LMA has made the all star team

[julius]

yeah, how'd that lotto work out for OKC?

 

[Nikolokolus]

yeah, how'd that lotto work out for OKC?

Turrible.

 

[RoyToy]

That's rich. Lets take a look at everyone's Player Efficiency rating:

Lamarcus Aldridge - 19.70
David Lee - 19.65
Zach Randolph - 19.12

Not to mention:

Lamarcus Aldridge (2009-10) - 18.30
Lamarcus Aldridge (2008-09) - 19.13
Lamarcus Aldridge (2007-08) - 18.32
Lamarcus Aldridge (2006-07) - 17.17

So it's not the least efficient of his career, and regardless he's still more efficient than those other 2 PF's who made it.

Ugh

PER measures more than just offense, which is clearly what Herbert is talking about there. Aldridge just edges them out because of blks and stls, which obviously aren't offensive statistics.

 

[noknobs]

Ugh

PER measures more than just offense, which is clearly what Herbert is talking about there. Aldridge just edges them out because of blks and stls, which obviously aren't offensive statistics.

He said efficient, PER is player efficiency rating... pretty straightforward.

 

[RoyToy]

He said efficient, PER is player efficiency rating... pretty straightforward.

And the context

Shooting long jumpers more frequently and less accurately, Aldridge is making just 46.8 percent of his field goal attempts.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I don't get what the big deal is? Aldridge has been less efficient this year than in year's past. New offense, coming off a hip surgery, slow start to the season ... and taking more long shots versus shots from post-ups. Who gives a damn about what some panel at ESPN said? He wasn't as good as his last two years, but he was still good enough.

 

[noknobs]

Ugh

PER measures more than just offense, which is clearly what Herbert is talking about there. Aldridge just edges them out because of blks and stls, which obviously aren't offensive statistics.

Interesting you're making the argument that it's his defense that puts him ahead of Lee and Randolph, yet a guy like Nate Drexler is saying Aldridge doesn't play defense. I guess haters gotta hate.

 

[RoyToy]

This has nothing to do with Aldridge

It's more of my war of the use of advanced statistics

 

[MickZagger]

This has nothing to do with Aldridge

It's more of my lack of logic

FIFY.

 

[Nikolokolus]

This has nothing to do with Aldridge

It's more of my war of the use of advanced statistics

A war on math?

 

[RoyToy]

A war on math?

How advanced statistics are misused all the time

 

[noknobs]

And the context

Fair enough on the FG%, however if you look at LA's career stats, he typically shoots better from the field the 2nd half of the season. He's also the most efficient of his career from the FT line so far, he's tied for career highs in rebounds and steals, and has a career high in blocks.

 

[MickZagger]

You can mess with math, but math ain't messin with you!

 

[Nikolokolus]

How advanced statistics are misused all the time

I guess. For me they've always just been one piece of the puzzle when you look at how good a player is or when you might want to compare them to somebody else. Maybe I'm way off, but my guess is that most people use them this way (or at least they should).

 

[NOVoodoo]

Regardless of who got snubbed, one thing to keep in mind is that in the past five years, 13 players have been named as injury replacements. In fact, last year was the only one of those five seasons where only one player was replaced. Odds are, someone's going to go down (or fake an injury for the rest), and with dinosaurs like Garnett and Duncan playing in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Steph Curry and Brook Lopez both playing in the All-Star game none the less.

I'll be interested to see what they do if one of the big men out West goes down though. Do they give the nod to Curry, even though he's a guard, or do they go with the next best big man in line, like Gasol, Jefferson, or Ibaka?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

ChrisMcGowan ‏@blazerschris Congrats to @aldridge_12 for being named an NBA All Star. Well deserved for sure! #ripcity

 

[Rhal]

Regardless of who got snubbed, one thing to keep in mind is that in the past five years, 13 players have been named as injury replacements. In fact, last year was the only one of those five seasons where only one player was replaced. Odds are, someone's going to go down (or fake an injury for the rest), and with dinosaurs like Garnett and Duncan playing in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Steph Curry and Brook Lopez both playing in the All-Star game none the less.

I'll be interested to see what they do if one of the big men out West goes down though. Do they give the nod to Curry, even though he's a guard, or do they go with the next best big man in line, like Gasol, Jefferson, or Ibaka?

I think if a person goes down they are going to be replaced with either Curry or Gasol depending on if its a big or a small.

 

[Eastoff]

any idea when the rookie sophomore game (whatever it's called now) will be announced?

 

[Nikolokolus]

any idea when the rookie sophomore game (whatever it's called now) will be announced?

I heard Lillard got snubbed to make up for Stephen Curry getting snubbed in the all-star game.

 

[Natebishop3]

any idea when the rookie sophomore game (whatever it's called now) will be announced?

Gee, I wonder if Lillard will make it?

 

[huevonkiller]

Yeah Aldridge didn't deserve to go in dumb ass writers. He is only second among pf for win share, second in point per game and is now averaging almost 9 boards a game.

WS isn't perfect. A better measure of defense is RAPM defense.

Still I think LMA is worthy due to his snub before I guess.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I think if a person goes down they are going to be replaced with either Curry or Gasol depending on if its a big or a small.

I don't think they consider positions when they name replacements though. Brandon Roy was replaced by Chris Kaman.

It seems like with all of the backlash the coach's have been getting for leaving Curry off, if there's only one injury out West, that spot has Steph Curry's name on it, and same can be said with Brook Lopez in the East.

I don't think Gasol will make it unless there are two injured Western players, regardless of position.

 

[Run BJM]

I don't think they consider positions when they name replacements though. Brandon Roy was replaced by Chris Kaman.

It seems like with all of the backlash the coach's have been getting for leaving Curry off, if there's only one injury out West, that spot has Steph Curry's name on it, and same can be said with Brook Lopez in the East.

I don't think Gasol will make it unless there are two injured Western players, regardless of position.

IIRC Stern picks the injury replacements. Conspiracy theorists would say he picks Curry who is more marketable and more of an NBA darling, though if he put Kaman in a few years ago then who knows (I don't remember Kaman ever making the game, though he did have some big seasons statistically).

 

[Natebishop3]

Harrison Barnes does it again. If you're a 7'0 euro and you see him coming at you full steam ahead just get the fuck out of the way.

(EDIT: I feel like a dumbass here, but why the hell can't I get the vid to show up directly in the post with the video tags?)

[video=youtube;o8dZn0D8MU4]

youtube started putting an "s" in the url, right after the "http" so it messes with the coding.

 

[Run BJM]

Thanks Nate, also meant to put this in the around the NBA thread, will delete and move it over there.