Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985) is an American professional
basketball
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player who last played for the
Los Angeles Lakers
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of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA). He won an
NBA championship
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in his first stint with the Lakers in 2009. He played
college basketball
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for one season with the
UCLA Bruins
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before being selected as the 43rd pick of the
2004 NBA draft by the
New York Knicks
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. He also previously played for the
Orlando Magic
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,
Houston Rockets
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,
New Orleans Hornets
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,
Washington Wizards
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,
Phoenix Suns
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,
Sacramento Kings
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,
Portland Trail Blazers
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, and
Miami Heat
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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
Hassan Adams
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High school career
Adams attended Westchester High School in Westchester, Los Angeles, where he averaged ...
,
Brandon Heath
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, and
Bobby Brown
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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.
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Professional career
New York Knicks (2004–2006)
Ariza was selected by the New York Knicks
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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 Greg Anthony
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in 1991–92 (82 games played).
Orlando Magic (2006–2007)
In February 2006, Ariza was traded along with Penny Hardaway
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to the Orlando Magic
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in exchange for Steve Francis
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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 rebounds
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and 1.1 assists.
Los Angeles Lakers (2007–2009)
In November 2007, Ariza was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers
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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 Finals
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against the San Antonio Spurs
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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 2008 NBA Finals
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, but lost to the Boston Celtics
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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 flagrant foul
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on Rudy Fernández. On March 15, 2009 versus the Dallas Mavericks
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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 Utah Jazz
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. In the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets
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, Ariza stole an inbound pass from Chauncey Billups
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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 Kenyon Martin
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's pass to Carmelo Anthony
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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 NBA Finals
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against the Orlando Magic
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. In Game 4 of the Finals
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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 overtime
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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 Houston Rockets
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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 Yao Ming
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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 DeMar DeRozan
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of the Toronto Raptors
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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 New Orleans Hornets
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as part of a four-team, five-player trade, with Darren Collison
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and James Posey going to the Indiana Pacers
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, Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets
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, and Courtney Lee
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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 Los Angeles Lakers
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in 6 games in the first round.
Washington Wizards (2012–2014)
On June 20, 2012, Ariza and Emeka Okafor
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were traded to the Washington Wizards
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for Rashard Lewis
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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 Philadelphia 76ers
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.
On April 27, 2014, Ariza set a playoff career-high 30 points against the Chicago Bulls
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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 Indiana Pacers
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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 New Orleans Pelicans
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, which sent Omer Asik
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and Omri Casspi
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to the Pelicans, Melvin Ely
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to the Wizards, and Ariza, along with Alonzo Gee
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and Scotty Hopson
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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 Dallas Mavericks
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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 New Orleans Pelicans
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on March 2.
On January 17, 2018, Ariza was suspended for two games without pay for entering the Los Angeles Clippers
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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 Golden State Warriors
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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 Phoenix Suns
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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 Dallas Mavericks
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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 Toronto Raptors
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.
Sacramento Kings (2019–2020)
On July 7, 2019, Ariza inked a two-year deal worth $25 million with the Sacramento Kings
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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 Golden State Warriors
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.
Portland Trail Blazers (2020)
On January 20, 2020, Ariza was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers
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along with Wenyen Gabriel
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and Caleb Swanigan
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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 ESPN
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.
On November 22, 2020, Ariza, the draft rights to Isaiah Stewart
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, and a conditional future first round pick were traded to the Houston Rockets
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in exchange for Robert Covington
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. On November 24, Ariza and Stewart were traded to the Detroit Pistons
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in exchange for Christian Wood
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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 Oklahoma City Thunder
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in a three-team trade involving the Detroit Pistons
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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 Miami Heat
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in exchange for center Meyers Leonard
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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 Los Angeles Lakers
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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 Frank Vogel
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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%.[
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Personal life
On March 18, 1996, Ariza's youngest brother, Tajh Ariza, died after falling out of a hotel room window in Caracas
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, Venezuela
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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 University of Florida
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in the mid to late 1980s, and professionally with the Sydney Kings
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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 Grand Turk
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. Ariza once considered changing his citizenship to play for the Dominican Republic national basketball team
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. However, he later accepted an invitation to the Team USA training camp.
NBA career statistics
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, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
, 21 , , 0 , , 13.8 , , .400 , , .000 , , .700 , , 3.9 , , .7 , , .7 , , .1 , , 4.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
, 57 , , 7 , , 22.4 , , .539 , , .000 , , .620 , , 4.4 , , 1.1 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , 8.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
, 11 , , 0 , , 10.5 , , .452 , , .000 , , .533 , , 2.2 , , .7 , , .5 , , .3 , , 3.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, 24 , , 3 , , 18.0 , , .524 , , .333 , , .683 , , 3.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 6.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", †
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, style="background:#cfecec;", 82* , , 20 , , 24.4 , , .460 , , .319 , , .710 , , 4.3 , , 1.8 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 8.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 72 , , 71 , , 36.5 , , .394 , , .334 , , .649 , , 5.6 , , 3.8 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , 14.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
, 75 , , 75 , , 34.7 , , .398 , , .303 , , .701 , , 5.4 , , 2.2 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 11.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
, 41 , , 41 , , 32.9 , , .417 , , .333 , , .775 , , 5.2 , , 3.3 , , 1.7 , , .6 , , 10.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 56 , , 15 , , 26.3 , , .417 , , .364 , , .821 , , 4.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 9.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 77 , , 77 , , 35.4 , , .456 , , .407 , , .772 , , 6.2 , , 2.5 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , 14.4
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 35.7 , , .402 , , .350 , , .853 , , 5.6 , , 2.5 , , 1.9 , , .3 , , 12.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 81 , , 81 , , 35.3 , , .416 , , .371 , , .783 , , 4.5 , , 2.3 , , 2.0 , , .3 , , 12.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 80 , , 80 , , 34.7 , , .409 , , .344 , , .738 , , 5.7 , , 2.2 , , 1.8 , , .3 , , 11.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 67 , , 67 , , 33.9 , , .412 , , .368 , , .854 , , 4.4 , , 1.6 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , 11.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix
, 26 , , 26 , , 34.0 , , .379 , , .360 , , .837 , , 5.6 , , 3.3 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 9.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 43 , , 43 , , 34.1 , , .409 , , .322 , , .777 , , 5.3 , , 3.8 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , 14.1
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Sacramento
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, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
, 21 , , 21 , , 33.4 , , .491 , , .400 , , .872 , , 4.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 11.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, 30 , , 27 , , 28.0 , , .411 , , .350 , , .773 , , 4.8 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , 9.4
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, 24 , , 11 , , 19.3 , , .333 , , .270 , , .556 , , 3.4 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .3 , , 4.0
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career
, 1,118 , , 769 , , 29.5 , , .422 , , .351 , , .731 , , 4.8 , , 2.1 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 10.4
Playoffs
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, style="text-align:left;", Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
, 4 , , 0 , , 11.8 , , .313 , , .000 , , .250 , , 2.3 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 0 , , 2.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, 8 , , 0 , , 5.6 , , .583 , , .250 , , .500 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , .1 , , .1 , , 2.1
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
†
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, 23 , , 23 , , 31.4 , , .497 , , .476 , , .563 , , 4.2 , , 2.3 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 11.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
, style="text-align:left;",
, 6 , , 6 , , 40.2 , , .412 , , .333 , , .727 , , 6.5 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , 15.5
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 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 ...
, style="text-align:left;", Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 11 , , 11 , , 37.0 , , .481 , , .446 , , .778 , , 8.9 , , 1.7 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , 13.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 17 , , 17 , , 38.5 , , .426 , , .375 , , .905 , , 6.4 , , 2.6 , , 1.8 , , .1 , , 13.2
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 5 , , 5 , , 36.2 , , .255 , , .143 , , .750 , , 4.2 , , .8 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 2.6* , , .2 , , 6.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 11 , , 11 , , 37.5 , , .423 , , .377 , , .929 , , 5.1 , , 2.1 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 10.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
, style="text-align:left;", Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
, 17 , , 17 , , 34.2 , , .360 , , .286 , , .742 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 8.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...
, style="text-align:left;", 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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, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career
, 106 , , 94 , , 32.0 , , .423 , , .365 , , .722 , , 5.0 , , 1.8 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 10.1
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