[Dirkenstien]

Artest' issue is that he wants to get paid and he feels he cannot get a very lucrative contract just playing defense for Indiana. If we could bring him here I really think he would be happy in the system playing for Avery. He would become our second best scoring threat behind Dirk and our best defender playing beside Howard.

Right now we have a lot to offer Indiana and not many teams would be willing to take a chance on him. Cuban is a risk taker...the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.

With that being said; I am all about making a trade for him that does not include Dirk or Howard...everyone else is expendable. A plausible trade scenario would be Daniels, Terry, and Damp for Artest, Croshere, and Pollard.

Let's get him here and win a championship