NBA GMs vote Aldridge as the game's best PF (in a tie with Blake Griffin)

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If GMs think LMA is the best that means his trade value has never been higher!
 
I noticed Damian didn't get any votes for who the GM's want to shoot the ball late in games/game on the line.

I guess Houston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Phoenix and New Orleans didn't get to vote...
 
julius said:
I noticed Damian didn't get any votes for who the GM's want to shoot the ball late in games/game on the line.

I guess Houston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Phoenix and New Orleans didn't get to vote...
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Didn't Dame have the most game winners last season?
 
Which player would you want taking a shot with the game on the line?
1. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City -- 76.9%
2. Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers -- 7.7%
LeBron James, Cleveland -- 7.7%
Also receiving votes: Carmelo Anthony, New York; Stephen Curry, Golden State
Last year: Kevin Durant -- 39.3%
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Wow. Dame didn't even get a single vote.
 
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i noticed that wes was tied for third as the best role player in the nba. go wes.
 
I thought Kevin Love was the undisputed best power forward in the game for the 2013-2014 season... because he shoots like a guard and gets garbage points...
Then Anthony Davis was supposed to take that last season.. coming into the 2014-2015 season with that title.?
There goes that logic... According to GM's... The ones who are PAID to pick players.


SlyPokerDog said:
If GMs think LMA is the best that means his trade value has never been higher!
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This
get rid of lamarshmello
 
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LaMarcus doesn't need the spotlight, he's going to dominate Blake Griffin and refuse a Kia Motors commercial spot because it'll interfere with his Portlandia shoots! LA is the best power forward on the planet and doesn't give a shit what the media says about it. As Blazer fans well know, he might not be the flashy pick but he's the right pick
 
Blake Griffin is better than Aldridge anyways

But yes, Anthony Davis owns the PF position right now and will continue to do so for the next 10 years
 
RoyToy said:
Blake Griffin is better than Aldridge anyways

But yes, Anthony Davis owns the PF position right now and will continue to do so for the next 10 years
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To me LA owns it, Davis is up and coming but hasn't earned this yet. Griffin is top 5 but not number 1.
 
RoyToy said:
Blake Griffin is better than Aldridge anyways

But yes, Anthony Davis owns the PF position right now and will continue to do so for the next 10 years
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Davis has a year or two and needs to stay healthy before he is the best PF. He is flashy but has a lot to work on. I won't say who is best but i'd put a tier system up and go with LA/Blake/Love tier 1 Dirk/Davis/Duncan/Bosh/Horford in tier 2. thats off the top of my head so i'm probably forgetting someone.
 
Rhal said:
Davis has a year or two and needs to stay healthy before he is the best PF. He is flashy but has a lot to work on. I won't say who is best but i'd put a tier system up and go with LA/Blake/Love tier 1 Dirk/Davis/Duncan/Bosh/Horford in tier 2. thats off the top of my head so i'm probably forgetting someone.
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Well you go ahead and do that and delay saying the inevitable

But he's clearly the most talented PF in the NBA right now and brings the most to the table. It's not even a question.
 
Aldridge played only 2 more games than Davis last year

Davis is always injured :MARIS61:
 
RoyToy said:
Well you go ahead and do that and delay saying the inevitable

But he's clearly the most talented PF in the NBA right now and brings the most to the table. It's not even a question.
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Best, no. Most potential, yes.

Sorry, but to be the best player at your position in the entire league you need to win, and Davis hasn't. Yes, basketball is a team sport, but the BEST players make their teammates better.

Has Davis lead his team to a winning record? No.

Has Davis lead his team to the playoffs? No.

Has Davis put up back-to-back games of 46 and 43 in leading his team to two playoff victories on the road? No.

Has Davis blocked 16 shots in a playoff series? No.

Has Davis led his team to the second round? No.

The "best" produce results. Davis has yet to do so. He's been in the league two years. In those two years his team has a 61-103 record. How can he possibly be the best at his position if he doesn't help his team win more than 37% of their games? This is the same argument most here have made against Kevin Love, gaudy stats on a losing team. When he starts putting up gaudy stats on a winning team, he enters the conversation as the best at his position. Great players produce great results, they don't need excuses.

Davis definitely has the potential to be the best at his position, but he's not there yet. His offensive game is immature. He's a very opportunistic, efficient scorer, but he doesn't have the kind of game where you can feed him the ball over and over in the 4th quarter and ride him to victory. He doesn't have a "go to" move and at 6'10", 220, he has trouble establishing deep post position against bigger, stronger players.

On defense, he's a great help/weak side defender, one of the best in the league (along with Serge Ibaka). Like Ibaka, his man-to-man defense isn't nearly as exceptional as he gets pushed around by bigger, stronger players.

Yes, the kid has a ton of potential, he is already talented and incredibly young. Before he can be the best at his position, he needs to get stronger, develop a more well rounded game and show that he can be healthy. In two seasons, he's missed 33 games. Not exactly Greg Oden injury issues, but when you're in street clothes, you're not helping your team win.

I hope he can get, and stay healthy. He is a very gifted athlete with a ton of potential, but he needs to translate that athleticism and potential into wins before he can be declare the best at his position in the entire NBA. I hope he gets there, but he's not there, yet. Will this be the year? Maybe next year? It took Aldridge 8 seasons and an historic playoff performance to earn the title of best power forward in the NBA. Davis may get there, and he may get there sooner, but he needs to earn it by turning his potential into on-court results.

BNM
 
RoyToy said:
Aldridge played only 2 more games than Davis last year

Davis is always injured :MARIS61:
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Actually, Aldridge played 13 more games than Davis. Aldridge led his team to the second round while Davis was home hoping his team did well in the lottery.

BNM
 
BNM is in midseason form. Dropping rhetorical questions and dropping huge ass responses already.

#dedication
 
Boob-No-More said:
Best, no. Most potential, yes.

Sorry, but to be the best player at your position in the entire league you need to win, and Davis hasn't. Yes, basketball is a team sport, but the BEST players make their teammates better.

Has Davis lead his team to a winning record? No.

Has Davis lead his team to the playoffs? No.

Has Davis put up back-to-back games of 46 and 43 in leading his team to two playoff victories on the road? No.

Has Davis blocked 16 shots in a playoff series? No.

Has Davis led his team to the second round? No.

The "best" produce results. Davis has yet to do so. He's been in the league two years. In those two years his team has a 61-103 record. How can he possibly be the best at his position if he doesn't help his team win more than 37% of their games? This is the same argument most here have made against Kevin Love, gaudy stats on a losing team. When he starts putting up gaudy stats on a winning team, he enters the conversation as the best at his position. Great players produce great results, they don't need excuses.

Davis definitely has the potential to be the best at his position, but he's not there yet. His offensive game is immature. He's a very opportunistic, efficient scorer, but he doesn't have the kind of game where you can feed him the ball over and over in the 4th quarter and ride him to victory. He doesn't have a "go to" move and at 6'10", 220, he has trouble establishing deep post position against bigger, stronger players.

On defense, he's a great help/weak side defender, one of the best in the league (along with Serge Ibaka). Like Ibaka, his man-to-man defense isn't nearly as exceptional as he gets pushed around by bigger, stronger players.

Yes, the kid has a ton of potential, he is already talented and incredibly young. Before he can be the best at his position, he needs to get stronger, develop a more well rounded game and show that he can be healthy. In two seasons, he's missed 33 games. Not exactly Greg Oden injury issues, but when you're in street clothes, you're not helping your team win.

I hope he can get, and stay healthy. He is a very gifted athlete with a ton of potential, but he needs to translate that athleticism and potential into wins before he can be declare the best at his position in the entire NBA. I hope he gets there, but he's not there, yet. Will this be the year? Maybe next year? It took Aldridge 8 seasons and an historic playoff performance to earn the title of best power forward in the NBA. Davis may get there, and he may get there sooner, but he needs to earn it by turning his potential into on-court results.

BNM
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So I just read a whole lot of elementary analysis

The Blazers hadn't made the playoffs in a couple years. That entire time people on here were arguing that Aldridge was the best PF, yet the Blazers weren't even in the playoffs.

So the second his team makes the playoffs, all of the sudden we use the playoff card now? Am I reading that right?

The Blazers won 33 games in the 2012-2013 season. I'm assuming Aldridge was still awesome and the same player then?

The Hornets won 34 game last year. All of the sudden Davis isn't a winner and it's held against him?

This forum can't keep it's bullshit/homer opinions in line and it makes this forum a hard place to get some real discussion going.

But I already knew that.
 
RoyToy said:
So I just read a whole lot of elementary analysis

The Blazers hadn't made the playoffs in a couple years. That entire time people on here were arguing that Aldridge was the best PF, yet the Blazers weren't even in the playoffs.

So the second his team makes the playoffs, all of the sudden we use the playoff card now? Am I reading that right?

The Blazers won 33 games in the 2012-2013 season. I'm assuming Aldridge was still awesome and the same player then?

The Hornets won 34 game last year. All of the sudden Davis isn't a winner and it's held against him?

This forum can't keep it's bullshit/homer opinions in line and it makes this forum a hard place to get some real discussion going.

But I already knew that.
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No one was arguing Aldridge was the Best PF in the game when we were lottery bound. We definitely argued he should be in the All star game though.

Davis statistically isn't even better than Aldridge right now, let alone intangibles.

Take this weak ass game somewhere else. Maybe a Laker forum where fans don't know shit about this game.
 
magnifier661 said:
No one was arguing Aldridge was the Best PF in the game when we were lottery bound. We definitely argued he should be in the All star game though.

Davis statistically isn't even better than Aldridge right now, let alone intangibles.

Take this weak ass game somewhere else. Maybe a Laker forum where fans don't know shit about this game.
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:crazy::crazy::crazy:
 
RoyToy said:
So I just read a whole lot of elementary analysis

The Blazers hadn't made the playoffs in a couple years. That entire time people on here were arguing that Aldridge was the best PF, yet the Blazers weren't even in the playoffs.

So the second his team makes the playoffs, all of the sudden we use the playoff card now? Am I reading that right?

The Blazers won 33 games in the 2012-2013 season. I'm assuming Aldridge was still awesome and the same player then?

The Hornets won 34 game last year. All of the sudden Davis isn't a winner and it's held against him?

This forum can't keep it's bullshit/homer opinions in line and it makes this forum a hard place to get some real discussion going.

But I already knew that.
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Flawed premise == erroneous conclusion.

This is not about what fans think. They are USUALLY (but obviously, not always) going to favor the players on their team. Read the title of the thread. Aldridge was voted best PF in the league by NBA general managers. Feel free to continue to condescend to the fans of the team all you like, it does nothing to change the opinions of the GMs who get paid big bucks to build NBA rosters. Those GMs, not the fans, voted Aldridge, not Anthony Davis, the best power forward in the league.

And yes, it took Aldridge proving he could perform in the post season to convince those GMs he is now the best power forward in the game. Maybe once Anthony Davis does the same, they'll vote for him.

BNM
 
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