well, ariza has shown flashes. he's a real low risk, high reward project. with our encouragement, he could be great

in any case, its an improvement over the lovefests for guys like vujanic and lampe who never played a minute for us.

By playing any defense whatesoever I'm fine with because its more than we're accustomed to seeing... Ariza just has to work on his shot but he has been hitting them if he's open

Can Lenny figure out how to use Ariza? there is no apparant rhythm to Ariza's use game to game. Yes, he's 19 and makes mistakes- but he's got to make mistakes to learn from them. Why do Allan and TT get to float stupid passes that turn into opposition lay ups all year long?

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by franco12:

Can Lenny figure out how to use Ariza? there is no apparant rhythm to Ariza's use game to game. Yes, he's 19 and makes mistakes- but he's got to make mistakes to learn from them. Why do Allan and TT get to float stupid passes that turn into opposition lay ups all year long?

Trevor has asthma. It was one reason he fell in the draft. It might be a reason for his inconsistant minutes.

then what's the reason for JYD and Sweetney's inconsistent minutes. it's Lenny man!

To the guy who is tired of the Ariza lovefest?

I haven't seen too many 19 year olds that can do some of the things I've seen this kid do. Is he a sure thing, no but, I'll take my chances.

Posted by rojasmas:

This Ariza lovefest has got to stop. The guy hasn't done anything yet except hustle. Darvin Ham hustles. Who knows, he may be the next Darvin Ham. Slow down with all the praise for this guy. He doesn't even shoot 40%, can't dribble, and is skinny as a rail. He is by no means a can't miss SF for years to come.

Rojo, I think the reason why guys in here love Ariza much is B/C we have been without athletic players for so long that anything that jumps and hustle is a future star.

If n former knick Anthony Bonner was on the team now and in his prime, guys on the forum would be hailing him Dominique Wilkins.

I like Ariza's ability at 19, but he would do better on a running team like phoenix or Dallas to utilize his aggression and build more confidence going up against other athletic players as Marion, Q.Richardson and J.Johnson, Finley M. Daniels J.Howard.

Let's wait 5 more yrs so we can see how high he can jump at 26.

Dreamers are a dime a dozen. This team is toast you go big and then you filter in other positions.

Going pg first is insanity in the NBA.

Excuse me, the alternative was to suck and get someone in the draft, the Spurs did it Duncan, Houston did it Yao Ming, Cleveland did it Lebron James AND Chicago did IT Eddie Curry +Chandler.

I think that's how we drafted a guy name .....uh PATRICK EWING

[Edited by - playa2 on 01/08/2005 17:06:41]

Posted by TMS:

Posted by playa2:

Excuse me, the alternative was to suck and get someone in the draft, the Spurs did it Duncan, Houston did it Yao Ming, Cleveland did it Lebron James AND Chicago did IT Eddie Curry +Chandler.

I think that's how we drafted a guy name .....uh PATRICK EWING

[Edited by - playa2 on 01/08/2005 17:06:41]

never propose to decrease your chance of winning games by dumping players in order to get a better shot at drafting an alltime great talent like Lebron or Duncan...you will get lambasted by the majority...it's "not ethical".

[Edited by - TMS on 01/08/2005 20:03:15]

plus Boston, Clips, Warriars, Atlanta, Chicago already proved that it doesn't work unless you get extremely lucky.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by playa2:

Excuse me, the alternative was to suck and get someone in the draft, the Spurs did it Duncan, Houston did it Yao Ming, Cleveland did it Lebron James AND Chicago did IT Eddie Curry +Chandler.

I think that's how we drafted a guy name .....uh PATRICK EWING

[Edited by - playa2 on 01/08/2005 17:06:41]

never propose to decrease your chance of winning games by dumping players in order to get a better shot at drafting an alltime great talent like Lebron or Duncan...you will get lambasted by the majority...it's "not ethical".

[Edited by - TMS on 01/08/2005 20:03:15]

Charging your fans too much for a ticket for a team with a 103 million dollar payroll and they are stinking up the garden as well is a disgrace and a crime. Heads should be olling after the debacle on national tv.