| No. 1 New Orleans Hornets | |
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| Small Forward | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | June 30, 1985 |
| Place of birth | Miami, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Westchester |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | UCLA (2003–2004) |
| NBA Draft | 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Pro career | 2004–present |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985 in Miami, Florida) is an American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who plays for the New Orleans Hornets. Primarily a small forward, he is listed at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall and 210 pounds.[1]
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Ariza played AAU basketball for 4d, a traveling youth basketball team that had numerous All-Americans on the roster. Ariza attended Westchester High School in Los Angeles, California, where as a junior he combined with teammates and fellow future NBA players Hassan Adams, Brandon Heath, and Bobby Brown to lead the Comets to the California State championship.
After one season at UCLA Ariza declared for the NBA draft and was a second round choice (43rd overall) of the New York Knicks in 2004.
Ariza started his rookie season coming off the bench; at 19 he was the second-youngest rookie in Knicks history to play in 80 games.[2] As the season progressed he impressed coach Larry Brown enough to start 12 games. In Ariza's second season, he played in 36 games and started in 10. In February 2006, Ariza was traded along with Penny Hardaway to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Steve Francis. After the trade he played in 21 games and averaged 4.7 per game. In the 2006-07 season he played in 57 games and started in 7, averaging a career high 8.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
In November 2007 Ariza was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans.[3] He fractured a bone in his right foot in January 2008, but made his return in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs in late May, scoring a basket within his first minute of play. In the 2008-09 season, he played in a career-high 80 games, starting 20. Ariza was ejected during a game against Portland on March 9, 2009, following a flagrant foul on Rudy Fernández.[4] On March 15, 2009 versus the Dallas Mavericks, Ariza scored a career-high 26 points along with 3 steals, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.[5] After becoming a starter, he began to show more ability on defense.[6]
In the playoffs, Ariza scored a playoff career-high 21 points in Game 1 of the first round against Utah Jazz.[7] In the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets, Ariza stole an inbound pass for Chauncey Billups in Game 1 to help Lakers beat the Nuggets. In Game 3, the Lakers led by two points with 37.1 seconds remaining when Ariza stole Kenyon Martin's pass to Carmelo Anthony near midcourt to help Lakers take a 2-1 lead.[8] The Lakers eventually won the series 4–2, sending them to the NBA Finals against the Orlando Magic. In Game 4 of the finals, Ariza who was 0-for-6 in the first half, scored 13 in the third quarter to help the Lakers win in overtime and finished the game with nine rebounds and three 3-pointers.[9] The Lakers went on to win their 15th NBA title in five games, 4-1. Ariza averaged a career-high 11.3 points and 4.2 rebounds and shot 50% from three-point range in the playoffs.
On July 3, 2009, Ariza reached an agreement with the Houston Rockets worth $33 million over five years.[10] Ariza was signed using the Disabled Player Exception the Rockets were granted for injured center Yao Ming.[11] On October 31, 2009, against the Portland Trail Blazers, Ariza scored a career high 33 points in a 111-107 Rockets win. On April 14, in the Rockets' final game of the season, Ariza recorded his first career triple-double, tallying 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.
On August 11, 2010, Ariza was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part of a four-team, five-player trade, with Darren Collison and James Posey going to the Indiana Pacers, Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets, and Courtney Lee to Houston.[12] During the 2011 NBA playoffs, Ariza logged career highs in minutes per game (40.2), points per game (15.5) rebounds (6.5) and assists (3.3). The Hornets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games in the first round.
On March 18, 1996, Ariza's youngest brother, Tajh Ariza, died after falling out of a hotel room window in Caracas, Venezuela. His first son is named after his late brother.[13]
Ariza's stepfather, Kenny McClary, played at the University of Florida in the mid to late 1980s, and professionally with the Sydney Kings in Australia.[14]
Ariza is of Dominican and Turks & Caicos Islands descent through his grandfather Osvaldo Ariza, a native of Puerto Plata, and his mother Lolita, a native of Grand Turk Island.[15] Ariza once considered changing his citizenship to play for the Dominican Republic national basketball team.[16] However, he later accepted an invitation to the Team USA training camp.
He is friends with Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp.
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2004–05 | New York | 80 | 12 | 17.3 | .442 | .231 | .695 | 3.0 | 1.1 | .9 | .2 | 5.9 |
| 2005–06 | New York | 36 | 10 | 19.7 | .418 | .333 | .545 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 4.6 |
| 2005–06 | Orlando | 21 | 0 | 13.8 | .400 | .000 | .700 | 3.9 | .7 | .7 | .1 | 4.7 |
| 2006–07 | Orlando | 57 | 7 | 22.4 | .539 | .000 | .620 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .3 | 8.9 |
| 2007–08 | Orlando | 11 | 0 | 10.5 | .452 | .000 | .533 | 2.2 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 3.3 |
| 2007–08 | L.A. Lakers | 24 | 3 | 18.0 | .524 | .333 | .683 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .3 | 6.5 |
| 2008–09 | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 20 | 24.4 | .460 | .319 | .710 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | .3 | 8.9 |
| 2009–10 | Houston | 72 | 71 | 36.5 | .394 | .334 | .649 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 1.8 | .6 | 14.9 |
| 2010–11 | New Orleans | 75 | 75 | 34.7 | .398 | .303 | .701 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Career | 458 | 198 | 25.0 | .433 | .316 | .665 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .3 | 8.9 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2007 | Orlando | 4 | 0 | 11.8 | .313 | .000 | .250 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .2 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | L.A. Lakers | 8 | 0 | 5.6 | .583 | .250 | .500 | 1.4 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | L.A. Lakers | 23 | 23 | 31.4 | .497 | .476 | .563 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.6 | .4 | 11.3 |
| 2011 | New Orleans | 6 | 6 | 40.2 | .412 | .333 | .727 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | .5 | 15.5 |
| Career | 41 | 29 | 25.7 | .466 | .40 | .585 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | .3 | 9.3 |
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