Originally Posted by
Alvis
Monty is the one teaching Aminu how to play that's for sure. That does not mean that he can't learn better by having Ariza on his side especially all those little things about defending great players that you can only learn from doing it.
And yeah, if we have a good trade for Ariza Demps will pull the trigger for sure. That does not mean we don't have reasons to keep him at least one more year and we should trade him for anything (or that other teams are willing to offer something back that is worth it for us which is actually the thing I doubt the most).
If Gordon stays healthy, he will have a true scorer at his side which will likely help with his shot selection issue and his tendency to try to carry the offense too much (and it will likely make him look better).
As I said before, this team is really young. That's why keeping players like Ariza or Okafor around for at least one more year can help us a lot more than their stats show because we are in a developing phase.
They are not untradable though, but all the question marks on Okafor because of his injury and Ariza's really bad looking offense don't help their sale value for other teams at all.
Jefferson + Lillard/Drummond+#30 is good enough for Ariza and #10. But I don't see any good reasons for GS to do that trade unless they think Ariza >> Dorrell Wright and I doubt that.