26.5% on 3 point shooting in February, taking over 7 3's a game. (18-68) This is getting Raferdiculous.
I would personally start Gordon. I have actually been pleased with his defense this year. Lou Trevor Dekker Harrell Nene Is a solid and balanced bench.
Gotta have him keep shooting. Or else that 25% was for nothing. If you commit like the rockets have than you need to commit all the way and hope for regression to the mean. You gotta commit to the percentages averaging out better in a larger sample size.
I kinda remember Trevor always having a down period at this point of the season...hope he's going to step up quickly.
Spoiler Harden Beverley Williams Gordon Anderson Lettuce embrace who we are! Defense? Rebounding? Spoiler Pfffffftttt.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arizatr01/splits/2014 http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arizatr01/splits/2015 http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arizatr01/splits/2016 Trevor's always been a very streaky shooter. It's just who he is. I don't think anything needs to be changed.
As streaky as Ariza is, he still more reliable on defense than his successor. U can't just replace experience.
i have the perfect solution salvage ariza's declining game - bulk up to be the starting pf next season! change his whole game, make sure he doesnt play superstar minutes, extend his contract, and we got a much better starting pf. trade ryan and lou for pg. spend w/e cap left on a pg and center, assuming nene doesnt wanna resign for cheap
His age is catching up, and he has played more minutes than most people have played at this point in their career. Also, he has always been a player heavily affected by fatigue/rest. Need to cut his minutes. I'm worried about our depth at the 3. We need to pick an FA up. Ariza's backup needs to guard a damn good wing player for 5-10 minutes a night. That's not Dekker. We need a Lance Stephenson or Alonzo Gee type of player. If we do this to him in the regular season, he will have nothing for the playoffs. Hopefully it gets addressed by tomorrow.
What alternative would you provide? Bench ariza? Tell ariza to stop shooting and beat up his confidence? We can all criticize and see when things arent going well but we need to be ready to have alternative options. I dont think any other option is better than what we are doing with him right now.
