The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I don't think he's talking about numbers alone. Zach did a lot of growing up between Portland and Memphis. He was traded three times in a span of a few years. He became less selfish and played better defense.
     
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    Yea thats true
     
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    Will is a far better player as a rotation player with the Nuggets and has a green light to score...Will benefited from development here and improved over the summer...he still has had a few stinkers in Denver but they have less competition for him than we did for minutes....TRob is not doing much.I like Will. Mo Williams is playing really well in Cleveland too
     
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    Mo Williams is a stud. Thats why I was so pissed we didn't do everything we could to keep him. Yes his defense wasn't the best but man could he light it up for our anemic bench. I cant believe we thought Steve Blake was an upgrade NOW he was trash. I don't find it ironic we made the second round after all these years while Mo was the backup PG. He was the perfect fit
     
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    selloutking BALL DON'T LIE!

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    there really was no reason we couldn't have done something to keep him around. I was totally pissed we just let him walk as well.
     
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    ChadWick Portland's All-Star

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    His defense was atrocious but I didn't care. I agree. He was a stud and perfect for us.
     
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    I agree too. Never understood the hate mo got. Sure he had bad mo games, but he was the best bench player we had in years and a former 6th man of the year winner. Mos a fine player.
     
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  8. KingSpeed

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    Afflalo 29 points last night on 9/14 shooting.
     
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    When did he win 6th man of the year?
     
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  10. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Mo was garbage. He'd have one good game and then 3-4 crappy ones. He'd make a good play, and then he'd make 2-3 bad ones.

    Just because Steve Blake was crap, doesn't make Mo a good player.
     
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    I guess I was wrong. Could have sworn that he did on the clippers, but apparently he came in 8th in the voting.

    Imo he's the same type of player as Jamal Crawford, jason terry and even our very own Cj McCollum. A great bench scorer
     
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    We wouldn't have won the Houston series without his 3 in Game 4. He also led bench players in assists that year.
     
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    And his troy Daniels mind tricks were glorious.
     
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    Mo was a big time scorer off the bench and had nice percentages all year long. And you could say he was one of the best backup PGs that year, he led bench players in assists that year
     
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    Not sure how shooting 42% from the floor (below his career average) and averaged under 10 ppg, and the 3rd lowest of his career per 36.

    But I'm not surprised you're saying this. It kind of is your m.o.
     
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    That scoring is BIG TIME!......... BIG TIME!
     
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    Listen if he was shooting higher than that then he wouldn't have been available for the role we were giving him. Tell me another backup PG that was more obtainable than him that could have been better? Steve Blake? lol
     
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    With some 6 men it's not the shooting percentage as much as the tempo and game changers that matter..Mo hit a lot of big shots off the bench when we were struggling to score..he put us back in games when nobody was shooting well. I think Mo is a great backup pt guard...he's just past his prime now
     
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    Even made an all star team.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    So did Jamal McGloire and Christian Laetner!
     
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