"One source close to the situation insists that Artest wants out," he wrote. "Asked to react to that, Artest's agent David Bauman declined comment ... I've nonetheless been assured this week that Artest -- though he hasn't outright demanded a trade and is likely to publicly deny it -- is serious about wanting to be dealt somewhere 'he can have fun again (ESPN).'"
There have been rumors going around about the Lakers making a trade ever since the Celtics beat them. The problem here is Artest is due $21.7 million over the next three seasons. and is having the worst year of his career. On top of that he is crazy, so he is really unlikely to move unless it is part of a bigger deal. What we can learn from this is that the Lakers are in a lot of trouble, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of ways out of it.
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