in the NBA West semifinals, when Ron Artest invaded Kobe Bryant’s personal space after the latter gouged Artest with an elbow.
I think it’s absolutely hilarious, and guaranteed to provide tons of copy and internet ...
Ariza’s Agent is a Kook —
LAKERS BUZZ
Trevor Ariza’s Agent, David Lee should be a ashamed of representation for his client. For him to be running around to the press saying the Lakers were snubbing him is a joke. When in the history of the NBA has a non-center player who averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds a game ever been paid in ...
Ron Artest Will Be Signing with the Lakers —
LAKERS4LIFE
Wow! Things seem to change very quickly in the NBA these days as at the beginning of the day we heard that Ron Artest was meeting with LeBron James in LA to talk about coming to Cleveland, but now it appears Ron Ron might have been in LA to talk to the Lakers about signing with them and LeBron ...
Ariza visits the Rockets —
Lakers Blog
In Vegas, no less, reports Mike Bresnahan of the LAT. Call it neutral territory. Like the Cavs, with whom Ariza was connected in yesterday's ESPN.com dispatch from Chris Broussard, the Rockets would only have mid-level money available to woo TA away from southern California. In other news, the ...
Will Ariza take money over title? —
Lakers blog
The rumors keep floating….
Yahoo! Sports says that if Portland or Toronto loses the Hedo Turkoglu sweepstakes, they will offer Trevor Ariza between $32 million to $40 million.
The question that begs asking is does Ariza want to play for a title or a bigger paycheck?
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At this stage, Ariza is headed elsewhere —
Lakers blog
Imagine Trevor Ariza playing alongside LeBron James.
Could happen.
Cleveland is just one of many teams going hard after the Lakers forward. Others include Houston, Toronto, Portland and the Clippers. The Clippers?
Would Ariza really go from the NBA Champs to the Clippers? From the top ...
Is Ron-Ron really coming? —
Lakers blog
Is Ron-Ron really headed to L.A.?
If you checked one Twitter account supposedly belonging to Ron Artest, the tempermental swingman left Houston and was headed to either L.A. His messages are cryptic, but suggestive.
“THANKS A LOT HOUSTON :) I HAD A LOT OF FUN.”
and…
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It’s business to Ariza —
Lakers blog
Like a smart businessman, Trevor Ariza didn’t tip his hand much during a radio interview Wednesday about what is going on with his free agency except to say talks have started with the Lakers.
Ariza was somewhat coy about whether he will re-sign, not really saying yes or no to being in ...
Afternoon update —
Inside the Lakers
Still a couple of hours before free agency begins at 9 tonight. So far, there's nothing to indicate how things might go with any of the Lakers' three free agents. Spoke to Trevor Ariza's agent, David Lee, a little while ago and he's unsure what offers might be made when the negotiating period ...
It's 9:01 pm. Do you know where your starting small forward is? —
Lakers Blog
At 9:01 pm, the NBA's free agency period will officially be underway, and with few young-and-on-the-rise players available on the market, Trevor Ariza has quickly become one of the more intriguing names on the market. His agent, David Lee (you may remember him from such negotiations as "Let's ...
Ariza looking for the big money —
The Lakers Nation
Lakers will need to step up and pay Ariza to keep him here. Will Lamar, who has already been paid, take the paycut to keep this team together? Tough decisions lie ahead.
Press Enterprise : Trevor Ariza’s agent David Lee said Monday that the Lakers won’t receive a hometown ...
LAKERS: Artest in, Ariza out for next season's team —
Sports
LOS ANGELES - The Lakers got a little older, a little more experienced and a good deal more interesting when combustible free agent Ron Artest agreed to leave the Houston Rockets and join the NBA champions Thursday afternoon.
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