LaMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

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  1. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    Calling all mods... can someone please fix the subject line. I have no idea what happened to the leading "L".

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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    The L got mad and decided to up and leave when you compared him to the guy who stole his All Star spot.
     
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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    "While his attack patterns and offensive game plan are strong, they are made nearly unstoppable by his excellent vision and anticipation of double-teams and help. Aldridge sees the second line of defense very well and his go-to moves and counters are not only built to beat his own post defender, but he is able to react to the rest of the defense as well. Because he is often turning into the middle on offense, he can easily find teammates spotting up on the opposite side of the court and see angles for passing to cutters. His assault on the middle of the court forces defenses to react to him, which makes entire teams change their defensive schemes to account for him. This is, in itself, a weapon"

    I never thought I'd read something like this about LA. Remember the book on him used to be he fell apart when teams threw double teams at him? The Phoenix series last year comes to mind. He's just a different player now.
     
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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    I can't remember what article it was but oregon live had an interview with aldridge were he said that watching footage of the phoenix series really made him wake up and realize he had to make a push to bulk up and improve not only his passing out of doubles but his post game.
     
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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    I read that too. Still, even if he worked all day everyday this summer the improvement is remarkable. It's almost like if Andre Miller came back next year draining 3's at about a 40% rate and said that he worked on that over the summer. It's not often you see a player take a weak spot in their game for several years in the league, and then one season they are among the best in the league at that skill set.
     
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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    I never saw it as that much of a weakness because he has always had excellent court vision, it was more to do with the fact he was hesitant to give the ball up when he was the primary scorer. I will say that I never in my wildest dreams expected Aldridge to become as dominant as he is. I'v spouted off saying That Aldridge has the talent and that he could drastically improve his game but I was more talking about his defense, he had seemed to timid to be a #1 option. The guy has all the assets to be a better defender then KG I never thought he could actually take on the offensive load and make it look as easy as he has.
     
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    la is the best kept secret in the nba for 5 reasons...

    1. isnt involved in melo deal

    2. isnt named blake or griffin

    3. isnt on okc roster

    4. barkley doesnt like him

    5. doesnt play in south beach
     
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    lol sometimes you make some damn funny posts
     
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    Re: aMarcus Aldridge the Next Tim Duncan?

    I guess I didn't see that. My recollection is that he had a hard time recognizing/reacting to being double teamed. Phoenix did a number on him by throwing an extra defender at him from different spots. I thought he looked confused. I guess it doesn't matter. The point is that he used to fall apart when he was doubled, and now he doesn't.
     
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    Funny but true. Or should I say sad but true
     
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    This might be your best post ever. Repped.
     
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    Indeed; his posts have been pretty high quality lately... relatively speaking, of course.
     
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    You forgot "He isn't white" (Kevin Love).
     
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    those 5 reasons he's the best kept secret could be boiled down to 1... he plays on the Trailblazers. 4 of the 5 are inherent & Barkley has distain for all things Portland. That dude doesn't play a particularly flashy game solidifies his lack of hype, but then that too is like Timmy D

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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yep, and I'll take Tim Duncan's unflashy over LeBron's, Blake Griffin's and Carmelo's flashy any day. 4 rings + unflashy >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 rings + flashy any day of the week.

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    I thought (think?) Greg still has better court vision, which says something, but I think the reps of having a cutter rub off him along the baseline has given him a feel for when to hand off (still not enough, but getting better), and posting a 3pt shooter on his side of the court (Wes, Nic or Rudy) has helped with getting it back out and having the 3pt shooters bomb away. I don't have Synergy, but it seems that we have more "swing-it-around" opposite corner 3's this year than before.
     
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    I know Aldridge has been balling and I haven't seen much of him this season but I'm going to go ahead and say that he never has and never will be on Duncan's level. You might be able to make an argument for the offense (I'd still strongly disagree) but Duncan blows him out of the water in every other aspect of the game. Old man Duncan is still averaging more rpg than Aldridge, more apg, and more bpg in 11 less minutes per game. And those figures are still true even with Aldridge's February splits. LA should definitely be in the all star game and its great that hes breaking out for you guys but hes no Duncan and never will be. Maybe a Pau Gasol in his prime.
     
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    Tim Duncan is the most complete PF I've ever seen play.
     
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    Oh boy, he can soon start raining 3s!
     
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