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Nice article. Thanks for posting the link.

Repped.

Gramps...
 
Awesome article. A lot of things make sense now! I hope Aldridge keeps it up and trusts his teammates better in process!
 
M-V-P

Moda needs to start chanting that at games, he's our MVP in the least
 
I love seeing these types of stories about the realness of players. I often think we (as fans of any team) forget that these are living, breathing human beings, as odd as that sounds.
 
I like the article and, more importantly, what it has to say, but haven't we read pretty much the same thing each of the past three or four years?
 
HailBlazers said:
M-V-P

Moda needs to start chanting that at games, he's our MVP in the least
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Yep, he's deserved crowd respect for years. We tend to embrace scrappy role players because they lay it on the line, but la has laid it on the line for years. I got an MVP chant started for him in the comeback game but most around me seemed reluctant to chant it. I don't care if he's not MVP of the league, he's our MVP.
 
Here is what I take out of it:

Aldridge told Yahoo Sports in the offseason that he was frustrated with not making the playoffs last season, but hadn't reached the point where he wanted a trade. He trusted Blazers general manager Neil Olshey to put the needed players around him to win soon.
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I laugh at the people who did and still claim Aldridge wanted a trade. He never did. At this rate, I don't think he will.
 
BillBrasky said:
Here is what I take out of it:

I laugh at the people who did and still claim Aldridge wanted a trade. He never did. At this rate, I don't think he will.
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Yea it was/is comical. This is his team.

Welcome to ripcitytwo
 
LaMarcus was the vet leader tonight, calming the Blazers down and hitting key shots to stem the tide.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
LaMarcus was the vet leader tonight, calming the Blazers down and hitting key shots to stem the tide.
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The bucket he had late, with us up one at the time, was huge. He slowed it down, kicked it out, battled for slightly better position, then received the ball back, took a second, then took the shot. Seems small, aside from pushin the lead back to three, but I thought that calm coolness showed me how he's grown as a leader an player.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
The bucket he had late, with us up one at the time, was huge. He slowed it down, kicked it out, battled for slightly better position, then received the ball back, took a second, then took the shot. Seems small, aside from pushin the lead back to three, but I thought that calm coolness showed me how he's grown as a leader an player.
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That was when I started feeling like we had the game.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Exactly my point. If we can get that feeling from that moment, I imagine the players recognize and feel it on the court.
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Totally, and to their credit, when LMA was in there he was getting the ball a lot more than I'd ever seen him get it before. They definitely know the score.
 
Sibonas will claim Live would have done a better job winning the game for us
 
Okay Sinobas…. Let's seriously compare Aldridge vs. Love, now that I am on a computer….

Tracking Touches - Love in one of the league leaders in touches per possessions. He is averaging 0.27 points per touch (meaning the team scores 0.27 points every time he touches the ball). Aldridge is averaging 0.33 points per touch.
Point Aldridge

In the half court game, Love has 0.47 points per touch and Aldridge 0.52.
Point Aldridge.

Now let's look at passing, which you said Love is better at. - Aldridge has better Assisted opportunities, plus secondary assisted opportunities.

Point Aldridge

Shooting - You claimed that Love is better around the basket. According to NBA player tracker, this is false. Aldridge is shooting 54.3% from close, hitting 3.8 shots per game, while love is shooting 47.3% with 4.4 a game.

Point Aldridge

Then you said that Aldridge is only a "catch and shoot" player. Funny how Love actually catches and shoots more times than Aldridge.

Point Aldridge.
 
One thing I noticed last night: When the Blakers were making their run and we were only up 2 points, it was the first time I really sensed a "gimme the damn ball" body language from LMA and he hit a huge turnaround jumper to put us up 4. Really great to see that.
 
Strenuus said:
Why? That would be silly. He doesn't deserve them in early December... nor does anyone.
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There's certain situations... like, if he has 30 and we're up 3 with five seconds to go and he's just hit the FT to put us up 4, then yeah, he deserves it!
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
One thing I noticed last night: When the Blakers were making their run and we were only up 2 points, it was the first time I really sensed a "gimme the damn ball" body language from LMA and he hit a huge turnaround jumper to put us up 4. Really great to see that.
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I thought the same thing! It was like he just told the kids to settle down because Big Daddy was taking over. They looked so disjointed up to that point in the 4th and suddenly they all just went calm. When I saw him knock it down I knew we were going to win the game. He's just in a completely different stratosphere with his confidence and leadership this season.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
There's certain situations... like, if he has 30 and we're up 3 with five seconds to go and he's just hit the FT to put us up 4, then yeah, he deserves it!
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Negating the "30" you could essentialy say then, that Mo should be getting MVP chants for what he did last night at the end of the game with the FT.

It's straight silly to be giving anyone MVP chants (including Lebron) in Early December.
 
Strenuus said:
Negating the "30" you could essentialy say then, that Mo should be getting MVP chants for what he did last night at the end of the game with the FT.
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I guess that means the 30 part is kinda fucking important then, huh?
 
BlazerCaravan said:
I guess that means the 30 part is kinda fucking important then, huh?
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Not really. It's only one of a myraid. You take it out, and it means nothing. Yet, you bring it in, it means everything. LMA LATER may deserve it, but just one statstical measure doesn't make an MVP, no matter how hard the NBA tries to force the issue.

Regardless, no mvp chants in December.. It's just silly. That's my main point.
 
Strenuus said:
Not really. It's only one of a myraid. You take it out, and it means nothing. Yet, you bring it in, it means everything. LMA LATER may deserve it, but just one statstical measure doesn't make an MVP, no matter how hard the NBA tries to force the issue.

Regardless, no mvp chants in December.. It's just silly. That's my main point.
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Well sure, you take away Lebron's scoring and he's not an MVP either.

Why are we even having this conversation?
 
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