Ron Artest is talking in days now, not the months or even years he spoke of last week. And not only does the Kings' small forward believe he is not in the organization's long-term future, as he said Wednesday, he's quite sure now that he won't be around beyond the Feb. 21 trade deadline. Nor, Artest added, should he be. "I just think they (the Kings) would be better if I wasn't on the team," ...

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