Did a competing team try to sabotage the Pacers' Ron Artest deal with the Kings for Peja Stojakovic?
The Pacers can't prove it, but they have a sense - and sources maintain they may be onto something - that one of the teams that was trying hardest to pry Artest from Indiana tried to convince the Kings that Artest wouldn't be happy in Sacramento. But the Kings went ahead with the deal after talking to Artest on Wednesday.
"I felt it, but I didn't know it," Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh said.
Via Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ron Artest made nice with his new team. He managed to avoid any conflict with the Boston fans.
For a debut, the Sacramento Kings are going to have to consider it a success.
The former Indiana troublemaker scored 15 points in his first game since his antics got him benched in mid-December, but he and the Kings faltered in the fourth quarter on Friday night as the Celtics beat Sacramento 84-74.
"He was well-rested because he's been off for a month now," Celtics center Kendrick Perkins said. "So he got off to a great start but we knew he wasn't in NBA shape so he wore down in the end."
The Celtics had a big debut of their own: Wally Szczerbiak scored 10 points in 24 minutes in his first game since being acquired from Minnesota in a seven-player deal. Szczerbiak arrived at the arena just before the game and wasn't expected to play; he had the wrong color shoes and only put on a uniform, basketball boss Danny Ainge said, because he didn't have a suit that would meet the NBA's dress code.
He finished 4-for-7 from the field, including 2-for-3 from 3-point range, and added three rebounds and a pair of assists.
"He hit some big shots. Helped them win," Artest said. "I can imagine what he was going through. It must have been more intense for him, because it happened so suddenly."
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The Sacramento Kings have confirmed that Ron Artest will wear 93 for the club.
He wore 15 in Chicago and wore 23, 91 and 15 in Indiana.
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Kings Jan 2006 Archive
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pacers.com | Jan 25, 2006
After 24 hours of confusion the Indiana Pacers have finally relieved themselves of Ron Artest, landing sharp shooter Peja Stojakovic
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ESPN | Jan 25, 2006
The Kings and Pacers have both signed off on a deal that will send Ron Artest to Sacramento and Peja Stojakovic to Indiana. The trade is now only pending league approval.
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ESPN | Jan 24, 2006
Ron Artest has been summoned to a Wednesday morning meeting with the Pacers, who want to hear from the player himself on whether he is standing in the way of a trade to the Kings for Peja Stojakovic.
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NBATV | Jan 24, 2006
Reports are now coming out that Ron Artest could still approve a deal that would send him to the Sacramento Kings
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ESPN | Jan 24, 2006
Ron Artest's saga in Indiana continues on. The Pacers tried to trade Artest to the Kings for Peja Stojakovic, but ESPN's Jim Gray reports the deal is off because Artest turned it down.
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ESPN | Jan 24, 2006
The Indiana Pacers have agreed to trade Ron Artest to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Peja Stojakovic pending league approval.
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ESPN | Jan 24, 2006
The Indiana Pacers are closer to dealing Ron Artest and getting a player to help their struggling team.
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Sacramento Bee | Jan 24, 2006
There was a man sitting courtside at the Kings-Miami game on Sunday night, dispatched by his NBA team for the sole purpose of scouting Peja Stojakovic.
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NY Post | Jan 24, 2006
According to three sources, it's strictly Sacramento's call; the Pacers are agreeable and ready to deal, and are waiting for the Kings to make up their mind.
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ESPN | Jan 20, 2006
Forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim was back in uniform for the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, making an improbably quick return to action with his broken jaw still wired shut.
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L.A. Times | Jan 20, 2006
Arco Arena gleefully welcomed back one of its least favorite characters, Laker Coach Phil Jackson, and the home team carried it from there, beating the Lakers in overtime, 118-109, Thursday night.
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Sacramento Bee | Jan 19, 2006
Shareef Abdur-Rahim, whose jaw was broken by the errant elbow of Portland's Zach Randolph on Dec.
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Sacramento Bee | Jan 16, 2006
Shareef Abdur-Rahim could engage in his first practice, albeit limited, since he had his jaw broken against Portland on Dec.
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AP | Jan 15, 2006
Kings forward Peja Stojakovic missed his second straight game Sunday night with a protruding disc in his lower back, another potentially serious injury for the three-time All-Star.
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ESPN | Jan 13, 2006
Peja Stojakovic missed Sacramento's game against the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night because of a lingering back problem.
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ESPN | Jan 12, 2006
Peja Stojakovic said after the game he re-injured a protruding disc in his lower back that has bothered him since late December.
