Saturday, May 15, 2004
A Winn-er?
Mike DeCourcy is no fan of Trevor Ariza's decision to declare. Neither am I. Pourquoi?Ariza is a 6-7 forward who made 23.7 percent of his 3-pointers. He ranked third in scoring on a team that lost 17 games. He has not demonstrated any of the qualities that are helpful for an NBA small forward: long-range shooting, the ability to get off a screen and shoot, the skill to create some space with a dribble.
So where will he end up? CNN/SI's Luke Winn and I review the young man's options:
Trevor Ariza didn't leave for the NBA. He left for the NBDL.
Or Turkey. Or Italy. Or Spain. Or Israel.
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Excellent point... but at least for now, there's a **possibility** that Ariza could be picked as a late second-rounder, so I've gotta say NBA. Turkey is a solid bet, though; maybe he and Dijon Thompson can learn a few things from Khalid El-Amin and Trajan Langdon over there.
Thanks for writing, Luke
Props to Luke for kindly writing back.
