LaMarcus Aldridge - what are your expectations this season?

More of the same: ~20 ppg with <50% Fg due to high % of his shots coming from 10-20'. Perhaps slightly better rebounding and defense.

Most players don't change drastically between their 7th and 8th years.

 

He's posting 15, 7 and 1.5 blocks in 15 minutes... you don't think that's impressive?

 

My expectations are that he plays in a way that helps get us 7th seed or better - the stats are only important in that it'd be nice for him to have even more national respect.

That being said, I would like his eFG% goes up, but I hope this for everyone on the team.

 

Very impressive but against awful teams and in preseason. Meaningless. It's why I refuse to watch preseason games. The regular season is long enough. I can't invest my time into games that mean nothing.

 

It's not meaningless. Obviously it's not as meaningful as regular season, but if he came out and was completely sucking, it would be cause for concern.

 

Since we've all gone without for months, some of us find a little foreplay appealing

 

No it wouldn't. Melo and LeBron have had games where they've scored 8 or 9 points. Is there cause for concern? No. Pierce scored 4 points last night. He'll average more points in the season. These games mean nothing. There is no cause for concern or joy with these games.

 

Oh sure. I understand that's why some people watch but I explained why I don't.

 

Nah I disagree. I remember when BRoy had some seriously AWFUL preseason games. Didn't mean anything. I'm paying attention cuz I'm a fanatic, but there is very little we can take away from the play of veterans especially.

 

Except Aldridge is coming off a minor injury, so if he was playing very poorly it could mean that it's nagging him worse than originally thought, or maybe he's not at all in game shape, so it could take him longer to get up to speed. The fact that he came out right out of the gate and is doing very well says that he's doing fine.

 

34.8 points, 16.3 boards, 2.3 assists and 3.5 blocks in 36 minutes.

Anything less would be a disappointment and we should trade him for J.J. Hickson.

 

Good point