Blazers rebuffing Cavs' offers for Aldridge

I think we can all agree that you never want a predictable offense. So you need various options.
I think posting someone up one-third of the time is ample. You can do that with LMA. You couldn't do that with someone like Thomson or Hickson. Not come playoff time anyways.

Now I wouldn't say LMA is ideal at it when the defense knows it is coming, but if you have wings who can score (Along with a PG) then it shouldn't be as predictable. Most players do not handle a double team very well, LMA is no exception. But he is better at it then many. I think the less predictable you are the less effective the double teams become.

Regardless you need someone as good as LMA in the post and they are not that easy to find. Some appear to be, but once the defenses start to prepare a game plan to stop them, they don't end up being as good as we thought.

 

Generally, I agree. But the best teams.... You know what they're going to do, but they're so efficient and effective, they're still going to beat you.

 

Seems that I did the old "spit out a statistic that you remember without double checking it first" and Brian caught me. Well played Sir.

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Would you say you were owned, like S2 owns HCP's wife?

 

LA plays on the low block when paired with a Big who can effectively play on the high post (like Camby). He plays on the high post when paired with Bigs who are low post only (like JJ). It's great that he can be effective from either spot though I'm hoping they add a quality Big who excels from the top of the key because LA kills on the low block

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We essentially need Pau Gasol in his prime.

Great passer, good post skills, solid outside shot.

 

This is a good point, so who on the short list does that include. (Besides DMC) It kind of decreases the size of our list. Certainly not Dalembert or Asik, or McGee, or Jordan.

I am beginning to think that our best bet is teaching Leonard how to play D. He is actually a decent passer and has a solid outside shot.

 

The league is all about wing players these days, so I guess you have to wonder if McLemore or Oladipo are worth the #1 pick. If they are, you draft the better of the two and use your cap space to replace LMA.

 

Tim Duncan, David West, and Roy Hibbert say otherwise. Plus, LeBron isn't exactly a "wing" player, considering he's been defending West at times, and plays PF at times, too.

 

This is why I have not completely disagreed with trading him. Even though everything I have posted in this thread supports keeping him, having one of the best young back courts in the league gets me excited.

If management was sure on either of these two guys then I would do it. But if they are not sure, keeping LMA and taking a gamble on Shabazz, Pope, or McCollum seems a lot safer.

 

I guess we'll see who wins it all. If Indy or San Antonio pull it off and win the whole thing, I'll agree with you. But LMA is nothing like Duncan or Hibbert, and Brian has shown that Aldridge is not a true post player.

 

Actually he is a post player. You should see the first half to second half Aldridge. Aldridge also was injured and coming off surgery at the beginning of the season. He shot way more from the perimeter at the beginning and skewd the season average

 

Who is calling LMA a pure post player? He's one of the best post scorers in the NBA, that is irrefutable, but he extends the floor.

If Miami wins it, it's because of LeBron James, who is a 4-time MVP and one of the greatest players of all-time, regardless of position.

 

What does Tristan Thompson do well as a 6'8" PF? Waiters shot 41% from the field and 31% from 3pt. Noel is a project.

Lillard and LMA are the way to go for at least another year.

 

What PFs, then, are "true" post players?

 

I said the league favors wings.

PapaG said that Duncan, West, and Hibbert disagree, so I'm guessing those three players?

 

They aren't wing players, yet all three have been the most important players in the playoffs this year. Duncan destroyed ZBO in the WCF. You said the league is "all about wing" players. Of the wing players left, LeBron is a freak, and George has a PER of 17. All three teams left with a shot either have a freakish wing, or bigs that dominate the style of play.

 

No you didn't. You said the league is "all about wing players".

 

Sorry I didn't post my exact quote

 

The most dominant player for SA was obviously Tony Parker. He controlled the game. The success of that team starts and ends with him.