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Don't let Kingspeed catch wind of this. He'll be his latest future All-Star.

 

That just means the Blazers are a bad team.

 

Means the Wolves are just a bad team too. Bad teams can have good players on them.

 

Love would be awesome for us. Too bad it ain't happening

 

Look no further than Portland. Roy and Aldridge are both good players on a bad team

 

Roy used to be good. Not so much anymore, hence the reason why were losing. Aldridge is a 3rd or 4th option on a contender. Too many holes in his game though.

 

I've seriously been saying this since the middle of his rookie season.

 

Everybody is falling over themselves to say they doubted some element of the team first... y'all are like a bunch of sports hipsters.

The Blazers as ostensibly constructed would have had Roy and Oden as the 1st and 2nd options, with LMA as the 3rd and Batum as the 4th.

 

I have a reputation of being a huge Aldridge basher. It's no secret.

 

Then why post what we already know? (that you've seriously been saying this since the middle of his rookie season) The only reason I can think of is to brag. "That thought you had? I had it, like, three years ago."

 

Just to let you know I'm not a hindsight-sports-hipster.

 

I never doubted your creds, man... but saying it is what makes you a hipster, even if it's true.

 

28/19 and 5-5 three pointers for Love tonight - AND HE DIDN'T EVEN PLAY IN THE 4TH QUARTER.

He's averaging 23.6 PPG and 19.2 RPG over his last five games - and that doesn't include his 31/31 game on the 23/24 he hung on the Lakers.

He currently leads the league in ORB, DRB, TRB, RPG, DRB% and TRB%. So far this season, he's posting rebounding numbers this league hasn't seen since Dennis Rodman's last season with the Bulls in 97-98. And, unlike Rodman, Love actually scores more than 6PPG.

So, what are the chances Love makes the all-star team this year? His seasonal averages are 18.9 PPG and 15.1 RPG and climbing.

BNM

 

If he keeps this up, he has an argument as the best power forward in the West, or even the NBA, sub-par defense or not. His numbers are incredible. He should be an All-Star lock if he stays anywhere near this level.

 

I remember when the Wolves traded Mayo for Love, I couldn't believe how stupid they were to give up a sure thing for this nonathletic stiff who was going to get eaten alive by "real" NBA power forwards.




It's nice to be proven right ...

 

This offseason any time I would propose that we trade for Love. Everybody made sure they let me know that I was insane for even thinking this. Everybody told me that he's an unathletic stiff that can't get off the bench during FIBA. Without mentioning that he was averaging 25/25 per 40 minutes in Europe.

 

This looks like a job for...

 

Here is my problem with Love. Over his last 5 he is averaging 19.2 rebounds per game, but last night only pulled down 19. If I wanted a PF who couldn't even get their average in rebounds, I'd keep Aldridge.

 

What if we traded for him, got him a lifetime membership with a tanning booth and taught him Spanish?