Kobe Bryant is already setting up the pieces to win next season. Ron Artest has just signed with the Los Angeles Lakers:
The newly minted NBA champions made what amounts to a daring trade Thursday night, shaking up the league’s second day of free agency by essentially swapping out on-the-rise swingman Trevor Ariza for the versatile, physical and famously unpredictable Ron Artest.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Artest have struck an agreement in principal on a multiyear contract that, according to sources close to the process, will total roughly $18.7 million over three years or $33.5 million over five years, depending on which contract structure Artest ultimately prefers. But they had to let Ariza go to create the financial flexibility to do so.
This will be interesting next season. What a soap opera…






















![Diddy's Ciroc Super Bowl Ads [Video]](http://s2.wp.com/imgpress?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhiphopwired.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FCiroc.png&resize=98,98)















