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I think it's a good signing, but not without risk. The triangle is all about passing and cutting and the ability to hit open J's. Artest can shoot when his feet are set, but who knows if he's willing to do the dirty work of setting screens and moving w/o the ball. In Houston, he was able to jack up anything he wanted since no one else on the active roster could create a shot.
Defensively, he's bigger and stronger than Artest, but the new rules severely limit his ability to keep up with the quicker 3's and most 2's and 1's. Old rules, he could guard Chris Paul just be bullying him out of the lane; new rules, he gets burned. I can say, however, that no 3 will post him up, and some 4's couldn't do it either.
Artest doesn't rebound and can get careless passing and handling the rock.
Thus, this signing solves some problems but not all.
They still need to replace Odom or resign him.
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