Better days are yet to come. That’s life, sometimes your on top sometimes your down. The good news is, you never be down forever.
Ariza is shooting just a bit over 37% on catch and shoot threes this season. Looking at his recent seasons he seems to hover between 36-40%. If he can translate that to Portland, and I don’t see why he wouldn’t as he’s going to get good looks, he will help. Another thing I noticed, in the 8 games he’s gotten over 30 minutes this season, he’s shooting 48% (41% from three) which also falls in line with his career splits. He’s at his best when he’s playing 30+ minutes. And he might be older, but he’s averaged 30+ minutes as recently as last season, when he played 34 minutes a night. Would expect something similar in Portland.
Does anyone think Houston would swap Tucker for Ariza? That swap would cut the tax to almost nil. Apparently Houston can make that trade since they are in the tax
So where exactly does this leave the team on roster spots. Did they sign Hoard? Do they still have a roster spot available?
I used to dislike Canzano, but in today’s Neil Olshey state run media era, he is actually a breath of fresh air... at least someone in the media isn’t afraid to publicly hold Neil accountable.
Dude he speaking 10000% realtalk. The quote "Too many injuries, sure. Probably wouldn’t have mattered anyway, maybe. That’s the cover Olshey will use when it comes to explaining what went wrong in 2019-20." had me Ding haha, i can already see Neil sitting at the Press conference and talking hours about Injurys and bla bla bla, he wont even mention Stotts' bad coaching and the garbage defense
OH man, thatd be funny if someone like him (Jason Quick, other guys on the media here) had burner accounts on here.
https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest...vor-ariza-trade?amp&__twitter_impression=true Trail Blazer fans: You need to know there's an Easter egg in that Trevor Ariza trade I've never considered myself an NBA salary cap expert. It's gotten too complicated these days and frankly, things like that don't interest me too much. So I leave it to the experts. But Tom Ziller IS an expert and he's opened my eyes to the Easter egg in the Trevor Ariza trade that's waiting for the Trail Blazers: All of these contracts expire this summer, with the exception of Ariza: he’s due $12.8 million next season, with a wrinkle. Bazemore makes much more (he’s a Free Agent Class of 2016 alum), and this deal significantly cuts Portland’s tax bill, apparently saving the Blazers $16 million. The Kings did the Blazers an enormous favor here at little cost to them, except giving up onSwanigan and Gabriel, who had been spending much of their recent time in the G League for the Stockton Kings. The wrinkle on Ariza’s deal is that he’s only guaranteed $1.8 million of his $12.8 million contract next season. If he doesn’t help the Blazers, they can waive him and escape most of salary cap hit. Bazemore’s contract is expiring; Ariza’s might as well be. That $1.8 million would count against the salary cap and potential luxury tax for Portland next season, but the current season savings and theoretical better roster fit counter that. (Plus, there’s a decent chance Portland could unload one of Swanigan or Gabriel before the deadline to further lower the luxury tax hit.) But Ariza’s mostly unguaranteed 2020-21 salary is interesting for another reason: it makes him a fascinating trade chip as fake salary filler, especially in the time around the NBA draft. The Blazers will be able to use Ariza in a trade to match salaries as if he’s a player making $12.8 million. The team that trades for him in such a deal can then waive him before next season — we don’t know the exact non-guarantee deadline, but these things are often in June and typically negotiable with the player — to cut salary. There are plenty of positives in this deal and not all of them are obvious. I like the "fake salary filler" gambit the best. More from Ziller: We don’t know that the Blazers are big game hunting as this season has been shredded by injuries to Nurkic and Zach Collins, and the ownership situation is somewhat unsettled in the wake of Paul Allen’s death. Allen would consistently spend to make the team better. We don’t yet know if that will continue. If it does, and if Portland elects to make a major splash in the next couple of weeks or this summer, Ariza’s contract could really help make the numbers work. If nothing comes to pass, the Ariza trade saves the Blazers a substantial sum of money. And if all that’s not enough, there’s a chance — not a big one, but a chance — that Ariza helps Portland in the right ways to take hold of the up-for-grabs No. 8 seed in the West.
