Trevor Ariza had a journeyman career, having played for ten different NBA teams, three of them twice. The Small Forward was a former Mr. California basketball player who went to UCLA for a year and impressed scouts enough to be drafted by the New York Knicks in the Second Round of 2004.
Ariza played off of the bench mostly in his first five seasons, and with his third team, the Los Angeles Lakers, he won the NBA Championship. Afterwards, he bounced around the NBA but was mainly a starter, enjoying stops in Houston, New Orleans, and Washington. He produced eight years of at least 10 points per game. Ariza also played for Orlando, Phoenix, Sacramento, Portland and Miami and started 769 of 1,118 Games overall. He also received Defensive Player of the Year Award four times.
We know that Ariza will not enter the Hall, but anyone who played over 1,100 Games in the NBA and has a ring to show for it deserves a writeup here at Notinhalloffame.com.
