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Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985) is an American professional
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player who last played for the
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of the
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(NBA). He won an
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in his first stint with the Lakers in 2009. He played
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for one season with the
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before being selected as the 43rd pick of the 2004 NBA draft by the
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. He also previously played for the
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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.


High school and college career

Ariza attended Westchester High School in Los Angeles, where as a junior in 2001–02, he combined with teammates and fellow future NBA players
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,
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, and
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to lead the Comets to the California State championship. Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Ariza was listed as the No. 5 power forward and the No. 18 player in the nation in 2003. As a freshman at UCLA in 2003–04, Ariza played in 25 games (23 starts) and averaged 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and a team-high 1.7 steals. He subsequently earned All-Pac 10 Freshman Team honors. He declared for the NBA Draft following his freshman campaign at UCLA.Trevor Ariza stats, details, videos, and news
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Professional career


New York Knicks (2004–2006)

Ariza was selected by the
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in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2004 NBA draft. He played in 80 games during his rookie campaign with New York and averaged 5.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. At the time, he became the youngest player to ever wear a Knicks uniform (19 years, four months and four days old). His 80 games and 1,382 minutes were the most played by a Knicks rookie since
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in 1991–92 (82 games played).


Orlando Magic (2006–2007)

In February 2006, Ariza was traded along with
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to the
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in exchange for
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. After the trade, he played in 21 games and averaged 4.7 points per game for the rest of the season. In the 2006–07 season he played in 57 games and started in 7. he averaged 8.9 points along with 4.4
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and 1.1 assists.


Los Angeles Lakers (2007–2009)

In November 2007, Ariza was traded to the
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in exchange for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans. He fractured a bone in his right foot in January 2008, but made his return in Game 2 of the Western Conference
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against the
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in late May, scoring a basket within his first minute of play. The Lakers went on to defeat the Spurs in 5 games and advance to the
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, but lost to the
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in 6 games. In the 2008–09 season, he played in all 82 games, starting 20. Ariza was ejected during a game against Portland on March 9, 2009, following a
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on Rudy Fernández. On March 15, 2009 versus the
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, Ariza scored a career-high 26 points along with 3 steals, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists. After becoming a starter, he began to show more ability on defense. In the playoffs, Ariza scored a playoff career-high 21 points in Game 1 of the first round against
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. In the Western Conference Finals against the
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, Ariza stole an inbound pass from
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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
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's pass to
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near midcourt to help Lakers take a 2–1 lead. The Lakers eventually won the series 4–2, sending them to the
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against the
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. In Game 4 of the
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, Ariza, who was 0-for-6 in the first half, scored 13 in the third quarter to help the Lakers win in
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and finished the game with nine rebounds and three 3-pointers. 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.


Houston Rockets (2009–2010)

On July 3, 2009, Ariza reached an agreement with the
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worth $33 million over five years. Ariza was signed using the Disabled Player Exception the Rockets were granted for injured center
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. On October 31, 2009, against the Portland Trail Blazers, Ariza scored a career high 33 points in a 111–107 Rockets win. On December 13, 2009, Ariza was ejected after he attempted to punch
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of the
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after having the ball stolen by him. He was subsequently suspended for one game. On April 14, 2010, in the Rockets' final game of the season, Ariza recorded his first career triple-double, tallying 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.


New Orleans Hornets (2010–2012)

On August 11, 2010, Ariza was traded to the
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as part of a four-team, five-player trade, with
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and James Posey going to the
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, Troy Murphy to the
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, and
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to Houston. 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
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in 6 games in the first round.


Washington Wizards (2012–2014)

On June 20, 2012, Ariza and
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were traded to the
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for
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and a draft pick to the New Orleans Hornets. On February 12, 2014, Ariza recorded a career-high 10 made three-pointers to score a season-high 32 points, as well as 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, in a 113–112 loss to the Houston Rockets. On March 1, 2014, Ariza recorded a career-high 40 points, including eight 3-pointers, in a 122–103 victory over the
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. On April 27, 2014, Ariza set a playoff career-high 30 points against the
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in Game 4 of their 2014 NBA Playoffs first-round match-up, which the Wizards won 98–89. The team went on to lose to the
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in six games in the conference semifinals.


Return to Houston (2014–2018)

On July 15, 2014, Ariza was re-acquired by the Houston Rockets in a three-team sign-and-trade deal that also involved the
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, which sent
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and
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to the Pelicans,
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to the Wizards, and Ariza, along with
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and
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, to the Rockets. On February 6, 2015, he tied a season-high with 24 points in a 117–111 wina's streak of 172 straight games played. On January 24, 2016, he scored a season-high 29 points and made a season-high six three-pointers in a 115–104 win over the
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. He topped that mark the following night, scoring 31 points in a 112–111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. On February 27, he made two three-pointers against the San Antonio Spurs to extend his streak with at least one three-pointer to 29 games, the longest streak by a Rockets player since 39 in a row by Aaron Brooks in the 2009–10 season. The streak ended at 30 after shooting 0-of-8 from three-point range against the
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on March 2. On January 17, 2018, Ariza was suspended for two games without pay for entering the
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' locker room after a game against the team two days earlier. In Game 2 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals, on May 17, 2018, Ariza helped tie the series with 19 points and 6 assists in a 127-105 victory over the
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. In Game 7 of the series, a deciding loss, Ariza missed all 9 of his 3-point attempts, and the Rockets set an NBA playoff record for most consecutive 3-point attempts missed with 27.


Phoenix Suns (2018)

On July 6, 2018, Ariza signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the
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. In his debut for the Suns in their season opener on October 17, 2018, Ariza recorded 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in a 121–100 win over the
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.


Return to Washington (2018–2019)

On December 17, 2018, Ariza was traded to the Washington Wizards for Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. On January 13, 2019, he narrowly missed his second career triple-double, recording 23 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in a 140–138 double-overtime loss to the
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.


Sacramento Kings (2019–2020)

On July 7, 2019, Ariza inked a two-year deal worth $25 million with the
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. On January 6, 2020, Ariza scored a season-high 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in a 111-99 win over the
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.


Portland Trail Blazers (2020)

On January 20, 2020, Ariza was traded to the
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along with
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and
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in exchange for future teammate Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver, and two future second-round draft picks. On June 22, 2020, Ariza announced he would not be returning to the NBA season's restart in Orlando. Instead, he committed to a one-month visitation window with his young son, sources told
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. On November 22, 2020, Ariza, the draft rights to
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, and a conditional future first round pick were traded to the
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in exchange for
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. On November 24, Ariza and Stewart were traded to the
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in exchange for
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, as part of a sign-and-trade deal. On November 27, Ariza, Justin Jackson, a 2023 second-round pick (from either Dallas or Miami), and a 2026 second-round pick were traded to the
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in a three-team trade involving the
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. Ariza never reported to the Thunder or appeared in any games for them during his stint, as he was away from the team due to family matters.


Miami Heat (2021)

On March 17, 2021, Ariza was traded to the
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in exchange for center
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and a future second round draft pick. It was the ninth time that he had been traded in his career, the most in NBA history. He played 30 games and started 27 of them, averaging 9.4 points, 1.8 assists, and 4.8 rebounds.


Return to the Lakers (2021–2022)

On August 6, 2021, Ariza signed with the
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on a one-year deal worth $2.6 million. On October 6, he underwent a procedure on his right ankle. He was out for most of the first half, which Lakers head coach
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said "did derail most of his season and his impact on our team this year". On April 7, 2022, Ariza was waived. He played in 24 games with 11 starts, averaging four points and shooting 33.3%.


Personal life

On March 18, 1996, Ariza's youngest brother, Tajh Ariza, died after falling out of a hotel room window in
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,
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. His first son is named after his late brother. Ariza also has two children with his current wife: son Tristan and daughter Taylor. Ariza's stepfather, Kenny McClary, played at the
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in the mid to late 1980s, and professionally with the
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in Australia. Ariza is of Turks & Caicos Islands and Dominican descent through his grandfather Osvaldo Ariza (a Turks and Caicos Islander of Dominican descent), and his parents, Lolita Ariza and Trevor Saunders of
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. Ariza once considered changing his citizenship to play for the
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. However, he later accepted an invitation to the Team USA training camp.


NBA career statistics


Regular season

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L.A. Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
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Playoffs

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
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New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
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Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...
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See also

* List of National Basketball Association career steals leaders * List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders


References


External links

*
Trevor Ariza is easy to miss. He shouldn't be.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ariza, Trevor 1985 births Living people American men's basketball players American people of Turks and Caicos Islands descent American sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent Basketball players from Miami Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople Houston Rockets players Los Angeles Lakers players Miami Heat players New Orleans Hornets players New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Orlando Magic players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Phoenix Suns players Portland Trail Blazers players Sacramento Kings players Small forwards UCLA Bruins men's basketball players Washington Wizards players Westchester High School (Los Angeles) alumni