Take into count Parsons $14,700,000 vs Ariza $8,579,000 Parsons < Ariza - Not even close Remember this league is salary based so you must take that into count.
It's just money. $6M only matters if it is the cap room that you need to add an elite player or otherwise prevents you from making some other move. I like Ariza a good deal. But now that the Rockets have Brewer and Josh Smith, both being the kind of disruptive athletic defender that Ariza is, isn't Ariza expendable and shouldn't we pursue trading him for something of greater need-- namely someone who is a bit more of a perimeter playmaker to add to perimeter rotation full of spot-up shooters (out side of Harden)? Meanwhile, Dallas is plenty good offensively, just added another guy who needs the ball in Rondo, and can use an upgrade on wing defense... Hmmmmm.... http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=kbs5m4c
i just looked at both of their stats and parsons is shooting .4 more shots per game then ariza. and ariza is shooting 10% better on free throws. so knowing all of that parsons is averaging a WHOLE 2 points more per game. most would say that ariza's defense is as at least marginally better then parsons'. so you would assume that it saves the rockets 1 or 2 points a game. so... in 2 seasons when parsons' contract goes up to 16 million and ariza's goes down a little to half of that, you would almost have to say it is a pretty good deal.
actually in 2016 ariza will make $7,420,000 and... parsons in 2016 will make $16,023,000 yeah parsons is 220% the player ariza is
Another way to look at this is that they could have exercised their option and signed Parsons a relative pittance. They could have had him in addition to these three.
Smith & Brewer are both slashers and can get to the bucket. I don't think they are just spot up shooters. Even if they weren't I don't think that makes Ariza extendable. Its a good thing having depth, especially on the defensive end. We will need it come playoff time.
The big difference is this Parsons can EXPLODE one game and the next be nonexistant Ariza is CONSISTANT- you know exactly what to expect and you know you will get that I'll take the consistant guy who averages 2 points less a game then a guy who scores 3 one night and 10 the next two in which comes out to an average of 2 points more
It just shows the brilliance of Morey's strategy. Just be prepared for the unexpected. I bet you anything he didn't see Harden being available for that price, he didn't see Smith being waived, among other scenarios. However, he was prepared in case something of that nature happened with a set of good players, picks, and/or cap space in order to make a move. Morey isn't reading the future, he just prepares for the unexpected better than any GM out there. When the unexpected happens, he swoops in for the prize. People may hate our team for doing it, but when you have so many haters you must be doing something really good.
well thats not really true cuz he did kinda plan for it by keeping flexibility. everytime morey signed players he always said keeping flexibility is very important. if we matched parsons then we would have NO flexibility. so in a way, morey did plan it.
None of these three players were obtained by the so-called flexibility. Ariza would not have been signed if Cuban didn't offer Parsons that ludicrous contract. Brewer was traded partly from the trade exception created by the Lin trade, which was prepared for the Bosh signing. We still could have traded for Brewer without it. Smith was signed with the BAE, which had nothing to do with Morey's flexibility policy... unless you are saying that Morey was saving the BAE for the minuscule chance that someone would waive a max player who would happen to like the Rockets.
The three players we got combined shoot under 40% from the field. Parsons has finally hit his stride after a rough adjustment and has been shooting over 50% through the last 10 games.
