who could be our Gasol?

[KingSpeed]

Is it his third? My bad. Point still stands.

Do you think Blazers fans would embrace a center who averages less than 6 rebounds per game over 11 games?? Aldridge gets almost 9 rebounds per game and everyone thinks he's soft. Brook Lopez would be crucified in here. I'd rather have Oden in street clothes over Brook Lopez. No one will win a championship with Lopez.

 

[RR7]

good god your act gets old.

 

[Natebishop3]

Do you think Blazers fans would embrace a center who averages less than 6 rebounds per game over 11 games?? Aldridge gets almost 9 rebounds per game and everyone thinks he's soft. Brook Lopez would be crucified in here. I'd rather have Oden in street clothes over Brook Lopez. No one will win a championship with Lopez.

Do you want to know what Blazer fans don't embrace? Inconsistency. Aldridge wouldn't catch so much flack if he were more consistent.

 

[Minstrel]

Do you want to know what Blazer fans don't embrace? Inconsistency. Aldridge wouldn't catch so much flack if he were more consistent.

Really? So if Aldridge always got, say, 5 rebounds per game, fans would embrace him more than if he got 5 boards some nights and 10 boards other nights?

I kinda doubt it. "Inconsistency" simply means Aldridge is not talented enough to get 10 rebounds per game, but more talented than a 5 rebound per game player. Consistent excellence takes a certain level of talent. Players without that level of talent are either consistently worse or else inconsistently oscillate between excellence and mediocrity. I'm not sure why, between those two forms of lesser ability level, one is more valuable than the other.

 

[KingSpeed]

Do you want to know what Blazer fans don't embrace? Inconsistency. Aldridge wouldn't catch so much flack if he were more consistent.

Aldridge is way more consistently good than Brook Lopez. Lopez isn't even a top 20 center in this league.

 

[Natebishop3]

Really? So if Aldridge always got, say, 5 rebounds per game, fans would embrace him more than if he got 5 boards some nights and 10 boards other nights?

I kinda doubt it. "Inconsistency" simply means Aldridge is not talented enough to get 10 rebounds per game, but more talented than a 5 rebound per game player. Consistent excellence takes a certain level of talent. Players without that level of talent are either consistently worse or else inconsistently oscillate between excellence and mediocrity. I'm not sure why, between those two forms of lesser ability level, one is more valuable than the other.

I was thinking more in the scoring department. Not so much in the rebounding department. I think if Aldridge was a consistent scorer, people would cut him more slack. I don't think he'll ever be a consistent rebounder.

 

[Natebishop3]

Aldridge is way more consistently good than Brook Lopez. Lopez isn't even a top 20 center in this league.

The 4 of us are all guilty of riling shit up for the purpose of riling shit up. MARIS' act is Rudy/Sergio are the best players ever even though he knows they're not. BGrantfan's act is to be as abrasive as possible and then turn on a dime to be as defensive as possible (what? what did I do?) and then turn the thread into a discussion about himself. Mixum is the one I get a kick out of the most because he's so damn consistent. It makes me laugh. You all do know it's an act, right? He's entertaining himself, not participating in any serious discussion. How do I know all of this? Because I'm guilty of all of the above.

 

[Minstrel]

I was thinking more in the scoring department. Not so much in the rebounding department. I think if Aldridge was a consistent scorer, people would cut him more slack. I don't think he'll ever be a consistent rebounder.

My point, though, holds for scoring. Would people embrace Aldridge more if consistently scored 10 points in each game, rather than 10-12 some nights, 20-25 other nights? Again, my guess is no. When people say they want Aldridge to be "consistent," what they mean is they want him to be consistently awesome. Which is fine and all, but amounts to little more than "I want him to be more talented than he is."

I want all the Blazers to be more talented than they are.