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<blockquote data-quote="rtillaree" data-source="post: 4230707" data-attributes="member: 570661">even with Ariza being 100% healthy, he still didn&#039;t fit the Magic&#039;s scheme with his limited offense, that&#039;s why Van Gundy labeled him &quot;situational&quot;. The Magic are running the inside out/ 4-1 game with Dwight holding the block and having 4 shooters around him at all times. Ariza was not and is not a shooter, he has barely made any improvements on this facet in his 3-4 years in the league, which is sad because I loved me some Ariza and was exciting about farming him with Dwight. Yes his defense is good, but I think you are overrating it quite a bit, he is a very good perimeter defender, and a solid pass defender, has a lot of intensity and stays focused, but he&#039;s not a lock down kind of guy and isnt very effective in the post unless he is right under the basket (where Dwight is)...it would be nice to have something like that off the bench, but overall him still being with the Magic would not have made them any better, in fact it may have made them worse as Evans and Cook have been big with their range in more than a handful of games this year...Hedo shot the bell very well while in SAS and SAC...it has nothing to do with his shooting, he was brought into SAS from SAC as a shooter to take the pressure off of TD and to provide scoring off the bench as well as experience. The guy hasn&#039;t really gotten all that much better since his days in SAC, he&#039;s always had the skills to do what he is doing in Orlando, he just never had the ability to run offense so freely like he is now. He wasn&#039;t dubbed the Turkish Jordan for nothing before the NBA. the guy was listed as a 6&#039;10&quot; PG/SG/SF/PF and labeled the best passer in the 2000 draft...look at his touches and attempts in SAS vs. Orlando he went from averaging about 17 touches a game and 8FGA to 42 touches and 14.5FGA, MAJOR increase...if you remember, when Peja went down with the Kings in the 01/02 playoffs, Hedo stepped into his role and did a VERY good job at duplicating Peja&#039;s production...Hedo is the man, and the Magic are fortunate that he was able to rise to the challenge...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rtillaree, post: 4230707, member: 570661"] even with Ariza being 100% healthy, he still didn't fit the Magic's scheme with his limited offense, that's why Van Gundy labeled him "situational". The Magic are running the inside out/ 4-1 game with Dwight holding the block and having 4 shooters around him at all times. Ariza was not and is not a shooter, he has barely made any improvements on this facet in his 3-4 years in the league, which is sad because I loved me some Ariza and was exciting about farming him with Dwight. Yes his defense is good, but I think you are overrating it quite a bit, he is a very good perimeter defender, and a solid pass defender, has a lot of intensity and stays focused, but he's not a lock down kind of guy and isnt very effective in the post unless he is right under the basket (where Dwight is)...it would be nice to have something like that off the bench, but overall him still being with the Magic would not have made them any better, in fact it may have made them worse as Evans and Cook have been big with their range in more than a handful of games this year... Hedo shot the bell very well while in SAS and SAC...it has nothing to do with his shooting, he was brought into SAS from SAC as a shooter to take the pressure off of TD and to provide scoring off the bench as well as experience. The guy hasn't really gotten all that much better since his days in SAC, he's always had the skills to do what he is doing in Orlando, he just never had the ability to run offense so freely like he is now. He wasn't dubbed the Turkish Jordan for nothing before the NBA. the guy was listed as a 6'10" PG/SG/SF/PF and labeled the best passer in the 2000 draft... look at his touches and attempts in SAS vs. Orlando he went from averaging about 17 touches a game and 8FGA to 42 touches and 14.5FGA, MAJOR increase... if you remember, when Peja went down with the Kings in the 01/02 playoffs, Hedo stepped into his role and did a VERY good job at duplicating Peja's production... Hedo is the man, and the Magic are fortunate that he was able to rise to the challenge... [/QUOTE]

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