Ron-Ron is gone-gone?

Now if you are a die-hard Kings fan, and you just heard the (upcoming) Ron Artest deal to Houston, you are wondering what to think... If you are like me, you probably have a mixed feeling - a sense of relief that a lingering headache of a character on your favorite ball club is leaving town, and a sense of failure that your team could no longer afford to sustain the hope that Ron's maverick talents would outweigh the off-the-court baggage he brings. As a courteous fan, you wish Ron good luck in Houston, while you still hope and pray that our beloved Kings are headed in the right direction with this move in laying the ground for a "distraction"-less team that can rebuild around Kevin Martin and the young, unproven pieces that surround him.

My thoughts aside, I could not help but be irked by a sense of jubiliation on the Ron deal that the jokers on KHTK sportstalk 1140 - you know who I mean - Grant Napear and Mike Lamb - were effusing in their daily on-the-air rant. These pro-establishment Maloof hired-guns did not have the professionalism to say a good word about Ron and the good things he did bring to this team when he was here, but instead did their childish "sour grapes" commentary trashing the guy. It is time we saw some professionalism in radio commentary, because Sacramento fans deserve better than these buffoons.