Thorpe: Lillard Ranks Third, Robinson 20th Among Sophomores

[maxiep]

Simmons is right about Lillard's D. I hope Dame works on it in the offseason. He has the quick hands, strength and balance to be a good defender.

 

[PapaG]

Simmons is right about Lillard's D. I hope Dame works on it in the offseason. He has the quick hands, strength and balance to be a good defender.

Lillard's poor defense is greatly exaggerated. Plus, for Simmons to not even mention LMA is petty and meant solely to rile up Portland fans. He's trolling Blazer fans instead of making a thoughtful All-NBA list. There is no way a player who goes for 23/11 a night on a 52 win team isn't on an All-NBA team.

 

[tlongII]

Lillard's poor defense is greatly exaggerated. Plus, for Simmons to not even mention LMA is petty and meant solely to rile up Portland fans. He's trolling Blazer fans instead of making a thoughtful All-NBA list. There is no way a player who goes for 23/11 a night on a 52 win team isn't on an All-NBA team.

I agree with your take on Aldridge, but disagree about Lillard. He is a bad defender. There is no question about that. He can get better though. I think his problem stems from playing inferior competition during his college years. He needs another year or two to get his defensive game up to an acceptable level.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Robinsons rating is a product of his pt. if he was some where like Cleveland where he plays 30 minutes he would easily be top 8.

Not just saying this because he is my favorite blazer. Trob is a beast and I hope he is given enough time to make the rockets regret trading him.

I think Robinson has received in pt with what he has earned. For where he was drafted at, this is still a pretty disappointing rank for him. But only he can change it. If it's even possible. He hasn't yet.