http://www.nba.com/magic/news/Magic_ReSign_Trevor_Ariza-185610-800.html It would have been nice but oh well. I don't think he wouldn't have gotten much PT anyway. We've got our own 3 to develop in Steve Novak.
If we can get a decent 4 Battier can get more minutes as a backup 3 instead of spending too much time as a 4. We do however need to get more athletic and should keep looking for opportunities to get better.
Ariza is one guy I liked... but he was pretty much destined to return to ORL anyway. They public said they were gonna match all reasonable offers up to the MLE. Nothing any other team could really do to pry him off ORL.
This is actually good news in the sense that the Rockets didn't get him...I would much rather have Kirk Snyder, because he can offer the team more than Ariza.