2009 Free Agency Watch
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The 2009 NBA offseason is going to be crazy. Though we’re still a year away from the LeBron James Sweepstakes, free agency is going to be wild this summer. Why? Because there are some key free agents on the market with the potential to be difference-makers ...
Just Add Fire
hardwoodparoxysm.com 7/3/2009 — I don’t know if you heard, but the Lakers won the championship. Yeah, they were pretty good. So naturally, they went out on the free agent market this summer (prior to re-upping two critical pieces in Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza, mind you) ...
Small Forwards, Big Legends
sonsofstevegarvey.com 6/29/2009 —
Matt Kemp and yesterday's ceremonial first-pitch thrower Trevor Ariza. We told you they were BFF !
Fernando Valenzuela hosts the latest incarnation of Carne Asada Sunday.
photos by Jon SooHoo/Dodgers
Trevor Ariza is not Giving Mitch Kupchak a Coupon
lakeshowlife.com 6/30/2009 — Mitch Kupchak’s coupon book filled with hometown discounts is about to expire at 9:01pm pacific time tonight.
Free agent to be Trevor Ariza, a Los Angeles native, is not going to give his boyhood team a cut rate price for his services or at least his agent, David Lee, isn’t.
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Trevor Ariza: Ready to Play Hardball
slamonline.com 6/30/2009 — Or, at the very least, his agent is : “While Ariza has maintained that he hopes to wear purple and gold again next season, agent David Lee said Monday that the Lakers won’t receive any hometown discount from his client. Lee declined to ...
Cleveland Talking With Ariza
kingjamesgospel.com 7/2/2009 — After losing out to Detroit with Villanueva a couple names have been thrown around in Cleveland. One of those names being that of Trevor Ariza. The key defender in Los Angeles’ Championship run is on the verge of leaving, sources say.With a hand full of teams interested in Ariza, the ...
Bye bye Ariza; Trevor about to get big payday ($32-40 million)
thelakersnation.com 7/2/2009 — If true, Ariza will be gone. Ron Artest anyone?
Yahoo : According to a Twitter post by Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Trevor Ariza will become a very rich man at the hands of the team that loses out on Hedo Turkoglu.
League executives believe Portland or Toronto, whichever team does not ...
Ariza Watch
lakersoffire.com 7/2/2009 — Is it possible the dream to repeat is unraveling already?
The Lakers have just two primary objectives this off-season, re-signing Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza. Thus far things are going well enough with Lamar Odom, but the Ariza situation has taken a dramatic turn for the worse (allegedly).
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Trevor Ariza the Consolation Prize?
blazersedge.com 7/2/2009 — As Blazer Ninja pointed out in a Fanshot, RealGM has reposted a YahooSports Twitter saying that league executives feel that either Toronto or Portland, whichever team loses out on Hedo Turkoglu, will offer a $32-$40 million contract to L*kers reserve Trevor Ariza.
Now obviously ...
Some advice for Trevor Ariza from the city of L.A.
lakeshowlife.com 7/2/2009 — Will the glare of cash blind Ariza?
We’re not going to pretend to know you, Trevor, even though we feel as if we do. Let’s just say that we knew you as a Comet before anyone ever knew you as a Bruin or a Laker.
Before you decide to go down this road and leave the city that ...
Trevor Ariza's negotiations: My initial thoughts
lakersblog.latimes.com 7/2/2009 — It's understandable and predictable that news of Trevor Ariza and the Lakers engaged in acrimonious, standstill contract talks would send chills down the Laker Nation's collective spine. The report from ESPN's Chris Broussard certainly doesn't drip ...
FAF 2009 - Ariza Leaving LA for Portland or Toronto?
airalamo.com 7/2/2009 —
Ariza
I am not sure this is what the Los Angeles Lakers wanted to hear after what Trevor Ariza did for them in the playoffs but it is rumored that he is leaning towards leaving Los Angeles accoring to numerous reports surfacing around the ...
Get Ariza NOW
brightsideofthesun.com 7/2/2009 — According to ESPN, Trevor Ariza is now set on leaving the Lakers due to apparent bad blood, and is willing to accept the mid-level amount.
I think the Suns should move on this, and fast. Here's why:
1. Youth - We could resign Hill and get someone like Dice or Smith. But why? ...
Trevor Ariza Wants To Feel Wanted
sportsradiointerviews.com 7/2/2009 — NBA players are human too - queue the piano. Hours before rumors were released that Trevor Ariza is leaving the Lakers for the Cavs, Ariza joined ESPN 710 in Los Angeles to share his thoughts on what he’s after in contract negotiations. If the rumor is true, and no sign-and-trade is ...
Report: Ariza leaning towards signing with the Rockets
digitalsportsdaily.com 7/3/2009 — Want to find out where NBA free agents are headed? Most likely it will come out first on twitter . Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Twitter Thursday night that Lakers free agent Trevor Ariza is leaning towards signing with the Houston Rockets.
“Trevor Ariza is nearing a ...
Rockets replace Ron Artest with Lakers free agent Trevor Ariza
tonyblogs.net 7/3/2009 — Hours after learning that Ron Artest had agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Rockets have filled his spot by agreeing to a deal with Trevor Ariza, Ken Berger reports .
Ariza was reportedly upset that the Lakers were only willing to offer him the mid-level exception to re-sign ...
Artest Joining Kobe in Hollywood
thesportsbank.net 7/3/2009 —
by: David Kay
When it comes down to it, the Lakers and Rockets pretty much swapped Ron Artest for Trevor Ariza straight up. Thursday, Artest reached an agreement with the defending champs on a 3-year deal worth about $18 million. Houston responded by stealing the Lakers’ Trevor Ariza for ...
Lakers Still Want Odom Back —
The Lakers Nation
The Lakers want Lamar Odom back! I’m confident they’ll both meet halfway to keep the goods in a Laker uni.
L.A. Times : The Lakers still want Lamar Odom back, but the free-agent forward will have to lower this asking price.
Odom is believed to be looking for $10 million ...
Trevor Ariza Joins The Rockets —
Hooped Up
The same day the Rockets lost Ron Artest to the Lakers, they found his replacement from the Lakers in Trevor Ariza.
“Ariza accepted the Rockets’ offer of a five-year, mid-level exception deal late Thursday, expected to be worth roughly $33 million, an individual with knowledge of ...
Rockets To Sign Free Agent F Ariza —
MKRob's Sports Blog
The Houston Rockets have reached a multiyear deal with free agent Trevor Ariza.
The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because NBA rules prohibit announcing free-agent deals until next week, said the Rockets offered Ariza the full mid-level exception for the first year, ...
Photoshopping NBA Free Agency —
SportsTsar.com
A year ago , I handicapped the summer’s NBA free agent class. The photoshop jobs were bad, and the predictions were even worse. Well, save for the far fetched Ron Artest MLE scenario that managed to play itself out this year.
Without further ado, some more horrendous photoshops of what ...
Ariza to the Rockets —
Houston Rockets
Ariza verbally agrees to deal with Houston : Trevor Ariza has made a verbal commitment to sign with the Houston Rockets , according to sources close to the process. The
6-foot-8 Ariza averaged 8.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists for
the Lakers last season, which ended with the NBA ...
Ariza Verbally Agrees to Deal with Rockets —
Courtside
Trevor Ariza , who was an integral piece of the Lakers' recent championship triumph, has reportedly verbally agreed to a deal with the Houston Rockets . Many were surprised when word came out Wednesday night that the Lakers would not be willing to exceed the mid-level exception to retain ...
Ariza May Take Artest's Place in Houston —
FanHouse
by Gary Washburn Well, the Houston Rockets didn't waste any time getting back at the Los Angeles Lakers for nabbing Ron Artest . According to two reports, the Rockets are discussing a deal with free-agent forward Trevor Ariza , who was likely nudged out of Los Angeles by Artest's arrival. ...
NBA Free Agent/ Trades July 2nd Update —
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs
7:56 p.m ET The Lakers are close to reaching an agreement with Houston forward Ron Artest, The LA Times has reported. The Deal is reported to be a three-year contract worth an estimated $18 million.Artest has been meeting with Lakers executives throughout the day and is expected to agree ...
Artest Says He's Signing With Lakers —
The Baseline
While most everyone has been wondering whether the Lakers could re-sign both Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza, apparently L.A. was busy courting another big-name free-agent forward: Ron Artest.
Artest told cbssports.com that he's signing with the Lakers after meeting with owner Jerry Buss on ...
Houston Jumps In For Trevor Ariza —
Air Alamo | A San Antonio Spurs Blog
Ariza
Earlier this morning I posted on me reading that Trevor Ariza was wanting out of LA LA land and that Portland and Toronto were both ready to offer him a big sized contract. That though would come for whichever team would not sign Turkoglu.
Then reading on today (like most of us ...
Houston Rockets meeting with Trevor Ariza —
FanIQ Blog
The Houston Rockets are meeting with Trevor Ariza in Vegas...and I don't think it is to buy him drinks at the Craps table....would it be a good move by Houston? Can Ariza contribute that much? Source: sports.espn.go.com
Where He’ll Land: 2009 NBA Free Agents —
DownSwinging.com
Last night, the Detroit Pistons confirmed the acquisitions of Ben Gordon, from the Chicago Bulls and Charlie Villanueva, formerly of the Milwaukee Bucks. While Ben Gordon’s fit with the Pistons, a team who pride themselves on slow deliberate offensive schemes and a ...
Ariza Wants More Skrill —
So Yoked - Athletes Served Sunny Side Up
If the Lakers hope to repeat as NBA Champions next year they might need to re-sign players Trevor Ariza and Lamar “Candy” Odom, but apparently that’s not going as smoothly as they had hoped. In particular, Ariza and his agent weren’t thrilled by the Lakers annual ...
Trevor Ariza Could Be a Goner from L.A. —
SLAM Online
Word out of Laker-land is that Trevor is about to bolt out of town : ” Trevor Ariza may be on the verge of leaving the team after his agent emerged from a lengthy phone conversation with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak on Wednesday convinced that the team isn’t as interested in ...
Ariza To Cleveland? —
Blak4rest: Sports, Media and Vegas
This will create concern in Lakerville. According to Chris Broussard, Trevor Ariza might be headed out of L.A. That would be a crusher, but this story says he might have been a bit insulted by the $5.6 million offer. You think? That's Sasha-Luke Walton money. Trevor is better than that. But this ...
Report: Rockets, Ariza agree to deal —
FOXSports.com News for NBA
A person close to the situation tells The Associated Press that the Houston Rockets are meeting with Los Angeles Lakers forward Trevor Ariza.
The person, who did not want to be identified because the negotiations were ongoing, said Rockets general ...
Houston Rockets-Trevor Ariza Are Talking —
Bleacher Report - NBA
After rumors of Ron Artest signing with the Lakers were tweeted around on Twitter, it seems like the tables have turned for the Houston Rockets.
The Associated Press (first reported on KRIV-TV) is reporting that Rockets general manager Daryl ...
Ariza Or Odom? The Great Debate —
Bleacher Report - NBA
The free agent class of 2009 is greatly overshadowed by the star studded LeBron James, Dwayne Wade class of 2010, but for the Lakers, this offseason is heating up and becoming a pivotal time for a team looking to compete for back-to-back ...
