Ron Artest a Sonic?

I suppose that I didn't really thing about it in this way but, if I saw the Sonics as a possible 3rd team to get the parts to the Pacers that they wanted (without giving up Ray or Rashard) so that they could send Artest to a third team then why not just take Artest back? Why would the Sonics need something else from another team, really, Early Watson or Ron Artest? Hmmm, I'll go with Artest. Maybe George Karl found that Watson was useful while he was showcasing him to other teams? Whatever the case, I'm not terribly surprised that the Sonics have been directly linked to the Pacers and Ron Artest, see the Tacoma News Tribune story today),
"Pacers executives Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird have been narrowing their potential trade partners to a handful of teams in the Western Conference – including, apparently, the Seattle SuperSonics. "

What would the Pacers want from the Sonics that the Sonics would be willing to give? It would have to be enough salary in order to get within 75% of the 6.5 million coming back from the Pacer. Danny Fortson straight up would work salary wise, but not in the real world.
Vitali Potapenko has requested a trade and he makes 3 million this year.
Pacers, or another team could use either Damien Wilkins (unlikely, he has a trade restriction since the Sonics match the Twolves offer last summer), Reggie Evans. As it is now, the Pacers are over the luxury tax line at 79 million, so sending out more money than they take in would give them double the return in dollars.

The Sonics and Pacers could get creative an move a lot of salary off the Pacers books, more Artest, get a pick, and get a player or two that can actually help them right now. Sending Reggie Evans, a #1, and filler might sound like a raw deal, but remember, it isn't a Sonics player that publicly demanded to be traded and can't go back to his team. Right now the Pacers have nothing but an unresolved issue and are paying 6 million dollars for that treasure.

Rick Sund can say that he wants to sit on this team and give Bob Hill a chance to figure out his rotations, but the fact is that Bob has already figured out that Reggie isn't his starter, and Vitali isn't likely to play again.