I do some serious gambling on sites like fanduel ect.. ALl year I can plug Ariza into m fantasy lineup and KNOW he will get 25-29 points each and every time He is consistant vice-versa Parsons can get you 40-45 points one night and then put 10 points up the next If I'm making a lineup full of star players I can't put Parsons in over Ariza its too risky because his inconsistency of either exploding or disappearing whilest Ariza puts in a solid(never explosive) score that puts my team over the edge Gambling and fantasy perspective Ariza>>>>>>Parsons Gambling perspective
my opinion is that if ariza doesnt wanna rival rafer alston as the worst shooter in rockets history then he should take advantage of the minutes brewer will take from him and start making those cot dang wide open threes. 40% from the field and 36% from three is good enough for the regular season, i dunno about the playoffs though. hopefully bev can keep up his 3pt shooting and harden shoots better once that big ass mofo consistently takes on the scoring load
I want to say that Brewer's arrival and Ariza not having to go 38+ minutes will improve his shot. I want to say that.
I agree with you. Ariza seems to drive more often lately and his finish around the rim is not that great from eyeballing. Nonetheless, he's far from "Ariza sucks".
In 15 home games this season Ariza is shooting 25% from three and 32% from the field. Abysmal doesn't even describe that. With 3+ days rest his percentages HAVE NOT increased. Whatever Ariza's issue is doesn't seem to be fatigue. Maybe some nagging injury? FYI He shoots a FAR better on the road - 41.8 @2, 41.5 @3. For comparison last year (the best season in his career) with 3+ days rest his percentages were at their lowest. He shot FAR better on the road last year too. His accuracy went up massively. In fact going way back his 3+ days rest shooting stat is consistently bad. Hard to draw a conclusion but at HOME and with REST Ariza's shooting tanks hard. Bizarre really.
So if we want Ariza to excel in the playoffs, we should try to match up with a team that we can go to 7 games with and avoid home court advantage?
Ariza has never been a great shooter. Why are people so puzzled by the fact that he is struggling? He has one year in D.C. probably because he didn't have to try that hard on D.
Maybe the days off he looses his stroke and has to regain that momentum next game. Vs B2Bs where he already is a bit locked in from the past night.
Correlation doesn't always imply causation. Keep in mind he played with John Wall last year, you know - one of the best playmakers in the league? I wish we could have had Bosh/Parsons, that being said - I think taking into account what happened last offseason we ALL should be happy about how this team is currently constructed. We are loaded.
Lack of corner 3s (due to playing two bigs who can't space the floor, and posting them up), transition 3s compared to his time with the Wiz. Difference between home and road is just a result of small sample size.
