Artest a good player, but bad fit for Lakers

(By Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times) Less than three weeks after the parade, the NBA champion Lakers have already met the biggest threat to their throne.Themselves.What are they thinking? What are they doing?They just won a title that would not have been possible without the strong defense and stunning shooting of a 24-year-old kid with a limitless ceiling. Yet they send the kid packing for an aging nut whose greatest hits have occurred on the heads of fans.They just won a title with a locker room bathed in the soothing light of unselfishness, teamwork and a quiet temerity. Yet they cut the power and added the darkest of moods, a guy who has made a career out of hoarding the ball and the attention.Tell me again, why did they get rid of Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest?Explain to me, please, why they wouldn't even negotiate further with Ariza before quickly agreeing to sign Artest?Artest is a better player, but that's not the point. Ariza was a better fit, and that's what win...