Baffled and Confounded by the "Hickson Situation"

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Hobbesarable said:
Good. Now, why do you believe that?
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He's shooting under 50% and bringing up his FT% is useless as he rarely gets to the line.

His minutes are up from last year and his scoring and shooting % are down. And so are his eFG% and TS%.

LMA isn't the same athlete and has turned him into Joe Smith overnight.
 
Aldridge's career FG% is basically the same as Duncan, Garnett and Bosh

It's better than Love, Randolph and Dirk
 
Here's an observation. When Aldridge is faced against teams that single coverage him; he is extremely efficient. Teams always have their center play defense against him.
 
magnifier661 said:
You are talking about the fan vote. You know the fans that voted Yao as a starter over Shaq. But the coach's vote holds more weight. They actually coach against these players. They have a better understanding of the true value of a player.
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Yeah, and all coaches would vote Dirk in over LMA.
And no matter how a player becomes an all-star, it's still a BS award that gets thrown around in here like it actually means something.
 
magnifier661 said:
Here's an observation. When Aldridge is faced against teams that single coverage him; he is extremely efficient. Teams always have their center play defense against him.
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Please.

Literally every ISO ends in a fadeaway.

Care to explain his worst FG% of his career this season?
 
Teams double LMA not because they're afraid he's going to score but because it (use to be) an easy way to cause a turnover. It doesn't appear that opposing coaches are worried about LMA leading a team to wins with his scoring ability. If they were concerned about that you'd think they would bother guarding him on the pick/pop - but the NEVER do, he literally shoots that shot wide open every single time...and that's certainly by the coach's design.
More than anything the double they throw at him is a feint to try to make him think and make a bad decision.
 
blue9 said:
Teams double LMA not because they're afraid he's going to score but because it (use to be) an easy way to cause a turnover. It doesn't appear that opposing coaches are worried about LMA leading a team to wins with his scoring ability. If they were concerned about that you'd think they would bother guarding him on the pick/pop - but the NEVER do, he literally shoots that shot wide open every single time...and that's certainly by the coach's design.
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And part of that is his predictable scoring -- Take away his right shoulder and he fades every time. You can play him straight up and he still fades. His other go-to post move is also predictable -- Bump-Bump-drive right-baby hook.

And this is the guy the offense is built around.
 
Does predictability matter if it is effective? Duncan is pretty predictable, as is Garnett
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
And part of that is his predictable scoring -- Take away his right shoulder and he fades every time. You can play him straight up and he still fades. His other go-to post move is also predictable -- Bump-Bump-drive right-baby hook.

And this is the guy the offense is built around.
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Preaching to the choir! Luckily the choir seems to slowly be growing. Much like the Anti-Nate choir!
 
Mediocre Man said:
Does predictability matter if it is effective? Duncan is pretty predictable, as is Garnett
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Are you really comparing their post games? Duncan and KG both mix it up with a multitude of moves. For one, they get the ball deep on the block. LMA rarely calls for the ball that deep.
 
RoyToy said:
Why don't you explain what win shares are, the formula for it and how it's calculated, and why it's a great measure for efficiency.
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So, you were just putting out the FG% for our edification. Thanks!
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Are you really comparing their post games? Duncan and KG both mix it up with a multitude of moves. For one, they get the ball deep on the block. LMA rarely calls for the ball that deep.
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Only that all 3 have only a few post moves that they go to.
 
Mediocre Man said:
That isn't what was being talked about though. Talking about predictable post moves.
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Duncan is skilled in every manner of shooting (using the backboard) and foot movement. You should have picked a better comparison.
 
Hobbesarable said:
Duncan is skilled in every manner of shooting (using the backboard) and foot movement. You should have picked a better comparison.
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I'm not saying he isn't more skilled. I am saying that Duncan uses 1 or 2 go to moves, as does Aldridge. Both shoot about the same %, so why should predictability matter?
 
.493 4.2
.507 6.6
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Those are the career FG%'s and FTA per game for the three. Duncan is by far superior, obviously, but Aldridge is in line with Garnett. All I am saying is predictable post moves are great as long as you shoot well, and he does
 
Hobbesarable said:
Duncan is skilled in every manner of shooting (using the backboard) and foot movement. You should have picked a better comparison.
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Well yeah. He is the best big man of his generation. Some would argue in the history of the game. I guess we can use lebron James to call batum a very inefficient sf.
 
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