Yawn..... how entirely predictable.

The Ron Artest saga which has dragged on since 1994 (possibly) as to whether he will come to the UK during the lockout, has hit a very obvious bump:

Insurance.

It's a point which has been mentioned in relation to players playing overseas during their NBA contracts for some time but for Ron Artest's agent, it appears to be a new idea and something he's only just heard about:

"Ron fully intends to play for the Jets. Once all the information trickled in and we had a good pow-wow and it was very apparent there was a $21-million risk to agreeing to a deal like this, that’s when we started to slow things down a little bit."

Good to know he's on top of the situation and knows about little details like 'Insurance'.

Also, what's 'Pow-wow'? Is it another name for Ron 'Metta World Peace' Artest?

I believe Ron will still come to the BBL but the major question in my mind now is - Will he do it while I still care?