To other drafted College G/Fs there freshman yr in this yrs draft.

Childress: PPG/7.8, RPG/4.8

Deng: PPG/15.1, RPG/6.9, AST/1.8, STL/1.3, FG%/.475, FT%/.710, 3P%/.360

Igoudala: PPG/6.4, RPG/4.9, AST/2.1, STL/1.5, FG%/.381 FT%/.670, 3P%/.205

Jackson: PPG/7.8, RPG/4.1, AST/2.0

Snider: FG%/.377, 3PT%29.7, FT%62.5, SPG/0.7, RPG/4.6, APG/1.4, PPG/13.7

Ariza: PPG/11.6, RPG/6.5, APG/2.1, SPG/1.7, FG%/42.6, 3P%/23.7, FT%/50.4

What will hurt him is that Jackson, Snider, Childress, Igoudala stayed in school and got to play a lot and develop there games. Ariza will have to develop his game by NBA practices(I'm hoping he is good enough to get some mins in games). I don't know if that will prolong his growth, speed it up, or what. Different players work better in different situations. But I know exactly what Chad Ford was talking about when he said that Ariza is the type of guy u look for in the 2nd rd. Because he has just as much potential as some of these guys that were taken earlier. He just came out to early. If any of the other G/Fs (other than Deng) came out there freshman yr they may have not even been drafted. But in the 2nd rd the reward is great. He played against great compition at UCLA as well and went toe to toe with Agoudala when they faced Arizona holding him to 2/11 from the field. The only question is do we have the room for him to develop.

I like how you did that.....

I puts things in perspective. Ariza may have stepped up bigger than he did if he hadn't had a collapsed lung. Geez louis I would imagine that hurts like the dickens!How did that happen anyway

In all seriousness.....I think the kid will stick. I also said that about John Wallace and Lavar Postel. I never seen the kid play but he was given the point guard reigns after recovering from a flippin collapsed lung? They say UCLA is in a the weakest conference in the NCAA since when was that the case? There is always an excuse.

With all my babble....I can see Ariza doing his thing. Isiah could very well open up 3 slots all for players he can develop a la Bender, Harrington, O'neal, and all those guys in Indiana.

the young guys will play this yr. We need their energy and IT knows that. We need to run more and defend all over the court to eat time.

I'm looking forward to see them in the summer leagues.

I think he's in the gutter now. I think that he never gets off the bench (even if Houston cant play) until he's willing to work on a buyout. Otherwise he can sit on the bench. He was so bad down the stretch it wasnt even funny.