Watching the Spurs/Pels game. Spurs are of course really good, but watching Aldridge cast off 20 ft jumpers over and over does not make me miss him AT ALL.
Westbrook is such a poor overall PG. I have no idea how people consider him a top5 NBA player. Top5 physical specimen? Absolutely. Deadly on the fast break? You bet. Setup a teams offense and half court shot selection? He's one of the worst in the NBA.
Glad to see Golden State win at home. They play Orlando and Utah at home; then a special team from up in the Northwest. Just like the '86 Celtics we have a chance to give them their only home loss.
OKC has soo much trouble from lack of a two way wing to close games. Roberson sucks offensively. Foye and Singler suck defensively. Waiters is horrible at everything. They really need an Aminu, Hendo or Crabbe. It's been a problem since Harden left. I can't fathom how they've never found a mediocre 3+D guy.
Although I'm not sure that Aminu is a 3 + D guy either. Boston did what I feared others might try.......leave Aminu wide open to take the deep ball while they double Dame and CJ. They essentially dared him to take it. For much of his young career he has been a sub 30% 3 pt shooter. This year he has improved to 34% but he needs to be better if he wants to continue to start. Maybe cut down on his arc? There are very few guys like Purvis Short who could consistently make the rainbow shot work from deep.
34% is effectively better than 50% from 2. Aminu has been fine when left wide open in the corner. Of course it would be nice if he made more; but if teams leave him wide open its a quality shot. Compare that to Andre Roberson; he's shooting 24% from three. Opponents will let him shoot all day and its a major problem for the Thunder. They have no alternative who is even average defensively.
