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I agree that there's not much point in having a lot of speed in your PF on our team. We just don't run. And really, we shouldn't much. Not with so much of our offense projected to come through Roy and Oden.

I'd love to see Aldridge add on some muscle so he can rebound better and be more aggressive in drawing fouls on the offensive end.

His weakness in post defense seems to me to be more related to poor positioning. Rasheed never had much muscle, but was a great post defender because he always had his feet and his arms in the right place.
 
Reep said:
When was this? He has always looked about the same weight to me.

I'm just glad to hear he is really working on the post moves. The guy really could be great if he wanted to.
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I believe it was two seasons ago. He only added around 15-20 pounds. I remember mike and mike saying he dropped most of the weight because he thought it made him feel sluggish. It was around the same time that it came out that he had some kind of an eating disorder and was a ballerina when he was younger.
 
I'm in favour of Aldridge adding more muscle, so long as he remains a super athlete. I love that he can jump out even on a perimeter player and defend that player for at least a short time. I like that kind of defensive versatility.
 
Can any one explain to me why Nate wants his players lean and long when he doesn't let this team run and gun? Big and strong would seem to make more sense on this non identifiable slow paced half court offense!
 
Yardape said:
Can any one explain to me why Nate wants his players lean and long when he doesn't let this team run and gun? Big and strong would seem to make more sense on this non identifiable slow paced half court offense!
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Because Nate wants it both ways. On defense, he wants a team where the center can switch and guard the PG at the 3-point line. On offense, he either doesn't want, or can't decide how to use, that sort of mobility and versatility from his big men. In a way, Camby is the perfect big man for Nate, as he has good length and mobility on defense, but is willing to just stay out of the way on offense.
 
All this off season talk has me boning. I like an under the radar Blazers over and on the radar Blazers. Know what I'm sayin'? It's not like this team can't fuck someone up when healthy. Yep, I said "healthy."
 
I don't care how much he weighs as long as someone teaches him to...
Establish Low Post Position!

He has not been able to do that regularly.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
B Also said he had a baby. (Reason why he did not play for Team USA)
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I am concerned about this. Will he need to come out of the game to pump?

barfo
 
Yardape said:
Can any one explain to me why Nate wants his players lean and long when he doesn't let this team run and gun? Big and strong would seem to make more sense on this non identifiable slow paced half court offense!
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So a run and gun team is the only scenario for players who are lean and long? Seems to me players who are tall and quick are better for every scenario. Assuming you have skill to go with it. That is like saying Durant can't play well in a half court game.
 
MB comments on LA's weight gain as well in his blog.
 
hopefully 20 pounds comes from having a heart, and the bulk will help him not avoid actually making contact on a screen.
 
Who cares about his weight? What matters is, will he stop falling back from contact as he shoots?

Blazer fans get all delighted over words, not action.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
So a run and gun team is the only scenario for players who are lean and long? Seems to me players who are tall and quick are better for every scenario. Assuming you have skill to go with it. That is like saying Durant can't play well in a half court game.
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What? Every scenario? I don't think being long and quick is better for a power forward that has never created a shot for himself in any way other than falling away from the defender is better than being long and thicker. And why do you think he will suddenly lose all his quickness (which has done what for him? All he does is turn around and shoot) just cause he gained some muscle?
 
Sure LaMarcus isn't some great lowpost artist.....but wow...... you are selling him waaaaaay short. You are saying he has "never created a shot for himself in any other way than falling away from the defender"? Are you serious? Sure, he has certain go to moves, but have you watched his game? I think people get way to caught up in preconcieved notions and stop even taking in real data. Do you watch this team? Sure, he relies on that too much. But, other things have happened. Quit using hyperbole. It makes you look uninformed. A Laker fan could come in and make a better observation on LMA.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
What? Every scenario? I don't think being long and quick is better for a power forward that has never created a shot for himself in any way other than falling away from the defender is better than being long and thicker. And why do you think he will suddenly lose all his quickness (which has done what for him? All he does is turn around and shoot) just cause he gained some muscle?
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WTF are you talking about? I was not even talking about LMA in my post that you quoted. I was talking about players in general (Not just one position) Maybe I should have used the word "most" as opposed to "every", but my opionion remains that lean and long is a better scenario for most styles of play. Wouldn't you rather have a version of Oden that is leaner? Could a young lean Shaq not play for Nate. Or was the bulky slower version better?

The question was asked "why does Nate want his players to be lean and long if he doesn't let them run and gun?" I say the quicker you are the better. Dwight Howared is strong as hell, but still lean.
 
Think I'll wait and be the judge of this myself. Every year people surrounding the team hype up the players and every year they turn out disappointing.
 
We need one of those "Behind the locker room door" articles from Quick where he tells how big LMA's poop is.
 
jlprk said:
Who cares about his weight? What matters is, will he stop falling back from contact as he shoots?

Blazer fans get all delighted over words, not action.
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That's the million dollar question and you're right, we're looking for some encouraging words about LMA. Hopefully the words we're hearing this time around actually show up on the court.
 
andalusian said:
Who hacked into MM's account?

The real MM would have said "It's Mr. Sonic's fault". ;)
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Who hacked into andalusian's account? The real andalusian would have realized that the real MM would have said "Nate is moron and couldn't even coach my team of high schoolers."
 
While it is the AssClowns fault the he has allowed Aldridge to drift around the perimeter, and that Nate is in fact a moron who's high school team would get thumped by my high schoolers......Neither one of those insults are near clever enough to be mine.


But I like the spirit. Now lets turn the threads attention on someone who wants it...... HCP
 
Minstrel said:
Who hacked into andalusian's account? The real andalusian would have realized that the real MM would have said "Nate is moron and couldn't even coach my team of high schoolers."
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Who hacked into Minstrel's account?

The real Minstrel would have known that if you run this query in the search form, the results are empty!

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OdenRoyLMA2 said:
Think I'll wait and be the judge of this myself. Every year people surrounding the team hype up the players and every year they turn out disappointing.
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I just saw Shawn Kemp and he looks amazing! Guy lost 50lbs and is ready to make a Blazer comeback.
 
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