LMA or ZBo? Who's better?

[Jurassic]

I'm just asking. Are we better with LMA than we would be with ZBo? Zach is averaging 20 & 12 this season and his team was winning. Is LMA better? Is Channing better? Are they even combined better? Would we have a better record right now if ZBo was playing instead of LMA? Just curious.

Well yeah his team was winning but they aren't winning as much as the Blazers.

Besides B-Roy went to the front office and told them to get rid of Zach because of his negative locker room presence. That's a big part of why he was dealt. Obviously if our star player didn't want him there, our record would not be better if he was still here.

 

[LittleAlex]

If you add up Aldrige's defensive effort, willingness to pass, and overall ability to stretch a defense (when his shot is on) and compare that with Z-bo's "subtraction by addition" stat stuffing and I'll take LMA every day, every time.

God forbid Brandon go through a cold streak at some point in the season. I can see it now, "Trade the fucking bum, he's terrible, he's killing our offense, blah, blah, blah!" (don't fucking pretend, you people know who you are).

This is truth!

The NBA doesn't work like fantasy basketball does. You can't say "This guy gets 20 and 10, this other guy gets 20 and 10, so if you put them on the same team they would combine for 40 and 20". If you throw Zach on this team, everyone elses stats will take a nose dive due to his "one on five" offensive technique. This is the same reason many other potential trades wouldn't work or seem good on paper but turn out to be ass.

Just this weekend I had dinner with a few other people, two of whom claimed to be Blazer fans. However, all they could talk about was "Oden = Bowie" and "The Trailblazers are just setting us up for disappointment." They said they came by these opinions by being "fans" for 30+ years. Having been a fan myself for that long, I couldn't see what the fuck they were talking about. Honestly, it seems alot of fans just want to be miserable. The Trailblazers, outside of a few recent years, have been a consistently good team since the early 80's. Not Bulls great, but damn good and fun to watch. This current team isn't perfect. Neither has any Blazer team in recent memory. They are fun to watch, try hard and seem to care what the community thinks of them. If you want to wallow in misery, then I would invite you to start following the Clippers, the T'Wolves, the Bobcats or the Thunder.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

I'm just glad that Kevin Duckworth didn't play for the Blazers over the last 10 years. Instead of being beloved, he would be despised. Probably the same thing with Jerome and Buck.

Do you think the difference is the internet and online forums?

I remember fans, and even the team, getting on Duck pretty badly at times. He seemed to be the late 80's version of our Damon Stoudamire.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Do you think the difference is the internet and online forums?

I believe that is a major factor. Salaries are up, which also alienates some people. Lastly, I think the Portland media has done a great job poisoning the well. Heck, I've run across people who actually believe Duck was a better *player* than Sheed! (as opposed to just being more likeable)

 

[MARIS61]

Zach quite obviously.

He does everything better.