Guess who's leading the league in mid-range jumpers?

[e_blazer]

I still think Aldridge will end up on one of the Texas teams and if I had to bet it would be Houston.

Whether or not LA re-signs with the Blazers will depend a lot upon what they do this season. If they make the playoffs, my money would be on him re-signing here simply because he's not likely to find a team in the free agent market that has the cap space to sign him and has enough talent to achieve better success than the Blazers. As far as Texas goes, sure LA might like to play there, but none of those teams will have the cap space to make him a max offer and they won't have the players they'd be willing to part with that would be necessary to make an attractive S&T offer to the Blazers.

 

[Draco]

As far as Meyers guarding back up PF's, aren't alot of the back ups....stretch 4's? How is he going to cover them outside? Robinson is much better suited to cover a variety of PF's. (as is Claver)

Well if another team is giving Meyers problems going small we can play Wright or Batum at PF. I’d worry about that bridge once we cross it.

 

[magnifier661]

Whether or not LA re-signs with the Blazers will depend a lot upon what they do this season. If they make the playoffs, my money would be on him re-signing here simply because he's not likely to find a team in the free agent market that has the cap space to sign him and has enough talent to achieve better success than the Blazers. As far as Texas goes, sure LA might like to play there, but none of those teams will have the cap space to make him a max offer and they won't have the players they'd be willing to part with that would be necessary to make an attractive S&T offer to the Blazers.

I think Aldridge cares about winning more so than location, IMO. If a team like Houston is interested, who do they give in trade to make it work? What about SAS? They are over cap and won't want to give up their talent for Aldridge (Olshey says no). What about Dallas? Well its obvious they don't have the talent to build around Aldridge as well. Why would Aldridge move there?

The teams that can obtain Aldridge would most likely be another team. Lakers have a shot, but I doubt Aldridge would go there as well.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I still think Aldridge will end up on one of the Texas teams and if I had to bet it would be Houston.

Well he is only 28 and he has a good 8 years left. So will he sign with a home state team at the end of his career? You are probably right. But it would be Dallas if it is a ways off.

If it is in the next 2 years, Houston needs to acquire an asset they currently do not possess for it to work. (For both teams) They could pull it off, but it won't be easy. I do think LMA would be the perfect compliment for Howard and Harden. So I guess they better figure out how to trade everyone else in order to get us a guaranteed top 2 pick this year. Won't happen.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Well he is only 28 and he has a good 8 years left. So will he sign with a home state team at the end of his career? You are probably right. But it would be Dallas if it is a ways off.

If it is in the next 2 years, Houston needs to acquire an asset they currently do not possess for it to work. (For both teams) They could pull it off, but it won't be easy. I do think LMA would be the perfect compliment for Howard and Harden. So I guess they better figure out how to trade everyone else in order to get us a guaranteed top 2 pick this year. Won't happen.

Well Asik would be nice if TRob could hold down the starting PF role.

 

[Jayps15]

This season, only 8.7 out of the 25.7 points were from a "catch and shoot" like you keep trying to sell us. 17 of his 25.7 points are created by shots he created for himself.

http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingShooting.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=50&sortField=PTS&sortOrder=DES

Try better next time

3 game sample size.

http://www.basketball-reference.com...3stat=&c3comp=ge&c3val=&order_by=fg#stats::15

Here's the other 518 games of his career, where Aldridge has been assisted on 66.3% of every jump shot he's taken from 10ft to the 3pt arc.

 

[Jayps15]

Serious question. If Mo Williams were to start and lead the league in 3pt attempts by a wide margin, but only shoot 28% from 3, would anyone here defend him and be saying that he had to be taking those shots?

 

[magnifier661]

Well Asik would be nice if TRob could hold down the starting PF role.

Or Aldridge would be nice, paired with Lopez.

 

[blue9]

You can't be serious. Aldridge gets the ball out there all the time with his back to the basket and has to create his own shot, often a step-back jumper over the defender or a turnaround jump shot. Did you watch the end of the Denver game?

Ah, we're talking about two different things. I'm talking about those 18' jumpers from the top of the key - his supposed "bread & butter" shot. Those are entirely created by others. But yes, when he gets it in that 15' range he'll often use a couple dribbles to create a shot.

 

[magnifier661]

3 game sample size.

http://www.basketball-reference.com...3stat=&c3comp=ge&c3val=&order_by=fg#stats::15

Here's the other 518 games of his career, where Aldridge has been assisted on 66.3% of every jump shot he's taken from 10ft to the 3pt arc.

This isn't about "jump shots". This is about all his shots brother…

http://www.basketball-reference.com...tat=&c3comp=ge&c3val=&order_by=fg#stats::none

The statement is Aldridge does not create his own shot. The revised link shows 58% of his FG are assisted.

Tim Duncan, which we all think is an absolute top PF, averages 52.8%. So comparing apples to apples, Aldridge isn't that much behind Duncan for being able to create for himself.

 

[magnifier661]

But let's use the jump shot filter… Duncan is actually in the same boat in Aldridge.

http://www.basketball-reference.com...tat=&c3comp=ge&c3val=&order_by=fg#stats::none