Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza: Trading Places, Part I

By now, most fans know the story of how Ron Artest left the Houston Rockets to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers.  Then, in a complete flip-flop Trevor Ariza, a Lakers’ free agent, signed with the Rockets.

The still-embittered Ariza was mum before yesterday’s game with the Lakers in Houston. When asked for an interview with the Lakers’ radio network here in Los Angeles, a team spokesperson said that Ariza would prefer to let things be.

Perhaps he feels that the Lakers passed over him in favor of Artest, which is simply not the way the situ...

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