Ariza thinks he is an All-Star-caliber player. All-Stars shoot and make difficult shots. That's the next step in the Trevor Ariza transformation. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6748359.html oh my god, we're going to watch him go back and forth from average to bad the entire season. adelman and morey have given him way too much confidence.
Come on man! Get over it. He's going to keep it up until we have better options. No, we can't got to Brooks, Scola, Landry every single play; we need variation. Ariza gives us that.
Oh god no. I would love for him to prove me wrong but I just don't think he has it. He can't magically become something he never was at this stage of his career.
Jesus Christ, we are going to see more Ariza-jacking-up-shots scenario? I can't take it anymore, I disagree with the encouraging-him-to-shoot thing, who says superstars take bad shots? they shoot it because they know they can make it, but trevor can't, why encourage a guy to take bad shots when he can't make it?????
"Someone has to take those shots,” Shane Battier said. “That's just the way the NBA game goes. You're not going to be able to get a high-quality, open 3-point look at the basket or a layup every time down.
who's a better 1-on-1 player? AB or ariza? if you can't get a high-quality shot, you gotta go to a guy who can get it. ariza is not that guy. AB is our best creator right now period.
Good to hear. He needs to keep working at it, and we will see how much he improves by the end of the year... Next year, Trevor becomes the 3rd/4th option and we make our run!!!
Excuse me, are you talking to Battier or me? AB is good, but he definitely has his job. Williams is a better 1-on-1 player, but he would't shoot over and over again.
i hope so. but usually if a guy thinks he's an all-star caliber player and has had an entire year of offensive freedom, it's going to be tough to revert back to being a 4th option on offense. fortunately, i think this experiment will come to a halt soon as his fg% will continue to dip.
Ouch. Let's hope not. I am not sure that he can create his own shot, but I am positive that he can be 40+ behind the arc... He has all the vital shot mechanics. I think he could turn himself into an athletic sniper...BRILLIANT!!!
Like I've said before there are four guys on the team - Ariza, Brooks, Budinger and Battier - who do nothing but shoot 3's or drive inside. There are two other players who don't or can't shoot: Lowry and Hayes. Two guys playing the same position that have a good mid-range jump shot and post game: Scola and Landry. An unproven, weak center: Andersen. There aren't many options. It's possible that Ariza or Landry can come off screens to shoot the jumper like Budinger was supposed to do (not happening). The worst part is that the team cannot run the pick n roll. This team needs McGrady like fair skin needs sun block on a July Houston afternoon.
ariza CAN be a very good shooter if he simply spots up like battier. i said before the season started that ariza is one of the best spot up shooters in the L. people may think that's another shane, no it's not. ariza can actually drive to the basket when guys overplay him. he can also run the fastbreak and finish. battier never brings those assets to the team. however, he simply does not possess the skills/talents to be a shot creator. and yet he feels he can do that. i hope the team can move ariza's mindset more towards catch and shoot, rather than 1-on-1 ability.
This team needs the old, healthy pre-microfracture T-Mac to solve the problem. But unless Adelman's purposely keeping T-Mac out on Les' orders with insurance money, I'm guessing such T-Mac no longer exist.
Yup, I agree 100%... IMO, He needs to be more decisive when he is attacking the basket. There is no reason that he should not be on the FT line for 6-8 attempts a game. He is not too bad in simple pick and roll situations(Compared to isolations) and getting better, but he might be the worst back to the basket player on the team. I wish Adelman would stop trying to post him up like he is Bonzi or Ronald. That is not part of his game and it never will be. Hmph... All in all, He is an open court player that can knock down 3's. That is not a bad thing, but it is what it is...
it is not easy to go to the line 6-8 times. only the great scorers can do that. the great kobe bryant only averages 8 ft attempts in his career, tracy only 6, joe johnson only 4... and you have to have a strong body to absorb all that contact and be able to draw the foul (ariza is not that strong physically). your last point is completely accurate. but that's not an all-star caliber player. i don't know who gave him that idea.
Come on, really derelict translation. - First Solomon puts "words in Ariza's mouth" or is making a rhetorical suggestion with the phrase "Ariza thinks he's an allstar." - And then the OP dramatizes it with "Ariza feeding into his own hype?!" as a thread title. If one actually bothers to read the quotes in the article, you'll see Ariza is not taking either of those two leaps. I wish I could give negative rep for sensationalized posting.
