– John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune
Hes just like this town, Williams said. Hes been beat up a little bit, but hes not down and out.
Actually, Ariza, acquired in a four-team trade that, of significance to Hornets fans, brought him from Houston and sent promising guard Darren Collison and fading forward James Posey to Indiana, is far from down and out. And nothing Ariza said in his formal introduction to the city changed that opinion.
For years the Hornets have needed to draft, acquire, steal or luck into a proven, athletic wing player. Theyve desperately needed to find a player who was a scoring threat on one end, and actually was capable of guarding a 20-point scorer on the other.
Ariza has done that, can do that and will do that in New Orleans.
Hes not a piece, General Manager Dell Demps said. Hes a big part of what were trying to do here.
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