Aldridge back?

[tlongII]

Can Zeller play the 4? Aldridge is too old and slow for the 4 now. We could definitely use his size though.

 

[tykendo]

Can Zeller play the 4? Aldridge is too old and slow for the 4 now. We could definitely use his size though.

He was decent in the games i saw him play with Brokeland.

 

[RR7]

He was decent in the games i saw him play with Brokeland.

He's just no longer a 4. Hasn't been for a few years now.

 

[BonesJones]

Why couldn't he slide in the 4 position like he's always wanted to?

Because he's gotten slower and the NBAs gotten quicker.

 

[Ed O]

I don't think this is a good fit. Even setting aside health concerns, why would he be interested in coming back to a mid-tier Blazers team?

And why would we want to clog our bench with an old mid-range jump shooting big man? I don't think he does anything especially well at this point and I don't see him suddenly getting better than he was for San Antonio last year.

 

[Hoopguru]

I don't think this is a good fit. Even setting aside health concerns, why would he be interested in coming back to a mid-tier Blazers team?

And why would we want to clog our bench with an old mid-range jump shooting big man? I don't think he does anything especially well at this point and I don't see him suddenly getting better than he was for San Antonio last year.

agree...we need more young athletes to compliment the older guys we have.

 

[tykendo]

He's just no longer a 4. Hasn't been for a few years now.

And RoCo got backed down by the best PF in the game , cause he's too small. He gave it all he had, but doesn't have the size to defend the best of that position. He's a SF.

 

[julius]

There is literally zero chance he's not going to the Nets or the Fakers.

 

[tlongII]

And RoCo got backed down by the best PF in the game , cause he's too small. He gave it all he had, but doesn't have the size to defend the best of that position. He's a SF.

True. We need more size at the 4. It ain't Aldridge though.

 

[HailBlazers]

Rather LMA on a Vet Min.....or Love on a Vet Min after a buyout?

Belvens.

 

[PDXFonz]

i can definitely see aldridge coming back to the blazers

dame would agree 100%

Would he? Or would it be the straw that breaks the camels back?

“After all the Players we’ve lost and where we are now, and he brings back this guy”

 

[inconceivable]

Who had a better career: Lamarcus Aldridge or Blake Griffin?

Who deserves to be in the HOF?

 

[SheedSoNasty]

It’s kinda crazy how Griffin averaged 12 rpg his rookie season playing all 82 games and then never reallly approached that number afterward.

 

[BBert]

Who had a better career: Lamarcus Aldridge or Blake Griffin?

Who deserves to be in the HOF?

Neither

 

[HansenYang]

Who had a better career: Lamarcus Aldridge or Blake Griffin?

Who deserves to be in the HOF?

1) doesn't matter.
2) Neither deserve to be in the hall of fame

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

1) doesn't matter.
2) Neither deserve to be in the hall of fame

Aldridge is a 7 time all star and 5 time all nba player.

Someday, he will make it. There are worse players in the hall.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Aldridge is a 7 time all star and 5 time all nba player.

Someday, he will make it. There are worse players in the hall.

Basketball reference has his HOF probability at 50.9%. There are definitely some players below him in that metric who were basically considered no-doubters (Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Manu, Chris Webber, Bernard King).

Webber's an Interesting comparison, as he beats LA in all the per-game numbers, but LA has him beat in career totals due to playing 245 more games (compiler!). So i guess it depends on what you put more stock in.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Aldridge is a 7 time all star and 5 time all nba player.

Someday, he will make it. There are worse players in the hall.

I doubt Aldridge will ever make it.

He didn't have the college career of someone like Webber, nor as dominant in his NBA prime. Jacking up a bunch of long 2 point jumpers just doesn't leave much of a lasting impression.

He didn't have postseason or franchise defining success others had. If the Spurs had won a title with him as a sidekick to a star then maybe. Or if he had lead the Blazers in a bunch of career achievements and played his whole career here.

The people that made it with worse stats had something more compelling.

 

[inconceivable]

Aldridge is a 7 time all star and 5 time all nba player.

Someday, he will make it. There are worse players in the hall.

also 20k+ points

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

The people that made it with worse stats had something more compelling.

Not all of them. Vlade Divac. AL Cervi, Richie Guerin to name a few.

Ralph Sampson had a better college career but Aldridge had a substantially better NBA career.

 

[STOMP]

Blake was a graeat athlete, spectacular dunker and a defensive weak spot. While he had better stats then LMA, its really hard to win in the playoffs with a Big who sucks at D. Will either make the HOF? Maybe, maybe not, but I'd much rather have LMA at the 4 on the team I'm rooting for.

STOMP

 

[santeesioux]

Who?