Trevor Ariza swings elbow at DeRozan, gets ejected

[ronnymac]

They are letting Ariza grow with no pressure, they are not winning anything this year. Rockets know he is not a number 1 option but he will be a better role player bc of this when they get an all star.

You Cant Put a Square Peg into a Round hole. thats what Trevor is. You cant make a Role Player into a Star. Atleast Carl has the Potential to be that and is far, far, far more effecient.

[Xsatyr]

You Cant Put a Square Peg into a Round hole. thats what Trevor is. You cant make a Role Player into a Star. Atleast Carl has the Potential to be that and is far, far, far more effecient.

Trevor is not taking shots away from Landry so I don't see what he has to do with anything. There is nothing wrong with giving him the oppurtunity, the Rockets are not going anywhere. It is not like Trevor gets trigger happy in the final minutes, his spreads his missed throughout the game.

[ronnymac]

Trevor is not taking shots away from Landry so I don't see what he has to do with anything. There is nothing wrong with giving him the oppurtunity, the Rockets are not going anywhere. It is not like Trevor gets trigger happy in the final minutes, his spreads his missed throughout the game.

We gotta agree to disagree on this one.

[nevetslc88]

Good thing we got rid of that violent, volatile player and got a low key guy like Artest.

[The_Yearning]

At least 3 games...SH!T was outright obvious and intentional...

[bagelred]

At least 3 games...SH!T was outright obvious and intentional...

3 games for what? Elbowing the air?

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Originally Posted by ocho
Good thing we got rid of that violent, volatile player and got a low key guy like Artest.

[Toni]

3 games for what? Elbowing the air?

A few centimeters closer and DeRozan would have been knocked out cold, from behind and with zero warning. 1-3 games. Unacceptable behavior.

[bagelred]

A few centimeters closer and DeRozan would have been knocked out cold, from behind and with zero warning. 1-3 games. Unacceptable behavior.

But he didn't connect.

[apesta]

after the cavs loss to the rockets there was this article explaining why Ariza chose houston over the cavs; he wanted more touches and opportunities to showcase his game. Glad to see it's working out.

The positive thing about his offence though is that he is playing within the offence and unlike Artest who has always iso himself and runs the clock down then chuck up a shot. Ariza will improve his game as time goes on. He just needs to adjust his new role on the team.

[chazzy]

I dunno, Zach Randolph only got two games for this..

http://allhiphopsports.blogspot.com/...-amundson.html

[gasolina]

But he didn't connect.

Yeah but he still tried. Like if someone tried you killed you but nearly missed, he can't just walk away from that.

[Dave3]

But he didn't connect.

So? Is there no punishment in society for attempted murder? Obviously not comparing the degree of the offense at all, but failed attempts at malicious acts are still punishable by steep judgments.

[bagelred]

So? Is there no punishment in society for attempted murder? Obviously not comparing the degree of the offense at all, but failed attempts at malicious acts are still punishable by steep judgments.

OK, sticking with the real life analogy....

Basically, it was attempted assault. Can you be arrested in real life for attempted assault? If you are at a bar get into an argument with a guy, and then throw a punch and miss completely......will you be arrested? Doubt it.

I'm just saying....he technically missed. Derozan didn't even know it happened.

Ariza was already punished. He was ejected from the game for not hitting Derozan.






I'm just playing devils advocate. He probably will get 1 game I'm guessing. I just think the NBA is starting to go overboard with suspensions. They are control freaks.....

[Laker4Lyfe]

I love Ariza but he was dead wrong for that.

And he most definitely deserves to be suspended.