Veteran swingman Trevor Ariza made his debut for the Heat on Friday, just days after he was traded by the Thunder to Miami ahead of the 2021 NBA trade deadline. The 35-year-old has now suited up for 10 different teams during his well-traveled career.
Ariza tallied just two assists in six minutes of action in Miami’s loss but he nonetheless feels capable of helping the reigning Eastern Conference champions. Despite struggling early, the Heat occupy fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 22-20 record and Ariza thinks it’ll be a good fit for him.
“This is a place I definitely wanted to be,” Ariza told reporters, including Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Twitter link).
Ariza had not played all season after he was acquired by Oklahoma City and reached an agreement to remain away from the team. In 53 games between the Kings and Blazers last season, Ariza averaged 8.0 PPG and 4.8 RPG.
Now, in his attempt to compete for a title, Ariza feels his situation in Miami is a suitable one.
“I just feel it matches my style of person,” he said (Twitter link).
Giannis dream is over
Replace Giannis with Ariza
Ariza dream just starts
This is Ariza dream place
Interesting
Ariza salary is higher than Zion and Luka
You do understand the style you comment in is not in English, correct? Just throwing words on a different line isn’t how grammar works. Please learn some and come back so your comments actually make sense. It feels like you need to be writing more words in between to connect your thoughts. As it stands, most of your comments are pure nonsense to read, and that might not be your intention by the massive volume of comments you make.
This is every comment you make:
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Marty not all of us have same form. Don’t go there bro. It’s not like you can see why it’s so. You don’t have to comment or read it. He ain’t no worse than posters raging on posts. Or Trolls clamoring for attention. Sillyman has his own style….
Gets traded to the Nets a day later.
Rumor story
Delon Wright for Dinwiddie
It is almost a 1 in a million shot that a player would not say that. Of course he is glad to be on a playoff team to compete for a title.
I don’t know how players on heat could get excited about him.. he quit on his okc team when he signed a contract to play basketball. I wonder if he was getting paid not to play
It’s no different than when they got Iggy from Memphis.
Neither of them wanted to play for their previous team.
Who really wants to be in OKC though? Ariza has won a chip with Kobe and been on good teams. OKC is not a good team, they are promising sure, but not good.
His original contract was with kings.. then traded to blazers then pistons then okc
Man who has played for 17 different teams says “this the place I wanted to be” LOL bro you want to be everywhere
Ariza hold the nba record on playing for 11 teams, most in the nba history
Ariza gives Heat depth. Every team can use that. A contender needs experienced depth. That’s a valuable piece to have. Ariza can hit the open three and guard multiple positions. Good piece to add for playoffs
Of course he want to be in Miami instead of Oklahoma city nothing there but tornados and Arbys
Ariza is from Miami, and they’ve been connected to him countless times over the years. His dosruptiveness defensively is absolutely a Miami Heat trait. I dont get the issue with him saying something about it…I know last year, he opted out of the restart with Portland b/c he only had a limited time where he could be with his kid, so maybe that played into his situation with OKC as well, although with their several options at the 4/3, it would make sense they wouldnt need him