Aldridge Finds That Becoming a Spur Is Tough

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Sinobas said:
And the article ends with unexplained optimism. "aldridge will certainly make the spurs better, but I have no idea how" Then why the fuck are you certain bitch?

It's the same shit I had to deal with the last 2 years, everyone claimed LA was such a good player but no one could give a good reason why.
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Pop is your fucking reason bro. If anyone can turn Aldridge out its coach Pop. Certain as you can get from any coach in the NBA.
 
Being over 30 with 9 seasons behind you, it's not easy to reinvent your game..he's going to find out the hard way..it'll be like watching him in his first two allstar games..clank, clank
 
I actually would be more surprised if he doesn't play real well for San Antonio. Doesn't mean I'll miss him though. This team might not win anything close to 50 games, but they'll be way more fun to watch without that ball hog.
 
riverman said:
Our bigs are going to destroy this guy when we meet him..just watch! Stotts knows how to game plan for Lamarcus
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I always thought opponents should trap him 20% of the time so LMA starts holding the ball and tries to read if its coming or not. Then live with LMA taking some long 2's. You don't want to double every possession or he will get used to it and pass to open shooters. If you never double he will be able to score on his defender. But if you keep him guessing and force him to think he'll make mistakes and use up the shot clock holding the ball. Some of our opponents over the years did this to great success but not as often as you'd think. I'll be very interested to see what Stotts has in mind.
 
Draco said:
I always thought opponents should trap him 20% of the time so LMA starts holding the ball and tries to read if its coming or not. Then live with LMA taking some long 2's. You don't want to double every possession or he will get used to it and pass to open shooters. If you never double he will be able to score on his defender. But if you keep him guessing and force him to think he'll make mistakes and use up the shot clock holding the ball. Some of our opponents over the years did this to great success but not as often as you'd think. I'll be very interested to see what Stotts has in mind.
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We are so much better defensively than he is used to that I think he's going to find those passing lanes clogged..this new Blazers roster is so much faster than what he's practiced against in the past.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
"They have asked Aldridge to be more aggressive."

Yeah, get used to that.
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Have they seen the 2010 playoffs vs the suns, or even last years for that matter
 
Chris Craig said:
Have they seen the 2010 playoffs vs the suns, or even last years for that matter
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The year he didn't make the allstar team after Roy went down; he was a freaking beast. He had the two great playoff games against Houston but once they took Terrance Jones out of the game it was mostly just sinking a bunch of crazy lucky jump shots. He cooled off in games 3-6 and was average against the Spurs and Memphis. I will give LaMarcus props for his fourth quarter defense one on one against Dwight Howard though; that was really good. Rolo was worthless defending Dwight. But LaMarcus' Blazer history feels a bit unfulfilled. If LMA had Wes' determination we might have a title. Could say that about many all-stars though; I'll always be a Wes fan.
 
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Fonzthecpt1 said:
No, everybody else only saw the rockets series.
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No, they only remember the first two games of the Rockets' series...not the last 4 games where he averaged 22.5ppg on 33-83 (39.7%) shooting. Amazingly enough, those first two games he was 2-2 from 3, 16-31 (51%) mid-range and 17-26 (65%) in the paint, taking roughly one jumper for every paint shot. After that, he was 19-55 (34%) from mid-range and 14-28 (50%) in the paint, taking 2 jumpers for every paint shot. "Aggressive" LMA showed up for about 3 of the 11 games that postseason.
 
Once again, it was a preseason game. They were also starting West and LA. I do not see that working. Might have success with that pairing against a second unit.

We know he delayed surgery on his thumb to finish out last season. The recovery was supposed to take longer.
 
riverman said:
Our bigs are going to destroy this guy when we meet him..just watch! Stotts knows how to game plan for Lamarcus
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You don't even have to game plan for him, just let him be himself. Teams scheme to get guys to take mid-range jumpers, and LA is happy to do that. That is what drove me nuts.
 
Chris Craig said:
Have they seen the 2010 playoffs vs the suns, or even last years for that matter
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Doesn't the fact that you have to reach back that far defeat the point (I think) you're trying to make?
 
I like the points per shot stat, because it's an easy way to take into account 2s,3s, and getting to the FT line. The best offenses in the nba last year generated 1.25+ points per shot, with the best being the Clippers at 1.28.

Last year, LaMarcus pps = 1.17. That is equivalent to the Indiana Pacers team output, and they were not one of the better offensive teams last year.

As a contrast, Damian Lillard, who had a bad shooting year, was at 1.27, which would be a tad better than the 2nd place team in that stat, the Warriors. And he created a lot of his own shots, more so than LA. Just goes to show you that we'd have been much better off with someone else chucking up those shots.
 
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Sinobas said:
I like the points per shot stat, because it's an easy way to take into account 2s,3s, and getting to the FT line. The best offenses in the nba last year generated 1.25+ shots per game, with the best being the Clippers at 1.28.

Last year, LaMarcus pps = 1.17. That is equivalent to the Indiana Pacers team output, and they wre not one of the better offensive teams last year.

As a contrast, Damian Lillard, who had a bad shooting year, was at 1.27, which would be a tad better than the 2nd place team in that stat, the Warriors. And he created a lot of his own shots, more so than LA. Just goes to show you that we'd have been much better off with someone else chucking up those shots.
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What are you going to talk about when LMA is no longer around the league?!
 
Rastapopoulos said:
So, I bet LaMarcus is glad he finally opened up a bit and was prepared to admit uncertainty and that he still feels like a Blazer.

Once again, we sure show how classy we are.
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Its not that he still feels like a Blazer, its that he is used to having people "look out for him" and have things "tailored for him." Truth is he is a spoiled princess, who doesn't know how to play ball in a system that is not centered around him. He is going to crash and burn.
 
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