Posted by Bonn1997:

he should be playing ahead of Penny. We also don't know when or whether Houston will return. That said, he shouldn't get more than 20 mpg anyway because I don't want a team to offer him more than the MLE next summer.

Yes, I agree, he should play ahead of penny. Even if his stats don't show a good line, as long as he is not hurting the team. His development is more important than anything Penny can do. He should eat some of TT minutes, or if tt decides to bang, move him over to pf when sweets needs a rest.

Most important thing, he gives us more options.

this team isnt going anywhere with TT and Penny. If Ariza hurt the team by putting him in for the sake of it, then I would agree with you. But he has talent and skills with the explosive athletiscm knick teams have rarely had to truly help the team off the bench. He is the highest energy guy BY FAR on the team and he oozes with the potential of one day being a star as well. He's a thuroughbred and you have to let him go. My gosh when that shot goes down and he puts on 10 pds of muscle and adds even more explosion, we could have an all star within 3 years. I view Ariza as a 2-3[with emphasis on 3]--if TT plays a little less--if crawford is moved over to 1 knocking moochie out of the rotation==that the way to go when h2o comes back.

you will NEVER see allan playing consistent big minutes-he'll be a 20-24 minute player like reggie miller IMHO. anything more than that--i dont think his knee will be able to take it long term.


so if i broke it down at 1-2-3


3 TT 26 minutes Ariza 14 Penny 8
2 Crawford 20 Houston 24 Penny 4
1 Marbury 36 Crawford 12

i think ariza is definitely better than JYD as an all around player and penny is inconsistent. without ariza we lose some serious pep.


My concerns about this team remain the same as when we were swamped 3 times in a row. we rely heavily on perimeter shooting and we are smallish--our test comes on Nov 3.

IF Ariza is re-signed with the MLE and he looks ready for MAJOR minutes next year at SF, you can try trading the expiring contracts of Tim Thomas, Vin Baker, and Nazy for a center and a bad contract (Magloire and Mashburn, who probably will never play again?) or for a PF that a team can't afford to keep (TT and Sweetney for Elton Brand?)
You do need vets on the team like Fish said. If any of those trades occured, you'd probably want to keep Penny and JYD.

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 10/25/2004 13:11:45]