Recapping Friday's drama and resetting the Ariza market
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With the calendar having turned to December 15, Suns forward Trevor Ariza is now officially eligible to be traded. However, the veteran forward won’t be going to the Wizards in a three-team trade that included the Grizzlies and was seemingly on the verge oRecapping Friday's drama and resetting the Ariza market
With the calendar having turned to December 15, Suns forward Trevor Ariza is now officially eligible to be traded. However, the veteran forward won’t be going to the Wizards in a three-team trade that included the Grizzlies and was seemingly on the verge of completion on Friday night. As we explained in updates to our story on those Ariza trade talks, a deal sending the Suns forward to D.C. was about to cross the finish line when Memphis and Phoenix realized they weren’t on the same page on one of the players involved in the proposal — the Suns thought they were receiving promising young forward Dillon Brooks from the Grizzlies, while Memphis believed journeyman guard MarShon Brooks was the player involved in the deal. With the Grizzlies unwilling to include Dillon and the Suns unwilling to trade for MarShon, the potential swap fell apart. How exactly does something like this happen? Well, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Grizzlies and Suns never spoke directly during the negotiations, using the Read more