The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

[Rastapopoulos]

Dallas blew out Houston tonight without Dirk... and Wesley was listed DNP-CD.

 

[THE HCP]

Thats ALOT of money sitting on your bench and NOT putting up LeBron type numbers!

 

[KingSpeed]

Thats ALOT of money sitting on your bench and NOT putting up LeBron type numbers!

Which is why it was good to not make such an offer to Wes and to let CJ have his minutes.

 

[KingSpeed]

Dallas blew out Houston tonight without Dirk... and Wesley was listed DNP-CD.

Led by Raymond Felton. IN HOUSTON.

 

[BBert]

Check out Batum's season stats for the Hornets. He's their leading scorer. Just like Vonleh is for us.

Nico is also shooting 42% from three and is second on the team in plus/minus, assists and rebounding.

But you know, haters gonna hate.

 

[KingSpeed]

Barton is becoming Denver's best player. RHJ is playing well tonight.

 

[KingSpeed]

Nico is also shooting 42% from three and is second on the team in plus/minus, assists and rebounding.

But you know, haters gonna hate.

He didn't do that last year. He was awful.

 

[Natebishop3]

Nico is also shooting 42% from three and is second on the team in plus/minus, assists and rebounding.

But you know, haters gonna hate.

And he won't stay there. He'll be going somewhere else for sure. I'm not convinced he would have stayed here either.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Which is why it was good to not make such an offer to Wes and to let CJ have his minutes.

Of all the moves over the Summer, I think you'd be hard pressed to find even the biggest Blazer fan who would advocate giving Dallas money to Wes.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Here's a forgotten ex-Blazer who's doing surprisingly well all of a sudden: Jerryd Bayless. I would've bet good money he'd be out of the NBA by now but Jason Kidd seems to have found a way to use him.

 

[Sinobas]

Here's a forgotten ex-Blazer who's doing surprisingly well all of a sudden: Jerryd Bayless. I would've bet good money he'd be out of the NBA by now but Jason Kidd seems to have found a way to use him.

I always liked Bayless and didn't understand why he didn't get more PT and was basically traded away for nothing.

 

[Chris Craig]

They're all doing good

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Watching Batum this year, it really looks like his back is bothering him. Even when he's kicking our ass, it looks like he can't bend it.

 

[Draco]

Barton looks like the biggest loss of last season. They have him locked up for a few years on a cheap contract too. His game would fit with our current roster, would have been interesting. Who knew.

Batum has played really well but he is going to get the max and stay in Charlotte. I don't think he has any value as a 30 year old on a $100+ million contract.

Tough seeing Wes struggle but he has been hitting the three, playing decent defense and has a couple nice games. Looks like a bad contract.

Felton is killing it in Dallas, might be their best player thus far. This is his free agent year so he's decided to get into shape and earn some money to buy cupcakes. Dallas has been effective starting him and Deron Williams in the backcourt. Makes me think CJ may be tall enough for a long term starting SG. More and more NBA teams are going with dual PG. Along with the stretch 4's just seems to be a trend of smaller quicker players with more skill out on the floor. You either want a quick guard or a lanky Aminu/Kawhi sized defensive wing. Hell Dallas had three PG's on the floor all at once for extended stretches; Felton, Deron and Devin Harris.

 

[Draco]

http://hoopshype.com/2015/11/07/the-good-and-the-bad-of-lamarcus-aldridge-trying-to-fit-in/

Was an interesting read until I hit this part:

There have been a couple of obviously good things, however. Aldridge is a brilliant passer, and even if he’s not on the same page with everyone else all the time, he finds cutters well and the Spurs are able to get easy baskets with him facilitating from up top or handoffs from the post.

 

[PDXFonz]

Was an interesting read until I hit this part:

Brilliant is a bit much, and when it comes to 4's in the league he's no where near the likes of Griffin or Love in that regard. He's not a bad passer though, and playing for the Spurs will make him look exponentially better at it than he really is.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Batum named NBA player of the week, Eastern Conference.

 

[PDXFonz]

Batum has definitely had the best post blazer career thus far, and it's not close. Batum - Aldridge - Rolo - Wes

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Barton: 14.3 PPG | 4.9 RPG | 41 3PT% | 22 PER

 

[julius]

Felton is killing it in Dallas, might be their best player thus far.

granted, Im basing it on stats, how is 9 points per game, shooting 41% from the floor (below his career average), 27% from 3 (worst of his career), lowest assists in his career (per 36) and an 8.7 PER killing it?

Did I miss the HUGE green font?

 

[e_blazer]

Batum named NBA player of the week, Eastern Conference.

Congrats to Nic. He's been playing great so far this season. I can't help but wonder how he would be doing here if the Blazers had kept him and moved him to shooting guard like he's been playing in Charlotte. Sure, there was the risk he would leave after this year, and Vonleh may eventually turn out to be a really good player, but I would like to have seen Nic get the chance to play 2G in a Blazers offense where the ball wasn't dominated by LMA.

 

[B-Roy]

He wouldn't be playing SG, he would be playing SF. That said, a Dame/CJ/Batum/Aminu/Plumlee lineup would be interesting. A very "poor" man's version of Golden State.

 

[e_blazer]

He wouldn't be playing SG, he would be playing SF. That said, a Dame/CJ/Batum/Aminu/Plumlee lineup would be interesting. A very "poor" man's version of Golden State.

Not in my scenario. Dame, Nic, Aminu, Leonard, Plumlee, with CJ playing 6th man backup at both guard spots is what I would have like to have seen.

 

[blue9]

Congrats to Nic. He's been playing great so far this season. I can't help but wonder how he would be doing here if the Blazers had kept him and moved him to shooting guard like he's been playing in Charlotte. Sure, there was the risk he would leave after this year, and Vonleh may eventually turn out to be a really good player, but I would like to have seen Nic get the chance to play 2G in a Blazers offense where the ball wasn't dominated by LMA.

I would have liked to see him play without LMA, period. People dogged Nic's defense, but he never had players behind him who were willing and/or capable of sliding to help out on defense - he was left on an island. I think he would have been great with Plumlee/Meyers/Davis. And offensively I think he and Plumlee/Meyers would wreck teams with side pick/rolls - Plumlee/Meyers have better hands, better footwork, and better vision/passing than Rolo.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

LMA: 11 pts on 14 fga

"Deadly mid-range shooter" indeed.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Do we still follow TROB?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Mathews was 1-9 today with 8 three point atemps.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

http://bkref.com/tiny/jkNE8

Versus

http://bkref.com/tiny/HIjs1

I'd love to know your thoughts; I personally think it's a wash despite the numbers, because you can't teach youth to an old guy.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Now tell me again who those old farts are that you keep comparing to our guys.......? Thank God those geezers don't play for us. Gotta love kids with a future instead of bruised tomatoes with a "sell by" date.....