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Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985 in Miami, Florida) is an American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who plays for the New Orleans Hornets. Primarily a small forward, he is listed at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall and 210 pounds.
Trevor Ariza played AAU basketball for 4d, a traveling youth basketball team that had numerous All-Americans on the roster. Ariza attended Westchester High School in Los Angeles, California, where as a junior he combined with teammates and fellow future NBA players Hassan Adams, Brandon Heath, and Bobby Brown to lead the Comets to the California State championship.
After one season at UCLA Ariza declared for the NBA draft and was a second round choice (43rd overall) of the New York Knicks in 2004.