Right. 44.6% shooting. 20% three point shooting. Or you can throw the ball to Aldridge. 49.5% shooting.
LMA is the number one option in the offense, Miller is simply number one in charge of the offense. We got a shooter's chance with Dre at the helm and an answer for Nash. Hopefully LMA can match Amare somehow
If it was so easy, he wouldn't have just 2 games > 30 points. Miller had a 50+ point game. And he'll have the ball in his hands. I'm thinking you need them both to step up, though.
Miller had a 6 point game in our last game against Dallas. Aldridge is far more steadier. You want to make a player the number one option merely because he scored 52 points once but has been mostly mediocre the rest of the season. Aldridge is our top scorer in the second half of the season. Who cares if he only scored 30+ twice? He's scoring 18-20 every single night. The last time Aldridge scored less than 10 points in a game was in February. The last time Miller did it was last wek.
No we want to make our number option the one who rarely turns the ball over, can go against any position, and has ice running through his veins whenever he has the ball no matter the situation. He has a natural ability to go up against anyone just like B, Dre is cool like that. Dre is Iceman.
having Amare and Frye guarding him should help that cause... Aldridge should be able to get good looks at will STOMP
I look forward to all of the people who (when we were talking about trading for Amare last year) claimed Aldridge was better being proven right in this series... Ed O.
Miller has to GO OFF for us to have a chance. I hope he can do to the suns what he does to the Mavs. All Aldridge needs to do is hit his jumpers and try not to get dunked on too many times. I like Batum and Martell defending the perimeter. However, we're going to lose because of our bench. Phoenix will have a field day with Rudy, Bayless and Juwan chasing them around.
Without Roy, I just don't see the Blazers winning this series. Playoffs are all about matchups, and where do the Blazers have an advantage? PG: Miller v. Nash - advantage: SUNS SG: Bayless/Fernandez/Webster v. Richardson - advantage: SUNS SF: Batum v. Grant Hill - advantage: SUNS PF: Aldridge v. Stoudemire - advantage: SUNS C: Camby v. Lopez - advantage: BLAZERS BENCH: Bayless/Webster/Fernandez/Cunningham/Howard v. Barbosa/Frye/Dudley/Amundson - a wash, at best. Some of those advantages might be slight (is Grant Hill that much better than Batum at this point in Hill's career? Maybe not, but got to give the vet an edge, all the same...), but some are pretty significant (J-Rich is a scoring machine next to the Blazers' inconsistent options at SG). The Blazers need a player or two to play above his level for a few games (especially at least one game in Phoenix), in order for Portland to have a chance.
Barkley was criticizing Aldridge tonight for that quote. He said Aldridge should be talking about stepping up in Roy's absence.
