Aldridge wanted to come back to PDX

[UKRAINEFAN]

If Spurs decide to move Leonard and go into a rebuild why not jump into a 3 or 4 team deal. If we can move ET and Meyers by some miracle and end up with LMA I would happily give up draft picks for that.

To get rid of those two and get Aldridge back? I'm thinking that would take about five first round picks.

 

[julius]

I hope your daughter comes home one night with “I LOVE RUSS” tattooed on her arm!

May your daughter come home with a "I love Franklin High School!" tattoo on her arm!

 

[santeesioux]

May your daughter come home with a "I love Franklin High School!" tattoo on her arm!

Just don't call them the Quakers so you don't offend anyone.

 

[kjironman1]

Cleveland used to "Boo" LeBron also......

 

[kjironman1]

Just don't call them the Quakers so you don't offend anyone.

Ha Ha Ha! now that was funny.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Maaaaybe. If you believe that LA would play they same way under Stotts that he played under Pops. Somehow - call me crazy - I just don't see that happening.

He wouldn't need to be the #1 option in POR like he was in SAS this year. He'd be a hell of a 2nd or 3rd option. If he was willing to call Dame and tell him he wanted to come back, it shows acknowledgement that this is Dame's team.

He was more efficient offensively under Pop (who isn't?), but he had his 2nd and 3rd best seasons under Stotts. His defense his last two years in POR was comparable to what it's been in SAS the last two.

I mean seriously, we're talking about replacing Aminu with Aldridge at the 4 and keeping Dame, C.J. and Nurk. How is that team not significantly better than the one that got bounced by NOP? No way can NOP leave Aldridge unguarded, or guard him with a smaller player, so AD can smother Dame at the point of attack. As long as Aminu has been here, the strategy in the playoffs has been to leave him unguarded to focus on trapping Dame and stopping our offense at the point of attack. And, it works.

With the addition of Aldridge as a 2nd/3rd scoring option, playing a non-scorer like Turner at the 3 becomes much more viable. The Turner + Aminu combo gave NOP two non-threats they could double off of and that killed our offense. With Aldridge, we would surround Turner with four scoring threats, in which case you let Turner bring the ball up and initiate the offense.

BNM

 

[julius]

Just don't call them the Quakers so you don't offend anyone.

I always wondered where the name came from.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I hope your daughter comes home one night with “I LOVE RUSS” tattooed on her arm!

As long as she meant Bill Russell, I'd be fine with it.

BNM

 

[kjironman1]

To get rid of those two and get Aldridge back? I'm thinking that would take about five first round picks.

Just think about this forum and the hallelujah chorus they all would be singing if something like that actually happened.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I hope your daughter comes home one night with “I LOVE RUSS” tattooed on her arm!

I hope your daughter marries a young Sean Hannity type!!!

In your face

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

To get rid of those two and get Aldridge back? I'm thinking that would take about five first round picks.

Though I do think the Spurs would take Turner, Collins and one first round pick. Turner is three years younger than Aldridge and Spurs would figure out how to make better use of him. I think they would eventually make Collins a better all-around player than Aldridge.

 

[riverman]

If LA came back there's no doubt we'd be a beast in the west...the good thing is, an allstar wants to play in Portland...

 

[blue9]

He wouldn't need to be the #1 option in POR like he was in SAS this year. He'd be a hell of a 2nd or 3rd option. If he was willing to call Dame and tell him he wanted to come back, it shows acknowledgement that this is Dame's team.

He was more efficient offensively under Pop (who isn't?), but he had his 2nd and 3rd best seasons under Stotts. His defense his last two years in POR was comparable to what it's been in SAS the last two.

I mean seriously, we're talking about replacing Aminu with Aldridge at the 4 and keeping Dame, C.J. and Nurk. How is that team not significantly better than the one that got bounced by NOP? No way can NOP leave Aldridge unguarded, or guard him with a smaller player, so AD can smother Dame at the point of attack. As long as Aminu has been here, the strategy in the playoffs has been to leave him unguarded to focus on trapping Dame and stopping our offense at the point of attack. And, it works.

With the addition of Aldridge as a 2nd/3rd scoring option, playing a non-scorer like Turner at the 3 becomes much more viable. The Turner + Aminu combo gave NOP two non-threats they could double off of and that killed our offense. With Aldridge, we would surround Turner with four scoring threats, in which case you let Turner bring the ball up and initiate the offense.

BNM

We agree that Aminu is the problem. We disagree that LA is the solution.
I think many people are forgetting that the Double Dame / Ignore Aminu tactic actually pre-dates Aminu - it was the same tactic used when we had LA, and to similar results. LA shot open 18-footers all game long because Dame would get doubled. Oddly (I hate to say this), Aminu shooting 3s might actually be better than LA shooting long-2s. Either way you cut it, the defense is going to bet on Aminu/LA missing more jumpers than they make.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

I mean, seriously?

LINK TO ARTICLE!

Who?

 

[Chris Craig]

Id take him back for the right price if he
Stops his whining.

 

[Scalma]

Rather go with Blake Griffin. More expensive, but much better player.

In a vacuum Lamarcus is the better player, but griffin is more realistic.

 

[blue9]

In a vacuum Lamarcus is the better player, but griffin is more realistic.

If by in a vacuum you mean "measuring stats", then sure (I'd actually have to look, but I don't doubt that LA's Spurs-stats are better than Blake's).
But if you mean the skills each player possesses, then no - Blake is a much more skilled player than LA.

 

[Scalma]

If by in a vacuum you mean "measuring stats", then sure (I'd actually have to look, but I don't doubt that LA's Spurs-stats are better than Blake's).
But if you mean the skills each player possesses, then no - Blake is a much more skilled player than LA.

Skilled at what? Passing? I’ll give him that. Lamarcus plays better defense and is a more dynamic scorer. Griffin mainly relies on the mid range and athleticism. His post game is average. Lamarcus carried San Antonio this past season, and Portland in years past. You can’t run an offense through Blake, well, not if you want to win at least. He’s pretty much a more athletic Kevin Love.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If LA came back there's no doubt we'd be a beast in the west...the good thing is, an allstar wants to play in Portland...

And we wasted two years of Lillard's prime in the process of him chasing rings in his home state. Fuck Aldridge.

 

[blue9]

Skilled at what? Passing? I’ll give him that. Lamarcus plays better defense and is a more dynamic scorer. Griffin mainly relies on the mid range and athleticism. His post game is average. Lamarcus carried San Antonio this past season, and Portland in years past. You can’t run an offense through Blake, well, not if you want to win at least. He’s pretty much a more athletic Kevin Love.

You seem to forget that the ONLY time LA was "the man" (outside of SAS) he lead us right to the lotto. Only Pops can run an offense through LA and get his team to the POs.
LA's defense - outside of SAS - is mediocre as fuck. Blake can shoot, pass, dribble, rebound, and cut/play off the ball. LA might be an equal shooter, but is worse at everything else. LA is basically a rich-man's Aminu.

 

[riverman]

And we wasted two years of Lillard's prime in the process of him chasing rings in his home state. Fuck Aldridge.

Duncan quit the second year LA played with him, Kawhi quit the next season.....there's a pattern here

 

[Scalma]

You seem to forget that the ONLY time LA was "the man" (outside of SAS) he lead us right to the lotto. Only Pops can run an offense through LA and get his team to the POs.
LA's defense - outside of SAS - is mediocre as fuck. Blake can shoot, pass, dribble, rebound, and cut/play off the ball. LA might be an equal shooter, but is worse at everything else. LA is basically a rich-man's Aminu.

LOLLOLOLOL. Are you trolling or is this just revisionist history?

 

[tester551]

The 17-18 season was arguably his best season of his career along with his first season in SAS.

If LMA came back to Portland, he'd be much closer to the 16-17 season - which is not a dominant player

 

[Scalma]

The 17-18 season was arguably his best season of his career along with his first season in SAS.

If LMA came back to Portland, he'd be much closer to the 16-17 season - which is not a dominant player

He had better seasons in Portland, on a playoff team, with the offense run through him, on a top 10 defensive unit.

But let’s ignore it because he broke up with us

 

[Haakzilla]

 

[Gronk Brady]

Aldridge’s game is not based on athleticism and should age well... and he might be one of the very few differences makers available without giving up a major piece of the roster... I would be very disappointed if we kept Dame/CJ together, but if we do, Aldridge is probably the most realistic option that could maybe help this team

 

[blue9]

LOLLOLOLOL. Are you trolling or is this just revisionist history?

Okay, so there was one season (but it was still Roy's team, not LA's) where LA "lead" us to the POs. But the only time this was HIS team we never made it to the POs.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Take him back in a heartbeat.

Me too! I suspect that makes a total of two of us for the whole forum.

Him as our PF this season, we would be in the finals.

Oh, I'm sorry, are we also in the Eastern Conference in this scenario?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Duncan quit the second year LA played with him, Kawhi quit the next season.....there's a pattern here

Yeah - Aldridge don't work with quitters!

 

[Scalma]

Okay, so there was one season (but it was still Roy's team, not LA's) where LA "lead" us to the POs. But the only time this was HIS team we never made it to the POs.

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It was his team with Lillard as well. The entire offense was structured around Lamarcus. The only adjustment Popovich made was to use him the way Portland used him. But since we have an agenda, we should ignore that, right?