I think it all depends entirely on whether Houston decides to blow the whole thing up or not. Signing Ariza is really odd; he's the kind of player that makes a lot of sense to have on a team like... oh, the Lakers, a very good role player/ complementary piece. Houston's not going to have Yao, McGrady's always hurt, they just lost Artest... what's the point of having a guy like Ariza on that squad? It's like when we had Scal on the 26-win team, he didn't do a [dang] thing to help, but put him on last year's squad and he was one of our most important bench players.
Why DID they sign Ariza?