There is one undersized white PF I would definitely seriously consider trading LMA for, and it's not Love. It's the guy who pretty much outplayed LMA in last year's playoffs. But unfortunately, the Rockets' GM realizes he's the "heart and soul" of their team, and has locked him up long term.
Exactly my reason as well. I think Love is massively underrated by people on here because he was injured last year and when he played he was coming off the bench. He's a better passer, better rebounder by far, he's no slouch as a shooter (granted not quite what LMA is yet). LMA might be a little step up on defense, but definitely not a dramatic difference. Shoot in 27 minutes a game, Love averaged 11 rebounds a game. Lamarcus might have a more pretty game, but I take Love everyday. Just my opinion though.
BLK%: LMA - 1.3 | Love - 1.0 Not much of a difference despite LMA being 6'11.25" and Love being 'undersized' at 6'9.5"
Sorry but the stats comparison is moot when your playing for a shitty team. The entire level of play is simply lowered when you play a team like the T-Wolves Minnesota 2008-2009 24-58, 2009-2010 22-60 The Blazers on the other hand have not been under anyone's radar for the last two years and the competition is fierce
That is what centers are for. If Love played the same game as he does in Minny he would bring his defender into the paint and further clog up the middle. Sure he could play out on the perimeter, but who is he going to bang out there? I think you have to give greg room.
How do I say this with all due respect.......... GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE ZAGS!!!!!! I would bet that 30 out of 30 GM's/coaches would rather have LA then the Love-Boat! Honestly!
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I don't think its as big of a disparity as you think. In my eyes, LMA is soft and he hasn't done anything to prove me wrong. Amare abused and intimidated him last year, (especially in the playoffs) LMA's body language almost looked like he was in fear. I want more out of my 4 man than that.
What do you think STAT would have done to Love? He would have killed him! And when people post highlight packages as arguments one way or the other, it means nothing. I have said before, that I put one together for Joel once, and I made him look like Dwight Howard. I like some attributes in Loves game, but he is nowhere near the overall player that LA is.
good for a whole extra 1/2 assist per game! They're both good low post rebounders and scorers...although ZBO is probably better. they're roughly the same size/weight.....Love is probably more muscular....
I'd think hard about it. Maybe decide not to in the end, but it's by no means a slam-dunk either way. As for "Playing on a crappy team" comments, I didn't hear any of those when talking about Darren Collison. Or Devin Harris. Or Danny Granger. Or Gerald Wallace. Or........
In LA's first couple of years here, we were shitty too. His stats are very similar, so I don't think it matters either way. Love is 3 years younger than LA, and puts up better overall numbers. He also put up better overall numbers than LA did on shitty Portland teams.
