ESPN....... All-Time Blazer Team!

[THE HCP]

http://espn.go.com/espn/greatestteam/index/_/teamId/5559204/the-greatest-trail-blazers-team-all-time

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

That should be easy.

PG: Terry Porter
SG: Brandon Roy
SF: Clyde Drexler
PF: Maurice Lucas
C: Bill Walton

 

[THE HCP]

Doesn't work that way FAMS!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Walton
Sheed
Pippen
Drexler
Porter

(sorry B)

 

[THE HCP]

Sabonis
LA
Pippen
Brandon
Porter

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

LA? GTFO with that, son!

 

[THE HCP]

LA? GTFO with that, son!

We haven't had many good PF's in our teams history......... He's already been more successful then Sheed was and he's only what 25?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Sheed was the centerpiece to a team that was contending for a title. LA isn't on his level right now.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Walton
Wicks
Kiki
Clyde
Porter

Roy and LA haven't done enough to make it, yet.

 

[THE HCP]

Sheed was the centerpiece to a team that was contending for a title. LA isn't on his level right now.

I don't think a teams success is any way to judge the talent of an individual player. You surround LA with that same squad and you think they wouldn't be as successful? You put Brian Grant, Sabas, Pip, Damon, Greg Anthony, Jimmy Jackson, Rider, etc etc etc with LaMarcus and you think they wouldn't be as good?!?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I don't think so. Sheed was a threat from three but was also a bigtime low-post threat.

 

[THE HCP]

I don't think so. Sheed was a threat from three but was also a bigtime low-post threat.

Brother, you are talking to one of the biggest Sheed fans in the world........ but he was NO more of a threat on the low block then LA is! Their games are very similar.

 

[Minstrel]

Bill Walton
Rasheed Wallace
Scottie Pippen
Clyde Drexler
Terry Porter

 

[mook]

I love that these are options:

PG: Damon Stoudamire
SG: Jim Paxson
SF: Scottie Pippen
PF: Zach Randolph
C: Clifford Robinson

Pippen's head explodes.

 

[Minstrel]

Brother, you are talking to one of the biggest Sheed fans in the world........ but he was NO more of a threat on the low block then LA is! Their games are very similar.

Wallace was significantly better in the post, IMO. He didn't play in the paint as much as some wanted, but he had a better array of moves than Aldridge. In addition, Wallace was easily the superior defender. I actually consider Aldridge a solid/above average defender, but I felt Wallace was one of the best defensive big men in the league during his prime.

 

[crandc]

Walton
Luke
Pip
Clyde
TP

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I love that these are options:

PG: Damon Stoudamire
SG: Jim Paxson
SF: Scottie Pippen
PF: Zach Randolph
C: Clifford Robinson

Pippen's head explodes.

After spending time with Damon, Zach, and Cliff, Pippen would be too "mellow" to care.

 

[Denny Crane]

Wicks, Walton, Pip, Porter, Drexler

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

sheed is so much better than LA, its not even comparable

 

[THE HCP]

sheed is so much better than LA, its not even comparable

Please explain. I love both of them, just curious about your opinion.

 

[HailBlazers]

sheed is so much better than LA, its not even comparable

2-Pac is Dead, sorry man. And before LMA's career is over he will show up sheed and you haters

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Please explain. I love both of them, just curious about your opinion.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=NanMA

 

[HailBlazers]

^^^ Wow LMA is closer than I thought to topping Sheed. Two years time no doubt. Rebs surprisingly close

 

[Nhawz]

Ha
Wolf
Wingfield
Frahm
Brunson

 

[MickZagger]

We haven't had many good PF's in our teams history......... He's already been more successful then Sheed was and he's only what 25?

Buck Williams > LA

 

[MickZagger]

Ha
Wolf
Wingfield
Frahm
Brunson

Honorable mention:

John Crotty, Nikita Morgunov, Vincent Askew

 

[Nhawz]

Buck Williams > LA

All Day! LA is a better fit if Oden is healthy though

 

[MickZagger]

Wallace was significantly better in the post, IMO. He didn't play in the paint as much as some wanted, but he had a better array of moves than Aldridge. In addition, Wallace was easily the superior defender. I actually consider Aldridge a solid/above average defender, but I felt Wallace was one of the best defensive big men in the league during his prime.

Agreed, Wallace was a way superior defender and his post game was a thing of beauty. He was graceful at using the backboard, Tim Duncan picked it up and uses it to his advantage now. The thing that made Sheed such a great defender were his long arms and ability to use his body to bump guys when they were posting up. Funny thing is, Sheed never wanted to be great though, he never picked up a weight and was always fined by the team for it.

 

[Nhawz]

Honorable mention:

John Crotty, Nikita Morgunov, Vincent Askew

3rd team: Boumtje boumtje, R.Robinson, Cook

 

[mook]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=NanMA

Nice comparison. Stunning how close they were statistically.

Sheed was a better defender and post scorer by the time he was 26. But the striking thing about that comparison is that Aldridge is two years younger. Was Sheed much better of a defender in the 98-99 season (when he was 24) than Aldridge was last year? I don't really remember. I do remember Brian Grant doing more of the dirty work on defense back then.

Anyway, overall Sheed definitely had more intangibles than Aldridge, both good and bad. Better defender, more unstoppable scorer. But also more of a hothead who could derail the team's focus, draw technicals, annoy the fanbase, and more likely to fight with his coach. It's difficult to say if Sheed's positive intangibles outweighed his negative intangibles, but they both were numerous.

Aldridge mostly just shows up for work, does his job, and goes home. No intangibles (good or bad). You know what you're getting from him. If the coach tells him to go in the post, he seems to do that. No drama. There's some value in that, especially on a very young team.

I'm a huge Sheed fan, but yeah, I can see a decent argument to be made for saying that if you take EVERYTHING into account, Aldridge is a better fit for this team.