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Wizards acquire Ron Artest!

Ron Artest acquired from the Utah Jazz.
July 14th, 2010

Late Tuesday night the Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz knocked out a deal to beat the trade deadline. The Wizards acquired small forward Ron Artest in exchange for Chris Wilcox, A.J. Price, a 1st round draft pick, and 10 GM points. The Wizards GM Darko loves this deal, "This move fills out our starting lineup. Ron will bring toughness to our team. You add his defense to Gasol, Butler, and Billups and we have one of the top defensive starting lineups in the league. We just have to hope Villanueva can keep up with the rest of them." Ron Artest was asked what he thought about the trade, "I cant wait to get to Washington. Id like to give a shoutout to my hood, and my moms." Ron then put on his ipod and walked away.

It looks like rookies Damion James and Jordan Crawford will have to come off the bench, after they were both competing for a starting spot, but they dont seem to mind. "It would be great to be a starter in this league, but getting a player like Ron Ron only makes us better. Us rookies will have to come off the bench and get it done." said James. The Wizards now only have five players under contract, but it looks like at least five of their seven rookies will sign and be able to play next year. The Wizards also plan to hit the free agent market using whats left of their mid level exception and bi annual exception to bring more vetran players off their bench.

Source: Chris Broussard

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