Ariza - The Honeymoon is Over

[Indazone]

Actually I would do that trade. Richard Jefferson for Trever Ariza plus filler. Would make both teams better.

[Allanon]

Actually I would do that trade. Richard Jefferson for Trever Ariza plus filler. Would make both teams better.

Yup; both teams would get a uva alot better.

Jefferson would be perfect playing with Brooks and Ariza would be perfect spotting up for open 3's like Bowen used to and give Tony driving room again.

[robbie380]

Actually I would do that trade. Richard Jefferson for Trever Ariza plus filler. Would make both teams better.

relatively cheap athletic defender who can pass and play team ball for an overpaid bald sexual....great trade

[j.dizzle]

jeffersons ass is makin like 14 mil a year I think hahahaha pretty big difference..That guy is laughin all the way to the bank

[024]

having ariza as the number one option is the equivalent of having battier as the primary scorer. both are more suited as role players and can only score if they take a lot of shots.

[Allanon]

relatively cheap athletic defender who can pass and play team ball for an overpaid bald sexual....great trade

sexuality aside, RJ is a go to guy; something the Rockets have been severely lacking since the injuries to TMAC

[robbie380]

sexuality aside, RJ is a go to guy; something the Rockets are sorely lacking.

yeah, but the rockets didn't get ariza to be a go to guy. they have experimented with him as the go to guy in the absence of yao and tmac. they felt like he might be able to expand his game and the major injuries gave him and the team the chance to see if he could. it started off well, but he has begun buckle as the year has gone on and defenses have adjusted.

sure if the contracts were equal then it would be a good trade but jefferson is getting 29 million for 2 years in SA. if we are gonna be burning that much cash for a go to guy i would rather have iggy and sammy's bloated contract.

[Indazone]

At least Battier can knock his shots down and doesn't go on a Lost Mission in an attempt to carry the team.

[gmartin02]

Hahaha Houstonfans are calling for Ariza's head now.

Weak dribbling
Turnover Machine
Average Defense
Can't hit a shot if his life depended on it.
Ball Stopper
Rafer Alston 2.0 but at least Alston could dribble.

This has been a very fast honeymoon. Could a divorce be far away? LOL

Speaking of can't hit a shot, Ariza is currently ranked LAST in the league in field goal % of all "qualified" players (To qualify a player must be on pace to make 300 field goals.)

That's 37.8% - yecch!

He is also ranked 15th from the bottom in 3 point FG% (31.2%), 11th from the bottom in free throw % (65.0%), 7th from the bottom in adjusted FG% (43.8%), 4th from the bottom in 2 point FG% (42.0%) and LAST in the league in points per shot (these are also for "qualified" players).

He is also taking the most shot attempts per game of anyone on the Rockets (almost 16 per game). Pathetic. Maybe he should stop trying to be the go to guy & stop jacking up so many shots.

[Indazone]

Oh geez...I didn't know he had gotten that bad. That is just hideous!

We can always package Joey Dorsey and Brian Cook as our fillers to get rid of Ariza. Popovich could use him and take his green light away from him. Just use him like Bruce Bowen.

[Muser]

Actually I would do that trade. Richard Jefferson for Trever Ariza plus filler. Would make both teams better.

I'd do it

[Lars]

Dont want Jefferson at all.

[NRHector]

Oh geez...I didn't know he had gotten that bad. That is just hideous!

We can always package Joey Dorsey and Brian Cook as our fillers to get rid of Ariza. Popovich could use him and take his green light away from him. Just use him like Bruce Bowen.

did you say Bruce Bowen? I miss Bruce

[Amuseddaysleeper]

the ariza you see now is the one larry brown called "delusional".

Move ariza back into a role-player on a winning team and he's a great player.

rockets should have gotten jefferson and the spurs should have gotten ariza.

qft

[djohn2oo8]

At least Battier can knock his shots down and doesn't go on a Lost Mission in an attempt to carry the team.

We would just rather him quit just like T-Mac....And when did Morey ever say that he signed him for his offense? He specifically said defense

[iggypop123]

when you ask a role player to be a star this is what happens. not his fault but then again he has fallen in love with jumpers

[Delonte West]

What did you expect?

[LMAOxROFL]

@ Ariza being the "Go-To" guy.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Whatever, Keep Ariza for 5 million but take the man's shots away from him. Adleman better tell him to stop shooting the ball unless he's wide open with nobody within 5 feet of him or he is right under the basket. Otherwise the man sucks.

I been watching Ariza play enough. Yao has nothing to do with it so why bring the man up? He's not even playing. It's Ariza that plain jacks up shot after shot and shoots at a pathetic rate who cannot dribble the ball through traffic without turning it over. It's you who need to get over it Djohn!

Ariza is fine as an MLE player, you've just gotta take away the keys to the offence. He's not a primary scorer. He'd be fine as a 3rd/4th guy. But didn't we know that all along?

[Roxsfan]

Ariza is fine. We don't need him to be a superstar. I'm going to love to watch him when Yao is back.

[usher]

Yup; both teams would get a uva alot better.

Jefferson would be perfect playing with Brooks and Ariza would be perfect spotting up for open 3's like Bowen used to and give Tony driving room again.

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We trading places

[RocketsBlood]

Indazone STFU and relax. Wait till Yao comes back idiot....

[Indazone]

Methinks you spoke too soon! :ROFL

We couldn't trade this guy fast enough. I'd even take Red Rocket for him.

[The Franchise]

Ariza is being given the green light, because it can only help him be a better player once the main options on offense are put into place. Once Yao, and the pieces we get for Tracy's contract are added, he goes back to being the fifth or six option on offense. Imagine how much easier the game will be once he is taken out of the pressure cooker he's in now. The pecking order will be Yao, new SG, Aaron Brooks, Landry, Scola, and then Ariza. We will be very deep and very scary next year for every team in the NBA.

[Indazone]

Ariza is being given the green light, because it can only help him be a better player once the main options on offense are put into place. Once Yao, and the pieces we get for Tracy's contract are added, he goes back to being the fifth or six option on offense. Imagine how much easier the game will be once he is taken out of the pressure cooker he's in now. The pecking order will be Yao, new SG, Aaron Brooks, Landry, Scola, and then Ariza. We will be very deep and very scary next year for every team in the NBA.

Dude, Vspan is better than this piece of trash. He has the lowest shooting percentage at his position in the league. Plus if he's ing to Brooks about not passing the ball to him now, how do you think he'll be when nobody is passing him the ball cause he's the 5th or 6th option? He's already being a crybaby about not getting to shoot the ball.