Geoff Petrie isn't speaking like a GM who is close to trading away Ron Artest.

"His happiness level is fine," Petrie said before the Kings faced Philadelphia on Wednesday night "He has a very large performance bank account. A lot of people have forgotten what it was like around here before he got here.

"I guess you could sum (the trade talk) up this way. It's a lot of noise, mostly white noise, like when a hen oodles -- wow, lays an egg -- and it makes a sound like it made a meteor."