Letters to the Editor
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Larry and Ron
King - I appreciate your confidence in the Pacers and agree that this team is formidable on paper. But here's what I think is going on with Bird and Artest. Larry's strategy is to "keep your friends close, your enemies closer" - demonstrated by the SI cover.
The best thing that could happen to the Pacers this year is Artest to get off to a decent but not amazing start with no SportCenter meltdowns, giving Larry the leverage to get some sort of trade value (1st rd equivalent) for him before Christmas. The worst thing that could happen is for Artest to have an amazing regular season and wait until the playoffs to break down again, which is what every single opposing fan and opponent will try and trigger.
But at least he'll be well-dressed off the court and in court.