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I don't know if the big minutes is affecting the starters. Maybe Nate should try playing the bench more minutes. Smith in particular. Let LA give us more quality and less quantity.
I don't know if the big minutes is affecting the starters. Maybe Nate should try playing the bench more minutes. Smith in particular. Let LA give us more quality and less quantity.
There's no excuse for 3 defensive rebounds in 47min of play. That is borderline pathetic with no Camby in there.
He's playing like a damn SF. He can think he's Batman all he wants, but he's flat out wrong. Being the best player on the team doesn't make you a Batman. It just means you're the best player on the team. He'll always be Robin.
With Camby out we need Aldridge to step up and rebound more than ever. I liked Batum's 8 rebounds last night.
LMA has a PER of 22.6, next on the team among major minute players is Batum at 17.6, and you're bashing on LMA?
He's the one player on the team who is bringing it every single night. You used to crush Roy, and now LMA is your latest scapegoat.
Strange.
No, I'm not going to get off of his defensive rebounding. It's terrible, and he needs to step it up, especially with Camby being out.
Channing Frye and Andrea Bargnani are averaging more defensive rebounds right now
And all rebounds are not created equal. Wild putback attempts on the offensive glass or tapping the ball out the the center of the court and hoping a teammate gets it is not the same as grabbing the rebound and gaining possession. Aldridge's ability to do this has always been average at best. Right now it's below average, and that simply isn't going to cut it.
Do you want LMA running the break and using his speed, or do you want him banging the boards and letting Kurt Thomas and Camby fill the lanes.
One of the dumber threads of the season, IMO.
No, I'm not going to get off of his defensive rebounding. It's terrible, and he needs to step it up, especially with Camby being out.
Channing Frye and Andrea Bargnani are averaging more defensive rebounds right now
And all rebounds are not created equal. Wild putback attempts on the offensive glass or tapping the ball out the the center of the court and hoping a teammate gets it is not the same as grabbing the rebound and gaining possession. Aldridge's ability to do this has always been average at best. Right now it's below average, and that simply isn't going to cut it.
No, I'm not going to get off of his defensive rebounding. It's terrible, and he needs to step it up, especially with Camby being out.
Channing Frye and Andrea Bargnani are averaging more defensive rebounds right now
And all rebounds are not created equal. Wild putback attempts on the offensive glass or tapping the ball out the the center of the court and hoping a teammate gets it is not the same as grabbing the rebound and gaining possession. Aldridge's ability to do this has always been average at best. Right now it's below average, and that simply isn't going to cut it.
Would you rather have an Aldridge that barely gets 20 points; maybe 19.2, but grabs 3-4 more defensive rebounds? That would be a 19.2/10 guy
No, because I got money riding on his scoring not his rebounding, in your money giveaway!
Is this going to be the running excuse for his bad defensive rebounding numbers? It's lazy analysis at best.
When the other team has 19 offensive rebounds, yes, I think Aldridge should try and grab some defensive rebounds. What did he do? Not a damn thing about it.
With Camby down it's time to step it up. If he doesn't, shame on him. So far the results are not good.
Would you rather have an Aldridge that barely gets 20 points; maybe 19.2, but grabs 3-4 more defensive rebounds? That would be a 19.2/10 guy
