There will be partying at The Palms tonight. The Sacaramento Kings, owned by the Mallof brothers, who also own The Palms hotel and casino, just got rid of their unhappy baggage.
Ron Artest was shipped off to the Houston Rockets for a hell of a return. The price tag for the Punching Pacer? A number one draft pick in '09, a chance to reunite with the annually underrated Bobby Jackson, and the draft rights to unsigned '08 pick Donte Greene. In case you're keeping score at home that's three first round picks. (Jackson was picked 23rd overall in '97) If that wasn't enough there's also "cash considerations" whatever that means.
Don't get me wrong, I like Artest in a Rockets uniform, maybe he can light a playoff fire under Tracy McGrady's sleepy ass. But for a guy the Kings didn't really want and who didn't want to be there I say the regal ones did good.
Full story at ESPN.com
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