It seems to happen all to often that the Knicks get used by free agents for negotiating purposes... i think that Chris Paul just used us to get rid of the competition on his own team... i think paul realized that collison had a chance to be just as good as he and wanted to make sure that HE{collison} was not on the team by trading camp so paul didnt have collison breathing down his back ....... Lets be honest Ariza is not that good and they prob could have got better offers.. and all of a sudden paul wants out on day but is ok with being there the next and a week later collison is gone ??? does not make sense to me.... sounds like something lebron and his people would do ...take the easy way out ... OH wait he is represented by lebrons people......who woulda thought?

Collison will never be half the player Chris Paul is. I don't think Chris Paul is worried about the competition. I think he wants out of New Orleans and NO was trying to use one of their only assets to improve the team. Unfortunately, I don't think that move helps their team much at all.

The only negative about Collison was that he had a 2-1 assist to TO ratio. That's not great at all.

Ariza fills a big hole for them, problem is that the Hornets have zero depth. If one of their starters goes down at any position then they're effed.

Yeah, I don't see it. I can't see some grand plan culminating in the acquisition of Trevor Ariza. Sorry, no dice.

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/basketball/fba/story?id=5458129 as per espn those are his numbers...... tho the turnovers are bad HE is crazy young .... im just saying trevor ariza is not the STAR PLAYER in anyones imagination ....how is paul going to say he is now happy ???? ariza aint that good good defender yes runs the break yes but not a great player on a team that was supposed to focus with him offenseivly he avgd what about 14 or 15 points ??? not gunna cut in in my opinion