Where does Lamarcus Aldridge rank among all time Blazers power forwards?

[BigGameDamian]

 

[KingSpeed]

#3 with a chance to be #1 when all is said and done

 

[THE HCP]

Rook....... you are starting way too many threads! Read the rules then post!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Importance to the team

Importance to the franchise

Stats


Really depends on what we are talking about?

Williams
Wallace
Lucas
Wicks
Robinson
O'Neal
Davis

All very good PF's

 

[magnifier661]

All Aldridge needs to really improve to reach that next level is rebounding. The moment he can rebound at a 8+ a game; then he could be considered one of the best. I hope that all the new offensive weapons (Lillard, Improved Batum and Improved Matthews) can take the pressure off him to always score and get some fucking boards.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Importance to the team

Importance to the franchise

Stats


Really depends on what we are talking about?

Williams
Wallace
Lucas
Wicks
Robinson
O'Neal
Davis

All very good PF's

Kinda sad, really.
LMA wants to be THE MAN, and he's gonna find out that he's never been or will be the best player on his own team.
Wallace desperately wanted to NOT be THE MAN, but was constantly forced to because it was obvious he was the best player on the team.

Of course, maybe it's just that I'm still a bit irked by his statement a couple of years ago about leaving the team because we wouldn't have enough $ to pay him.

 

[oldguy]

Nobody likes Brian Grant?

Hard to compare players across generations but, I would put Luke, Buck, Wallace and maybe Brian ahead of LMA. Some might argue for Cliffy or Zach, but I'd take LA over either of them.

Go Blazers

 

[3RA1N1AC]

mods, i want an ip check on this biggamedamian, and it better not say minnesota

 

[jlprk]

If Aldridge improves his rebounding, he'll break into the top 10. Unfortunately, all the yelling type of coaches retired.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

mods, i want an ip check on this biggamedamian, and it better not say minnesota

BigGameDamian is not from Minnesota. He's posted for years over at Oregonlive as BigGameGreg. He's a nice guy, likes to post lots of threads that ask for opinions.

 

[jlprk]

Where does 3brainiac live? I intend to blackmail him.

 

[THE HCP]

BigGameDamian is not from Minnesota. He's posted for years over at Oregonlive as BigGameGreg. He's a nice guy, likes to post lots of threads that ask for opinions.

SO IT'S YOUR FAULT HE DIDN'T READ OUR RULES!!!!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Where does 3brainiac live? I intend to blackmail him.

Braintannica

 

[ABM]

Where does 3brainiac live? I intend to blackmail him.

It's a tossup?

j/k, brah

 

[jlprk]

I like 3brainiac, especially on the OT board, where I agree with him.

Platonically.

Not that there's anything right with that.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Nobody likes Brian Grant?

Hard to compare players across generations but, I would put Luke, Buck, Wallace and maybe Brian ahead of LMA. Some might argue for Cliffy or Zach, but I'd take LA over either of them.

Go Blazers

Loved Brian - but LMA is without question a superior player. As much as Buck was the missing piece on the early Drexler teams, he also does not have nearly the skillset that LaMarcus brings to the floor.

 

[oldmangrouch]

LMA is almost on par with Sid Wicks or Zach. Wicks and Zach were better scorers and rebounders, but LMA does deserve credit for his superior defense.

There is no way I would put him on the same level as Luke, Buck or Sheed. I might even take Kermit Washington over him....but that is debatable.

 

[jlprk]

He kind of reminds me of Mychal Thompson, except Mychal had far more loquaciousness.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Bob Whitsitt once said he would take nine Rasheed Wallace if he could.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Brian Grant is worthy of mention too. Those wars with Karl Malone are something I will always remember.

Edit: OK I see that this was mentioned up above.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Bob Whitsitt once said he would take nine Rasheed Wallace if he could.

Then again, Bob "never took chemistry in college" and, in a related story, also hasn't had a job in either football or basketball in about a decade.

 

[PapaG]

LMA is the only Blazer PF to make an All-NBA team since 1977-78, when Mo did.

LOL at him being not even in the Top 10.

Clown Town.

 

[PapaG]

Brian Grant is worthy of mention too. Those wars with Karl Malone are something I will always remember.

Edit: OK I see that this was mentioned up above.

Brian Grant ... loved him as a Blazer, but come on.

His three years, he played 61, 48, and 63 games in the regular season.

Buck Williams was a role player. Mo Lucas and Rasheed Wallace are the only former Blazers who might be ahead of LMA, unless we count Z-BO, who was the "franchise player" on some of the worst Blazer teams in history.

I really hate the Blazer hardcore fanbase at times. It gets ridiculous at times reading nonsense.

 

[Haakzilla]

...almost in the top 5

 

[Denny Crane]

Did any of the other PFs get MVP consideration?

 

[Hobbesarable]

Nobody likes Brian Grant?

Hard to compare players across generations but, I would put Luke, Buck, Wallace and maybe Brian ahead of LMA. Some might argue for Cliffy or Zach, but I'd take LA over either of them.

Go Blazers

Cliffy played more like a SF. He had good range with his shooting and he retrieved (on average) fewer rebounds than LA.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Cliffy played more like a SF. He had good range with his shooting and he retrieved (on average) fewer rebounds than LA.

Cliff also never showed up at playoff time.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Brian Grant ... loved him as a Blazer, but come on.

His three years, he played 61, 48, and 63 games in the regular season.

Buck Williams was a role player. Mo Lucas and Rasheed Wallace are the only former Blazers who might be ahead of LMA, unless we count Z-BO, who was the "franchise player" on some of the worst Blazer teams in history.

I really hate the Blazer hardcore fanbase at times. It gets ridiculous at times reading nonsense.

Umm read MM's list of good PF's and tell me that Brian Grant doesn't deserve to be on that list? Jermaine O'Neal is on there. Sorry you have to read nonsense. It must have been so painfully difficult to read a three sentence message board post .

 

[PapaG]

Umm read MM's list of good PF's and tell me that Brian Grant doesn't deserve to be on that list? Jermaine O'Neal is on there. Sorry you have to read nonsense. It must have been so painfully difficult to read a three sentence message board post .

Jermaine O'Neal being on any all-time Blazer PF list is nonsense. I didn't realize you were adding to his list. Grant definitely deserves to be on a list over Jermaine.

My bad.

 

[THE HCP]

If you put Jermaine on the list, you might as well add Moses to our Top Centers list!