Now don't ban hammer me or anything but I have yet to totally buy into Morey is god religious fervor.  He is definitely good, finding Landry, Brooks, Bud, etc...and to this date amassing a bunch of good bargaining chips for this summer. But I really feel his true divinity will be tested on what the team looks like in October or at least by the trade deadline next year and the team's record.  I think we need to get to the Western Finals.

But we haven't yet had the success a god should bring us, granted a lot of it was due to TMac and Yao's injuries and TMac not having the sheer desire to win in the clutch, so I am waiting patiently, hair shirt ready to go.

But from what I saw in the first half of the game tonight we know Morey picked the right SF this past summer: 

Ron Artest shot just 4 of 13 and the Lakers’ bench combined for just 18 points.

Artest can still play great D but his offensive decision making is pretty terrible.  He still thinks he can shoot from the 3 pointer well.  I just don't get that.

So we got Ariza and they got Artest.  Big deal? Huge in the long run.  We got a better, younger player, who when he is not asked to be the go to scorer he can really be a great asset to our team.

Nice job Morey!