Were you watching the Miami-Boston series at all?????? They brought in 2 washed up point guards to feed the ball to Dwayne Wade...who did EVERYTHING. Arroyo averaged 5 points and 2.2 assists as a STARTER!!! You can claim stats don't mean anything, but that's just being ignorant of your crazy gay bias. He had a 6.4 +/ rating as well...well below the league average of 15.
Let me put this in prospective for you since you obviously don't get it. Here are players with higher +/'s then Arroyo
Danilo Gallinari- 14.64
Chris Duhon- 10.64
Kris Humphries- 9.04
All players who averaged starter minutes like Arroyo, and had more minutes often to bring down their +/ rating as they played for losing teams.
Arroyo had a chance to show what he could do in the playoffs. Guess what he did at age 30? NOTHING!!! He didn't have turnovers because Dwayne Wade had the ball in his hands EVERY possession. Miami was a bunch of role players being carried by a top 5 NBA talent. Guess what that lead to? An early first round exit!!!! Arroyo got 20+ minutes and still didnt break 5 assists, or 10 points. It's obvious he's hit his ceiling as his stats steadily have declined, even when getting starter minutes on a perennial LOSING Miami Wade's. Let's put it this way; if Miami resigns Arroyo to be their starter this year, you can kiss Dwayne Wade good bye.
Comparing 5 games to an entire regular season kills your argument.
Like I said before, its not always about stats.
If you watched the Miami Heat, their entire turn around happen when Arroyo took over.
Miami went on a 4 game losing streak at the end of Feb, they decided to change their rotation and make Arroyo the starter.
Look at the results.
In the Month of March, Arroyo continue to help the Heat, their team chemistry was at an all time high.
Team Record of 12-3
Shot 48% on 8.4 points, 1.1 turnovers and over 5 assist, 95% FT
In the Month of April, Arroyo was flawless.
Team Record of 6-1
Shot over 52% on 10 points,
.7 turnovers and over 3 assist on 32 minutes of action.
started 35 games in a totally new system with new players he never played with before. Arroyo did not decline at all, he showed more maturity, poise and skills than he has ever in his career, and I would know that because I followed his career since he was 19.
Arroyo plays controlled basketball, not to pad his stats. In an offense like this, stats will come, even to a scrub like Chris Duhon.
The difference maker is ability, to run the pick and roll and not turn the ball over.
Arroyo is excellent at both of those attributes, which makes him an great canidate as a PG in the free agency market.
Even as a back up if we do obtain a higher quality and younger PG. You can't go wrong with Arroyo unless he ****ed your mother and pissed in your cherrios, which is how you sounding right now.