Rockets' forward Ron Artest discussed the team's progress this season recently and feels as though they are in grade school.

"We're in elementary school right now," Artest said. "How do you go from elementary school to PhD beyond midseason? I don't know, but we're going to try and do it. We're going to try and make it happen."

After making the statement, Artest stopped to think about what he said.

"Did you like that analogy?" Artest said. "I don't know where that came from. I've been around Shane (Battier) too much."