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it may be an exaggeration but don't be suprised if he turns out to be the best player in this draft...

Well, he was believed to be a possible lottery pick in a couple of years if he had waited to declare, so the kid has talent and potential. And for a deep second round pick, to play that well, its a nice thing. Who knows if he will become something very special.

Fans have to understand that Ariza has been playing great but he has only played 2 summer league games. No doubt in my mind that Ariza has the right tools to excel in the NBA, but its still way too early to tell if he will be a good player in the league.

People, let the guy breathe. He is just starting his NBA career and has only played two summer league games. He hasn't even signed a contract yet. He is just a talented kid who will take advantage of everything and learn to someday be a very good player.

Its not like he can't be a good contributor this season. But we have to remember that he is a rookie who, even with talent, will need time to grow and get better; learn the league. In a veteran team that expects to be in the playoffs we can't expect him to do something now. Who knows, it wouldn't be the first time, but still its not likely.

Can he become a very good player in the future? It looks like he has the talent and the potential, so it depends on him learning everyday and us not pushing him to be something now. I prefer to see him learn a lot and then show us his game later than throwing him to the fire now without the need. He is here to learn and transform his potential into reality in some years. Just that. Anything else is a bonus.

imho, ariza has played very well and looks very much like a player who can ALREADY play in the back end of the rotation. there is NO doubt he is a first round talent BUT from what I have seen , he will need a lot of work on his shooting BUt it appears from looking at his free throw form that he will do it. Hes very long athletic and has skills that surpass what most knick fans are accustomed to. There is no question in my mind he wouldve been a lottery pick or close to it with a gradual improvement at UCLA in his sophmore year. although raw, it enhances our team to find a player like this. he is NOT Tim Thomas YET but i think within two years he will be a BETTER two-way player which is great because TT's contract runs dry. like it or not, each year 2-3 players fom the second round really stick out as a higher caliber talent than many first rounders, likely bypassed by foreign hype oe a HS player. Ariza fell in between what someone thinks the potential of a HS player is and what a fully developed college player brings.

He's tough he's long athletic and very skilled--if he works hard he will not only start in the nBA he will be a very very good player.

To bad we gave up Lampe, if we just were able to keep lampe wed have lampe sweetney williams and ariza C PF SF PG--so we have to be smart with what we have. until ariza signs a contract, he can also be gonzo unfortunately.

get it over ur head, LAMPE sux. He can shoot for a big man. But we dont need anymore defensive liabilities. His foot speed is just too slow for this game and we dont have the defensive players to hide his liablities neither. He still cant be defined as a 3/4/5.

He has upside but he doesnt deserve any minutes on our roster which makes him quite useless. Hes far from a dirk. Ariza has a great running game/ high basketball iq/ and tough attitude. I think he would develop but he will be at the end of our rotations till atleast half the year. Hes a first round pick and will be known as one of the steals in the draft.

Btw, my words might be a little biased, i am a knick fan and ariza will be a knick so....

haven't seen Ariza play yet, but is he a poor man's Richard Jefferson at this point? Lots of athletic ability and who just needs to work on his shot?

Or is he more in the mold of Scottie Pippen... a Point Small Forward?

dont be suprised to see ariza coming in to play defense for houston in the final seconds if needed. He might be a little small for a SF but he will not have much problems with a majority of the SGs out there.