Should ALDRIDGE be our Center?

[Wheels]

If a guy like Wallace (good defender and rebounder (8.1rpg) starts at PF, I'd be even more glad to let LA take C.

wow didnt even think of it that way. PG, Matthews, Batum, Wallace, LMA.. what a fast team! Wonder what we could do about the PG situation.

 

[Nikolokolus]

wow didnt even think of it that way. PG, Matthews, Batum, Wallace, LMA.. what a fast team! Wonder what we could do about the PG situation.

Agustin is at least "serviceable." But long term I'd prefer to see the team do something, because running two 5'10-5'11 point guards (Patty being the other) is a huge defensive liability. Either Armon develops into a rotation player or they probably have to go back to the draft and try to get lucky, which hasn't exactly worked for them since Terry Porter was here.

 

[andalusian]

If a guy like Wallace (good defender and rebounder (8.1rpg) starts at PF, I'd be even more glad to let LA take C.

Wallace is a worse rebounder than LMA this year. Remember to adjust his rebounding numbers for pace and minutes played... (or, look at his TRB%). This year - Wallace's TRB% of 12.6 is below LMA's 13.3

Comparison - Camby is an amazing 23.1, a Gimpy Joel is 17.1

 

[illmatic99]

Ya, but he's been playing primarily at SF this year, with Boris playing PF and Mohammed @ C, and has fewer opportunities to get rebounds (much like LA until recently). All I know is that Crash has a good nose for the ball and the athleticism to rebound among bigs.

 

[andalusian]

Seems to me that Crash would be nice on this team, but the price for Crash + OK PG prospect (DJ) + Albatross contract should not be Miller + Camby. One of them + Filler makes a lot more sense.

 

[LittleAlex]

With the way the NBA is today, the 4 and 5 are pretty interchangable. Aldridge, Amare, Gasol, Horford, Duncan, Jefferson, etc. Maybe the thought should be to try and upgrade to a tall black man that is strong and agile, and call it good?

Would he have to be black?

I kind of like Scola and the Gasol brothers but they don't fit your criteria.
On the other hand, Thabeet does!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

With the Shaq/Yao era over, there aren't many true centers left.

LMA at center could work if we continue to be an uptempo team.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Thought exercise: we don't get the #1 or #2 pick in the draft in 2007. We probably end up keeping Z-Bo at PF, and starting LMA at C.

The point is, he might have been our starting C already in another universe. Which is a way of saying yeah I think he could be our starting center. As long as he doesn't have to play 45 minutes a night, he'll be just fine.

 

[Kaydow]

2 weeks ago, there were many who felt as though LA didn't even want to be a true PF. A Center? Not for a whole season.

 

[lakeblazer]

I think if the Blazers as an organization continue with this uptempo pace, I could see LA as center and another body, like a Thompson from Sacramento or someone with an inside presence picking up the PF position

 

[Sinobas]

I don't know if we'll have much of a choice with Camby and Pryzbilla being so injury prone. But there are definite advantages, as long as he can block a few shots and continue to rebound.