* 레이커스가 이번 올랜도와의 1:2 트레이드로 인해 빈 로스터 한 자리를 크리스 웨버로 채울 수도 있다는군요.
* 잭슨은 올시즌 노쇠화 기미가 뚜렷한 샤크에 대해 여전히 그는 효율적인 선수라고 언급했다네요.
레이커스에서 에디 존스를 많이 좋아했었고 데릭 피셔의 팬이라는군요.
아래는 원문입니다. 팸원분들 주말 마무리 잘하세요~
The forward, from Westchester High and UCLA, is looking for a fresh start with his hometown team.
MILWAUKEE --
Trevor Ariza was sitting in an NBA locker room and wearing a Lakers jersey, right where he hoped he would always end up.
"I think everybody from L.A. was a Lakers fan growing up," the newest member of the Lakers said. "I think I liked
Eddie Jones a lot. I think they had just drafted
Kobe [
Bryant] and had
Shaq [
O'Neal] and all those guys."
He also mentioned being a fan of
Derek Fisher way back when, which caught the veteran's attention as he sat at a nearby locker stall.
"I thought I overheard him say that," said Fisher, smiling and shaking his head at the quick passage of time.
The Lakers are even younger after acquiring the 22-year-old Ariza on Tuesday from Orlando for
Brian Cook and
Maurice Evans.
Ariza helped lead L.A. Westchester High to two state championships and then played a year at UCLA before making himself available for the NBA draft. He became the youngest player ever for the New York Knicks and, four seasons later, found himself a member of his hometown team.
"I'm super excited to be back home with my family, to be around a great organization, get a new start, get a chance to start over," Ariza said.
Ariza averaged 8.9 points and 4.4 rebounds last season, but fell to 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds this season after dropping on the depth chart behind small forwards
Rashard Lewis and
Hedo Turkoglu.
The Lakers are hoping Ariza can play strong defense at small forward and fill the lanes in transition on offense.
Ariza, who will wear jersey No. 3, passed a physical but did not play Wednesday against Milwaukee because he arrived after the Lakers' morning shoot-around.
There's also one other little thing . . .
When asked if he knew the triangle offense, he smiled and shrugged.
"I'm about to sit down and watch everything and try to figure it out," he said.
By trading two players and picking up only one, the Lakers have 14 players, one below the maximum.
Immediate speculation had the Lakers filling the extra roster spot with unsigned free agent
Chris Webber, although a Lakers official quickly downplayed such a scenario unless another post player went down for an extended period of time. (
Kwame Brown is out indefinitely because of a sprained left knee.)
Webber, 34, averaged 11.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in 61 games last season for Philadelphia and Detroit.
O'Neal's stats are down in Miami -- 15.2 points and 6.8 rebounds a game -- although Lakers Coach
Phil Jackson doesn't think it's time for the 35-year-old to call it quits.
"Somebody else last week was trying to bury Shaq and erect a gravestone over his basketball [career]. I'm not ready to do that yet," he said. "I think he's still going to be effective for us this year."
Us?
"I mean, the NBA community."
Jackson and O'Neal haven't spoken since their tiff last December, when Jackson picked at O'Neal's work ethic while with the Lakers. O'Neal responded by calling him "Benedict Arnold," a reference to Jackson's ultimately choosing Bryant over O'Neal.
Jackson said he reached out to O'Neal twice over the summer, leaving messages regarding O'Neal's weight-loss TV show and, of greater seriousness, his pending divorce.
"I thought [the TV show] was a very good gesture on his part with the kids," Jackson said. "And then obviously, when people have personal difficulties in marital situations, I sent my regards to him in that situation too."
Lakers special assistant
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was honored at halftime when the Bucks rededicated his retired No. 33 jersey banner as part of the team's 40th anniversary.
첫댓글 아리자는 UCLA 출신입니다. 따라서 LA가 고향이라고 봐도 틀린 말은 아니겠죠.
방문)뉴스란에보니 레이커스는 웨버에 관심 없다는데요? 배부른소리 하고있네 근데 웨버는 올생각이 있답니까?
Immediate speculation had the Lakers filling the extra roster spot with unsigned free agent Chris Webber, although a Lakers official quickly downplayed such a scenario unless another post player went down for an extended period of time. (Kwame Brown is out indefinitely because of a sprained left knee.)
그건 이틀전? 하루전? 뉴스입니다... 뭐 어짜피 루머인데 팸에서 쓰는것보고 왜이리 태클이 많으신지...
배부른소리 하던말던 왜 자꼬 와서 눈살찌뿌리게만드는 리플다시는지
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아리자가 0506시즌쯤에 뉴욕에 있던선수인가요? 풋백덩크가 인상적이었던...
네, 그 선수죠. 데이빗 리와 함께 닉스팬들의 많은 사랑을 받았었는데, 프랜시스 트레이드 때 페니와 함께 올랜도로 이적했었습니다.
아리자 백넘버 1번달수없는건가요?????ㅠㅠ
크리텐튼이 1번 달고 있는데, 가능한지 모르겠네요.
방문)코비가 레이커스 선수로 뛰고있어서 그럽니다 코비가 없다면 여기 관심 가질 이유가 어딨습니까 그리고 웨버에 관심없다는 레이커스는 내가 보기에 배부른 소리로밖에 안보이는데요 콰미도 부상으로 떨어져 나간판에 지난 시즌을 생각해서라도 웨버면 절이라도 해야하는거 아닌가요
버스 영감님이 사치세를 싫어하기 때문이죠. 웨버가 얼마 요구할 지도 모르고. 지금 레이커스는 이번 트레이드로 인해 겨우 사치세 커트라인에 걸려 있거든요.
LA Times에서 그냥 이런 소식이 있다는거니 너무 흥분하실 필요는 없습니다. 특히나 선수이동에 관한 부분은 사전에 구단측에서 부인하더라도 말그대로 확정될때까지는 확신할 수 없는 경우가 많으니 그냥 이런 움직임도 있더라하는 쪽으로만 생각하심 될거 같네요. 루머라도 아예 근거없는 소문은 아닐테니 저런 일간지에도 실렸겠지요. Immediate speculation와 although를 주목^^;
아리자는 UCLA 출신 선수죠
웨버가 오란다고 올까요..
가능성이 희박하기에 더 아쉽군요...
웨버가 온다면 코비와 참 잘 맞을것 같은데...왔으면 좋겠네요. 진짜...위대님 말씀처럼 삼고초려 한번 했으면...가능성이야 늘 존재하는것 아니겠습니까..
웨버가 온다면 참 좋겠죠..예전에 기량보다는 많이 죽었지만 여전히 좋은선수고 득점과 패스능력도 참 좋은 선순데..ㅠ