 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikunguru 29, 2008, zvakaziviswa kuti Artest aifanira kuchinjaniswa kuHouston Rockets pamwe naPatrick Ewing, Jr. naSean Singletary kuna Bobby Jackson, achangobva kunyorwa kumberi Donté Greene, 2009 yekutanga-kutenderera dhizainikunhonga, uye kufunga kwemari. Chibvumirano chakaitwa pamutemo musi waAugust 14, nekuda kwekusaina kweGreenes rookie contract musi waJuly 14. Mukupindura kuchinjanisa, Yao Ming akanga ane maonero akanaka, asi achidada akati ndinovimba haacharwizve uye achitevera mukomana ari mumatanda. Achipindura, Artest akati, Uyu ndiye Tracy McGrady neboka raYao, unoziva. Handisi kuzvitora somunhu oga. Ndinonzwisisa zvakataurwa naYao, asi ndichiri mughetto. Izvozvo hazvisi kuzochinja. Handimbofi ndakachinja tsika dzangu. Yao akatamba nevatambi vakawanda vatema, asi handifungi kuti akambotamba nemutambi mutema anomiririra tsika yake chaizvo sezvandinoita. 