Posted by jaydh:

Posted by SlimPack:

I wonder what brown means that ariza is a bad teammate, oh if only I could know what goes on in that locker room, another thing this article brings out is that crawford may play tommorow, which is good, but I wonder if the knicks should just not play him until he is completely healthy

damn... i was really looking forward to seeing what Q2 could do at the 2.

He still has to prove that he has a jumpshot first, he hasnt really dont that yet imo.

Posted by djsunyc:

Coach Larry Brown said any issues with Trevor Ariza were over, then promptly stoked the fire again. Responding to Ariza's statement that he was surprised by his recent benching, and unclear about the reasons, Brown said, "To say he doesn't know what's going on, he's delusional." Contradicting Ariza's account, Brown said he spoke to Ariza before dropping him from the rotation Monday. "It has nothing to do with basketball," Brown said. "I think he's just got to grow up a little bit and understand this is a team, and he's got to act like a good teammate."

Ariza isn't being a good teammate BECAUSE he's complaining that Brown thinks Lee and Q2 outplayed him. This isn't that complicated.

Posted by SlimPack:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by SlimPack:

also I disagree with the author of this article, I still dont like the way curry plays. I think he is a Power Forward and not a center.

are you kidding me?

of course not, do you really think that curry is a good center? becuase I think he's a pretty bad one. his post up moves are worse than david lee's, its good that he has been cutting down on his offensive fouls but he's still utterly incapable of passing out of double teams for some wierd reason. He's alot more useful when he can use his nimbleness and athletism to charge to the hoop. A center in my opinion should be responsible for passing sometimes, whereas it PF's dont, so it would be easier for him there. thats what i think anyay.

Eddy Curry is unstoppable in the post. The Suns were triple-teaming him in the overtime. He doesn't pass out well yet, but that is a skill that can be learned. That doesn't make him any less dominant in the post.

If you think David Lee is better in the post than Eddy Curry...I'm sorry.

Posted by MinsHeartsReezy:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by MinsHeartsReezy:

Posted by djsunyc:

Coach Larry Brown said any issues with Trevor Ariza were over, then promptly stoked the fire again. Responding to Ariza's statement that he was surprised by his recent benching, and unclear about the reasons, Brown said, "To say he doesn't know what's going on, he's delusional." Contradicting Ariza's account, Brown said he spoke to Ariza before dropping him from the rotation Monday. "It has nothing to do with basketball," Brown said. "I think he's just got to grow up a little bit and understand this is a team, and he's got to act like a good teammate."

I thought LB said that Q2 & Lee outplayed him? Now the story is he wasn't a good teammate?
Which is it? Is it both?

Who knows what to believe...Reezy just needs to work himself to the bone and do whatever he has to do to get back to LB's good side and make himself a more productive player however long it takes. Use whatever adversity he faces to make himself better. (Even I'll admit he has a long road ahead)

Maybe this goes back to that finger pointing business...even though that was just a rumor as far as we know too. But I wonder what it is that happened exactly.

Ariza isn't being a good teammate BECAUSE he's complaining that Brown thinks Lee and Q2 outplayed him. This isn't that complicated.

Maybe its not as simple as you say...
This supposedly went down early this past weeked. If LB told him he wasn't being a good team mate and wasn't acting mature why not just say that in the first place on the first interview rather than saying woods and Lee outplayed him. So its not surprising why Ariza would be taken aback when told by reporters that Brown said lee and q2 outplayed him when thats not what LB had told him directly at all. \

Posted by oohah:

Eddy Curry is unstoppable in the post. The Suns were triple-teaming him in the overtime. He doesn't pass out well yet, but that is a skill that can be learned. That doesn't make him any less dominant in the post.

I don't see that Eddie Curry has been dominant. I see that he should be dominant, and that if he ever gets his game together he can be dominant. The Suns didn't have any big men left to guard curry in OT, that is why they had to triple team him. And KT did not incur most of his fouls against Curry by the way.

If you think David Lee is better in the post than Eddy Curry...I'm sorry.

I think what he means is that Lee has better/more moves in the post. He has an actual game rather than just being huge. Everything Curry accomplishes comes from pure physical ability. He pretty much has no real game. If he ever develops a game and uses his size and ability effectively, then he will be truly dominant, not inconsistent as he has been thus far in his career.

By the way, can you tell me where that Ariza quote is where he said he outplayed Q and Lee? Thanks.

oohah

Posted by oohah:

As I suspected, Ariza said nothing of the sort. You have to watch out when you read Marc Vermin, he is a vile man who tries to set up people against each other to get a story.

Here is the quote:

"A hot Ariza responded, "I'm not disappointed, I'm just a little shocked. I didn't expect nobody would tell me that someone had beaten me out. To hear it from someone else telling another person has beaten me, flat out outplayed me." "

So what he is upset about is hearing it from someone other than the coach. All this bad teammate stuff is really just going to far.

The times also wrote that he was visibly upset. Wouldn't you be if you find out things from the media that your coach should tell you?

oohah

As I suspected, I never said anything of the sort. which I just said.