Trevor Ariza

[Double-Up]

Artest man to man D is better, he can guard bigger players like LBJ, Melo, Pierce a ton better, Ariza gets abused by those guys. Artest shot threes at 39% last season, Ariza 31%, Ariza shot 48% in the playoffs which is great but I don't think you can judge by a month and a half and say Ariza is a better shooter, especially when Ariza has been a horrible three point shooter his whole career up to this past year. Artest can create his own shot as well, Ariza can't. Team chemistry is still something to be seen, we have no clue how Ron will act, which is a risk but could turn out great.

Artest has always been known as a poor 3pt shooter until he landed in Sacramento, I'm sure Ariza can do the same.

[Kobe™]

Bawsss

[R4R]

Ariza's stats from postseason compared to reg. season just goes to show how much other teams overcommit on Kobe. Ariza's FG% is just a product of that.

[mystargtr34]

Lakers could have signed Matt Barnes to replace Ariza and Lakerfan would spin it somehow and say it makes the Lakers better and BARNES > ARIZA.

Its what they do.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Ariza was a scrub when he was on the Lakers and it helped Spurfans argument to why Spurs >>> Lakers. But amazingly, once he left the Lakers he became an irreplaceable basketball god. A toast to Intellectual dishonesty.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Lakers could have signed Matt Barnes to replace Ariza and Lakerfan would spin it somehow and say it makes the Lakers better and BARNES > ARIZA.

Its what they do.

Comparing matt Barnes to Ron Artest. You do a better job of making yourself look like a dumbass than anyone else ever could.

[KSeal]

Artest has always been known as a poor 3pt shooter until he landed in Sacramento, I'm sure Ariza can do the same.

Of course he could but were talking about what we know about both players as it stands right now.

[KSeal]

Lakers could have signed Matt Barnes to replace Ariza and Lakerfan would spin it somehow and say it makes the Lakers better and BARNES > ARIZA.

Its what they do.

Barnes>Ariza No Laker fan would say that, that's ing re ed.

If the Lakers got Matt ing Barnes to replace Ariza I think we would all be pretty damn depressed and pissed at Mitch. We're just all happy about Artest cause we replaced a great player with one that can step in and do most things Ariza can and even more, and it only cost the MLE, that's a good deal.

[IronMexican]

If it were up to me, I'd keep Ariza over Artest. But, if Mitch feels more comforable with Ron Ron, then so be it. I am not going to cry over this move.

[R4R]

If it were up to me, I'd keep Ariza over Artest. But, if Mitch feels more comforable with Ron Ron, then so be it. I am not going to cry over this move.

Now this is a quality post.

[cobbler]

^ Oh my! This is getting good.
His post does sat he will NEVER be back. What happend?

He obviously is not a man of his word and has no integrity. That's what happened. He was so sure the Lakers couldn't win he wrote a check he refused to cover.

Pathetic!

[ducks]

ron has a three year contract phil has a one year contract
will phil babysit ron the other 2 years to?

[carrao45]

Pussy...

SD Stalker...

[carrao45]

ron has a three year contract phil has a one year contract
will phil babysit ron the other 2 years to?

Nah I'm betting Ron will only be a Laker for one year

[KSeal]

Kobe has said he wants JVG as his next coach and most Laker fans agree, I wonder how that would work, JVG and Ron, lol, that's definitely two weird personalities not to mention throwing Kobe in the mix.

[NewJerSpur]

ducks is back in the house.

[carrao45]

I wouldnt mind JVG as head coach, but my first choice would be B-Shaw