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  1. magnifier661

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    Say what?!?! I never said I wouldn't rather have AD than Aldridge. I am correcting the argument. It is fact that AD did not outplay Aldridge in the head to heads.
     
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    AD is better. Thanks for the clarification.
     
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    30 out of 30 GM's would take Davis over LA including ours. Blake Griffin likely as well due to age. PF has declined as a position of significance lately. Both Finals teams really didn't even use a lot of the time. Not sure about LA being a stat padder but in terms of playoff significance, the cupboard is very bare.

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    This might sound blasphemous but I think this team, and specifically this offense would be more efficient with millsap than with aldridge.
     
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    Lol
     
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    On one hand you have one of the top PF's in the game in LMA that we can all agree is pretty damn good. (Well most of us can agree) But as you say he can't be our #1 option. He needs to be 2nd or 3rd. Since he has been around the longest on the Blazers, is it hard for him to pass the torch to someone else. I don't know, but I do know if he goes somewhere else it will automatically happen.

    But the bottom line for the Blazers, is for them to win a championship they need 3 pretty good options on offense, and they have two good ones right now if they keep LMA. So even though we might not be legitimate contenders next year, we would be really close. And with the cap going up next summer, we could find that 3rd option.

    I think we all agree that in crunch time....... you can't rely on your bigs to be your #1 option.
    Bigs keep you in games, guards/wings win them. (they have the handles to do so) But you still need both, and LMA is getting FA love for a reason.
     
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    I think you could rely on Aldridge in crunch time if his crunch time shots were post ups going to the hole. He is extremely good in the paint area but is allergic to comtact. Remember when he got pissed off at Chandler and just started taking it to hI'm and trying to dunk all over him? If he did that I don't think this would be a conversation. But he doesn't. That's where I disagree with Sinobas as well. I think he has the potential to be a number 1 if he didn't bail teams out a majority of the time from guarding him in the post.

    Throw the ball to him in the post..not the pick and pop or left elbow extended..get him on the left block for the majority of his touches. Let him go to work
    They bring a double..he is a more than capable passer to find the open guy. If they dont. Post there ass up and get to the rack. He literally is MVP caliber if he would stop hoisting up those 16+ foot shots all fucking game. He thinks he is dirk..he isnt. He is better, way better, in the post though. Should get to the FT line much more. I hope popovich gets him to play that way
     
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    Pops would make LaMarcus play the right way. It would make me sick.
     
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    It doesn't matter if it's mid season or mid off season, going up against SA makes my asshole pucker
     
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    I think he's gone.
     
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    I feel like it's SA or Portland

    SA being the favorite to sign him
     
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    Still in the denial stage, huh?
     
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    Nice excuse!
     
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    Nothing
     
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    That would mean the deal would have to be finished today. It can't be worth nothing after July 1st
     
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    Incorrect

    Contract Notes:
    • Claimed via amnesty waivers
    • 2015 non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed if not waived on or before 08/01/15
     
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    Damn so why didn't we do that for Kaman?!
     
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