Same Larry Brown whom blasted NY over Woodson, As if Brown is authority on stuff. He is all about Larry!
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=2339941&src=desktop

smackeddog wrote:He was the Shumpert of his day! He was very popular with Knick fans from preseason. Thought Larry Brown would love him, but he didn't (or maybe he was using some sort of tough love approach that didn't work, like woody with Shump). Heartbreaking when we traded him for... Was it Steve Francis? Yuck!

Exactly. History tends to repeat itself with this team. But I'm hopeful that things Chang now with Phil

Ariza was more raw than Shumpert

Though he was a 8th/9th man, he played and developed in to a very important role, utilizing his length/athleticism, and developing a shot/all round game and taking advantages of mismatches/good cuts/ most importantly player movement and ball movement

PG Fisher
Kobe/Ariza/Shannon Brown
Ariza
Odom
Gasol/Bynum

was a great fit and very hard to defend, basically Ariza/Odom/Gasol all were so versatile and Kobe drew so much attention, it was a great fit
Ironically they payed MWP instead of Ariza as Ariza was signed by Houston for the same price as MWP *which also played for Houston prior to Lakers*
Both got the 5m MLE with raises at a max 5year deal

I have been hoping he could return since I saw him develop his confidence as a Laker
However, he is a player that utilizes his athleticism, versatility, length, speed/quickness, all round talents, and will likely decline much before his next contract ends if it is maxed out in 4-5 years

He is playing his lights out on a contract year and with Washington paying Webster and Gortat looking for a long term commitment, Washington would likely need to pay to keep both of them with them likely knocking out The Bulls

Wall
Beal
Ariza
Nene
Gortat

Webster *was great last year and got rewarded and overpaid in my opinion, Ariza >>> Webster*
Webster got 5m MLE with increase and Ariza deserves more, possibly even higher than Kyle Korver type money of 7m or so, though their games are different
Otto Porter *fail so far*

Young talents on contract years
Serephin, Booker, Glen Rice Jr, Garrett Temple, Chris Singleton *in Iman's draft class*
We should be looking to sneakingly acquire some of these role players for vet mins

vets
Andre Miller

Drew Gooden and Harrington

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/washington.htm

45m but with many contract years of players and a partial guarantee on Andre Miller as a team option

VDesai wrote:No crying over spilled milk. He's on his 6th team now. He developed his 3, and plays under control now, but its like 9 seasons later and a lot of traveling around.

+1
Stay tuned for the "Nate Robinson could have been the key to our Dynasty" thread in about 7 more years.