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Ron Artest and Shannon Brown both officially signed with the Los Angeles Lakers after the moratorium was lifted on Wednesday.
Artest played with the Rockets last season but decided to join the champions. He brings career averages of 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 10 seasons.
He adds some defensive intensity as well, having earned the 2004 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Last season, he averaged 17.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists for a short-handed Rockets team that lost to the Lakers in the playoffs.
The Lakers acquired Brown in February as part of a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. He played in 18 regular season games for the Lakers and averaged 3.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 7.6 minutes.
Brown appeared in 21 playoff games during the Lakers' run to the NBA title, averaging 4.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 13.1 minutes.
The 6-foot-4 Brown was originally selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 25th overall pick in the 2006 draft.
The move leaves Lamar Odom as the Lakers' only remaining unrestricted free agent.
Artest played with the Rockets last season but decided to join the champions. He brings career averages of 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 10 seasons.
He adds some defensive intensity as well, having earned the 2004 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Last season, he averaged 17.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists for a short-handed Rockets team that lost to the Lakers in the playoffs.
The Lakers acquired Brown in February as part of a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. He played in 18 regular season games for the Lakers and averaged 3.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 7.6 minutes.
Brown appeared in 21 playoff games during the Lakers' run to the NBA title, averaging 4.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 13.1 minutes.
The 6-foot-4 Brown was originally selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 25th overall pick in the 2006 draft.
The move leaves Lamar Odom as the Lakers' only remaining unrestricted free agent.
