Free Agent: Trevor Ariza

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

But if a team like Memphis offered about 6 or 6.5 million I think he might take that.

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seriously that memphis team is going nowhere and wont be competing for a championship anyway, why waste 6-6.5m on ariza.....what the grizz need is a true franchise player to lead them there, which they dont even have. They got most of the pieces already in place.....

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

You do realize that if what you say is true (Ariza for 5-6, Odom for 8-10), it will cost the Lakers 10-11M for Ariza and 16-20M for Odom per year for at least the next 2 years. Yikes.

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It will all deppend what they do in these playoffs, If they lose they're letting one of the two go. If they win it all, they'll take the hit and try to sign them both. Why try to fix something that is not broken!

i thought he was from miami i think lakers will go with odumb at the end of the day beacsue he casue so much problems for teams

but i hope odom goes with some bad team in the east

and ariza comes to the spurs

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Originally Posted by timvp

We talked about him a few years ago and a big group of us wanted to go after him. That's back when he could have been had for less than the MLE. Now? It's probably too late and he's no longer a buy low.

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Yeah, I was so pissed when LA landed him for a pair of old gym socks. I was talking with an LA guy today...he tells me that the Lakers think the market on Ariza might be less than the MLE. I told him that they were crazy. He's 23. Weird free agent season because of the economy and because it's a year prior to the big spending orgy. Everyone wants to save their cash.

impressed me more in the houston game hes exactly what the spurs need

get this guy a contract on the table already

ARIZA FOR THE MLE

all over his cock

He went to UCLA and plays for the NBA's glamour team, the Lakers.

Somehow I kind of doubt he's coming. :lmao

If the lakers implode and lose this year before the finals, they'll dump pieces.

We could make a good pickup with Ariza if that were to happen.

Dice
TD
Ariza
Manu
TP


:rollin

Certainly worth a shot, I have been following him since his NYK days and this kid can flat out play on both ends of the court. Who knows what the offseason holds, but if Ariza ends up in a Spurs uniform then it is a job well done.

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Originally Posted by timvp

We talked about him a few years ago and a big group of us wanted to go after him. That's back when he could have been had for less than the MLE. Now? It's probably too late and he's no longer a buy low.

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That was after the 2007 ring, wasn't it? I was one of those people... we were all hoping the team might get a bit younger and more athletic because it was pretty clear that was the way the game was going, even then. But the FO decided to stay with vets instead, their worst mistake of the last two years I think (not reading the way the league has trended towards athleticism), although I see why they did it.

Man, Ariza could have been had for virtually nothing back then, he would have turned out to be another FO coup... meh, not to be...

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Originally Posted by jason1301

Dice
TD
Ariza
Manu
TP


:rollin

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rasheed
duncan
ariza
manu
parker

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

Yes. Don't know if the Spurs have the bullets to get him. He seems to love being a Laker. Have to see how the Lakers do this year. The Lakers are well into luxury tax so it is going to cost them double to sign Ariza.

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He loves money more than the Lakers. We can pay him more.

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Originally Posted by DMX7

He loves money more than the Lakers. We can pay him more.

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Where do you get the idea that we can pay more?

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Originally Posted by DMX7

He loves money more than the Lakers. We can pay him more.

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he is the lakers' free agent. they can offer him more than anyone else

Spurs don't like to overspend on role players and thus doubt he would be offered the whole MLE. We offered the entire MLE last offseason to Corey Maggette but thats obviously because he was potentially another major piece. Ariza is only really a defensive specialist that can shoot the 3 and is really athletic. I like him a lot but don't think he is worth the full MLE. We can do better with that money.

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Originally Posted by mosdef17

Spurs don't like to overspend on role players and thus doubt he would be offered the whole MLE. We offered the entire MLE last offseason to Corey Maggette but thats obviously because he was potentially another major piece. Ariza is only really a defensive specialist that can shoot the 3 and is really athletic. I like him a lot but don't think he is worth the full MLE. We can do better with that money.

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This is true. Think about it. It would be a whole MLE and our offense wouldn't really improve that much. :wow

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Originally Posted by RuffnReadyOzStyle

That was after the 2007 ring, wasn't it? I was one of those people... we were all hoping the team might get a bit younger and more athletic because it was pretty clear that was the way the game was going, even then. But the FO decided to stay with vets instead, their worst mistake of the last two years I think (not reading the way the league has trended towards athleticism), although I see why they did it.

Man, Ariza could have been had for virtually nothing back then, he would have turned out to be another FO coup... meh, not to be...

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Summer of 2006:

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45517

:lol @ those who argued that summer that Jared Jeffries was better than Ariza. Spurs could have locked Ariza up for about $3M per year back then :depressed

after ariza's pretty good playoff performance this year, i think the lakers would match even the full MLE. could have had ariza in the pass, but it's time to move on.

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Originally Posted by 024

after ariza's pretty good playoff performance this year, i think the lakers would match even the full MLE. could have had ariza in the pass, but it's time to move on.

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Damn, don't give up hope!!! I'd really like Ariza over Odom, or most any other SF available this summer.

Don't know if it will ever happen, but I'd love to have Ariza on the Spurs...he's a game changer! :hat

If i had the choice:

Odom > Ariza

Ariza or Odom would look good in a Spurs uniform. :elephant Unfortunately there is a slim to no chance of getting any of them. :depressed

If you could give Ariza Kobe's talent, he might be almost as good as Lakerfan says Kobe is.