Ron Artest wants out, which team should roll the dice?

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein Ron Artest wants to abandon the ever swaying ship that is the Los Angeles Lakers.
So which teams would be interested in him? One team I can think of that would at least have some interest is the Houston Rockets.

Why the Rockets do it:

The Rockets need a shake up and no one shakes things up like Ron-Ron. Shouldn’t take a lot to get the deal done considering how bad Ron has been this season and how bad the Lakers want to get rid of him.

Ron Artest was a big part of how the Rockets won their first playoff series in over ten years. No one thought they could recover from the season ending injuring to Mcgrady in 09 but they did. Ron picked up his game immensely after Tmac went down.

This is a guy who was so fired up he shaved the Rockets logo in his hair cut during the 2009 playoffs, and he brought something to the Rockets that they have never gotten back: toughness and defense.

Before Yao went down in the 2009 playoffs, it really seemed that the Rockets could beat the Lakers Ron had an ok series, but he really brought the intensity. At one moment the fearless Artest got right in Kobe's face and started jawing with him. To this day he still feels Bryant intentionally elbowed him in the throat. This is the kind of energy the Rockets currently lack and desperately need.

Why the Rockets won't do it:

Daryl Morey has already tried the Ron Artest experiment and it was obvious that he didn’t want to sign him to multiyear deal by only offering him a one year contract in the 2009 offseason.

Ron’s stats are awful and his contract gets him paid nearly 22 million for the next three years.

Rumor has it that the last straw for Rockets in 2009 was when Ron showed up late for Game 7 against LA...in his underwear...and decided to get on the same bus for the owner and management.

Why the Lakers do it:

Ron Artest is a fourth option and looks like he doesn’t care anymore. His numbers are horrible. Even Mitch Kupchak came out and said the team needed to make a trade. One Matt Barnes comes back from injury he could easily move into the starting lineup at small forward and do a better job than Ron's been doing.

Why the Lakers won't do it:

They will as long as they can find a team to show interest in taking on Ron's deal and antics... (crickets chirping)

Really this deal really depends on Rick Adelman. Ron loves to play for RA but is Rick willing to go through the constant roller coaster ride that is Ron Artest?
Then once the Rockets got Artest would they try to make a bigger move to get a center?

If Ron was the only piece they get before the deadline then it would be really interesting to see how he produces again as a Rocket.

So Ron I have to ask you if you do end up getting traded and never winning another ring do you regret selling your only one?

(Here’s a link to Stein’s article)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=Artest-110202