Ariza, Collison involved in four-team trade
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08/11/2010 -
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers,
Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets have reportedly agreed on a trade that
will change the homes of five players, including Trevor Ariza and Darren
Collison.
The trade has been reported by multiple sources, including the Indianapolis
Star and The Newark Star-Ledger.
Ariza, a forward who signed a five-year contract with Houston prior to last
season, is heading to the Hornets, who sent point guard Collison to Indiana.
Additionally, the Pacers also get forward James Posey from New Orleans while
sending forward Troy Murphy to New Jersey. The Nets sent Courtney Lee to
the Rockets.
The 25-year-old Ariza had his best statistical season in 2009-10, averaging
14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 72 games for the Rockets. Despite
his career-high averages, his shooting percentage was a career-low 39.4
percent, and he hit 33.4 percent of his three-point shots and 64.9 percent of
his free throws.
Ariza was initially a second-round pick of the Knicks in 2004 and has spent
time in New York, Orlando, Los Angeles with the Lakers and Houston, averaging
8.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 383 games -- 123 starts.
Collison, who turns 23 later this month, served as the backup to Chris Paul in
his rookie season with the Hornets and the starter when Paul went down with a
knee injury. The UCLA product, a first-round pick in 2009, averaged 12.4
points and 5.7 assists in 76 games last year, including 37 starts. He figures
to slide in as the Pacers' starting point guard immediately.
Collison is still on his original rookie contract, which could run through
2013-14 if the team exercises its options and extends a qualifying offer in
the final year.
Posey, a 33-year-old veteran who has won two NBA titles with Miami in 2006 and
Boston in 2008, scored 5.2 points and pulled down 4.3 rebounds per game in 77
contests for New Orleans last season. In 11 seasons with Denver, Houston,
Memphis, Miami, Boston and New Orleans, Posey has career per-game averages of
8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 815 contests.
Posey has two seasons left on his contract.
Murphy spent the last three-plus seasons with Indiana and has been one of the
most versatile forwards in the league. In 2009-10, he averaged 14.6 points and
10.2 rebounds while shooting 38.4 percent from three-point range. A first-
round pick of Golden State in 2001, Murphy has averaged 12.1 points and 8.6
rebounds in 621 games for the Warriors and Pacers over nine seasons, although
he has appeared in 82 games just once -- his rookie campaign.
Murphy is in the final year of his contract.
Lee will suit up for his third team in three NBA seasons, having played with
Orlando as a rookie in 2008-09 before participating with the Nets this past
season. In 71 games for the Nets in 2009-10, Lee averaged 12.5 points, and he
has a career 10.3 scoring averaged in 148 games.
Lee, like Collison, is on his rookie contract that extends to 2012-13 if the
team exercises a 2011-12 option and extends a qualifying offer in 2012-13.
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