The Yavapai Swashbucklers and the Meaty Ogres have completed an offseason trade that sends guard/forward Ron Artest and the Swashbucklers' 2008 first round draft pick (fifth overall) to the Meaty Ogres in exchange for guard Devin Harris and the Meaty Ogres' 2008 first round draft pick (sixth overall).

The 25-year old Harris was signed as a free agent by the Meaty Ogres on April 11 this offseason. He now returns once again to the team that first drafted him sixth overall in the 2004 MBA Fantasy Draft, and is in fact entering the Swashbucklers' roster for the fourth time. He was first waived by the team after his rookie season, and has since had two unsuccesful stays with the Swashbucklers as a free agent signing in both 2005/2006 and in the 2007 offseason.

Artest was a HungerDunker draft pick in 1999, but has spent eight of his nine fantasy seasons with the Swashbucklers. He joins the Meaty Ogres at age 28 with fantasy career stats of 98 games (57 starts) and a 17.07 fppg average.

 

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