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Natebishop3 said:
I never thought he had this in him. It's still early, and it's tough to sustain this kind of play over the course of a season, BUT he is definitely playing the best ball of his career.
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Here's the thing. The last 5 years, Aldridge always started out slow and usually did great mid season on. This season, he came out great right out the gate. Could you imagine if he actually hit his norm of being better mid season?
 
B-Roy said:
Here's a good question.

This years Aldridge....

Or 08/09 Roy?
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It's tough because we're only about 1/4 of the season, BUT Roy could be game planned for. How do you stop this version of Aldridge? He has some moves that are virtually unguardable AND he's getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs now. Historically bigs win championships, and Aldridge might just be the best big in basketball right now.
 
Natebishop3 said:
It's tough because we're only about 1/4 of the season, BUT Roy could be game planned for. How do you stop this version of Aldridge? He has some moves that are virtually unguardable AND he's getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs now. Historically bigs win championships, and Aldridge might just be the best big in basketball right now.
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Could you imagine if Houston had harden, Howard and Aldridge?
 
Natebishop3 said:
It's tough because we're only about 1/4 of the season, BUT Roy could be game planned for. How do you stop this version of Aldridge? He has some moves that are virtually unguardable AND he's getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs now. Historically bigs win championships, and Aldridge might just be the best big in basketball right now.
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To be fair to Roy, a lot of that was because of Nate's offense. We've never really seen Roy outside of Nate's offense, and we'll likely never know how he would have looked in a motion offense like the one we have now. Still, Roy put up some amazing performances at his peak. I will point out that he still put in 27/5/3 on an 26 PER in the playoffs against the Rockets team who basically stifled Nate's pedestrian offense. Aldridge may be unguardable, but Roy was nearly unstoppable in his (short) prime.

It's tough. If we win a few playoff series this year with LMA playing the way he is, I gotta give it to LMA though.
 
Remember when some of you guys were fine with trading Aldridge for Lee, Barnes and Klay? Or how about the Monroe, stucky and first rounder?

It's good that we were patient with Aldridge and I love seeing him happy. Keep it up Blazers!
 
Question #2

If the Blazers caught lighting in a bottle like the way Dallas did when they won a ring and actually won it all, would Aldridge be considered one of the best Blazers ever?
 
magnifier661 said:
Question #2

If the Blazers caught lighting in a bottle like the way Dallas did when they won a ring and actually won it all, would Aldridge be considered one of the best Blazers ever?
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Yes.

Question #3

How many numbers would be retired if this team won a championship?
 
I'm glad the Blazers didn't do the trade. I don't know why Houston didn't give the ball to Harden more late in the 4th so he could create. He was blowing by Mathews almost every time he touched the ball.
 
BigGameDamian said:
I'm glad the Blazers didn't do the trade. I don't know why Houston didn't give the ball to Harden more late in the 4th so he could create. He was blowing by Mathews almost every time he touched the ball.
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Because we were not double teaming d12. It's what was done with shaq.... Don't double team him and everyone else falls out of the offense since they feed the middle. So then in crunch time they are cold.

hoop fam
 
magnifier661 said:
Remember when some of you guys were fine with trading Aldridge for Lee, Barnes and Klay? Or how about the Monroe, stucky and first rounder?

It's good that we were patient with Aldridge and I love seeing him happy. Keep it up Blazers!
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I'm actually glad I wasn't posting hear when that went on. Shit would have gotten real. ;)

Bottom line, LA's never played for any length of time with a legit big man. Lopez has made all the difference. LA doesn't have to guard centers, and center can't guard LA all game. Recognize! MVP! MVP! MVP!
 
Natebishop3 said:
No Mags. No.

This is not just "averaging 20 and 10." He is playing at a superstar level. He is so far beyond 20 and 10 right now.
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So true. MVP level.
B-Roy said:
Here's a good question.

This years Aldridge....

Or 08/09 Roy?
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Easy. This year's Aldridge.

Natebishop3 said:
It's tough because we're only about 1/4 of the season, BUT Roy could be game planned for. How do you stop this version of Aldridge? He has some moves that are virtually unguardable AND he's getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs now. Historically bigs win championships, and Aldridge might just be the best big in basketball right now.
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Yes. He is the best big in basketball. No question.
magnifier661 said:
Question #2

If the Blazers caught lighting in a bottle like the way Dallas did when they won a ring and actually won it all, would Aldridge be considered one of the best Blazers ever?
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He'd probably be considered the best Blazer ever. He'd have a title (which Drexler doesn't have) and an 8 year body of work (which Walton doesn't have).

Natebishop3 said:
Yes.

Question #3

How many numbers would be retired if this team won a championship?
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I love that your considering that. All five starters get retired easily.
 
Please stop bumping 2-3 year old threads to say I told you so.

A mod recently told me that posting simply to provoke is not allowed. All you are doing by bumping this is trying to provoke people
 
MickZagger said:
Harden > Westbrook.
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it's a PG driven league, Westbrook even with his problems is more valuable because of his position and is one of the best in the league at it. He is also starting to become smarter with the ball and making better decisions.
 
magnifier661 said:
Remember when some of you guys were fine with trading Aldridge for Lee, Barnes and Klay? Or how about the Monroe, stucky and first rounder?

It's good that we were patient with Aldridge and I love seeing him happy. Keep it up Blazers!
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How is that GS deal not a fair deal? I love LMA but if we had Barnes and Wes or Klay coming off the bench we would be beastly. Best bench in the league. The drop off from LMA to Lee is big but Barnes would give us more versatility as well since he thrives as a small ball 4. Klay is a big SG who could slide over to the 3 as well. Lots of ways to attack defenses with that team
 
ponderguy said:
How is that GS deal not a fair deal? I love LMA but if we had Barnes and Wes or Klay coming off the bench we would be beastly. Best bench in the league. The drop off from LMA to Lee is big but Barnes would give us more versatility as well since he thrives as a small ball 4. Klay is a big SG who could slide over to the 3 as well. Lots of ways to attack defenses with that team
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Never, never, never, ever be the team giving up the best player in the trade...especially when that best player is an all-star big. The NBA, more so than any other team sport, is about quality of the top few players and less about quantity.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Please stop bumping 2-3 year old threads to say I told you so.

A mod recently told me that posting simply to provoke is not allowed. All you are doing by bumping this is trying to provoke people
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Natebishop wasn't provoked at all. He admitted he was wrong. We're all having fun here. What your problem?
 
KingSpeed said:
Natebishop wasn't provoked at all. He admitted he was wrong. We're all having fun here. What your problem?
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This post is meant to provoke as well.

My problem is people bumping old threads to overcompensate for their small whatever
 
ponderguy said:
How is that GS deal not a fair deal? I love LMA but if we had Barnes and Wes or Klay coming off the bench we would be beastly. Best bench in the league. The drop off from LMA to Lee is big but Barnes would give us more versatility as well since he thrives as a small ball 4. Klay is a big SG who could slide over to the 3 as well. Lots of ways to attack defenses with that team
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But Aldridge is playing on MVP level. None of those other guys are.
 
Mediocre Man said:
This post is a provoking one as well.

My problem is people bumping old threads to overcompensate for their small whatever
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What's your problem? Why are you picking a fight? We're playing great and most people here are happy.
 
ponderguy said:
Sure right now he is but that core would set us up pretty nicely for the next decade
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No it wouldn't. Why do you want to trade the best big man in the league? To be fair, I'd didn't think it was an awful trade during offseason, but obviously now, it's a bad deal.
 
KingSpeed said:
No it wouldn't. Why do you want to trade the best big man in the league? To be fair, I'd didn't think it was an awful trade during offseason, but obviously now, it's a bad deal.
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Thompson is playing pretty well, but we had no idea Aldridge would step up to an MVP level and Lee seems to have fallen off a bit.
 
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