Felt it deserved its own thread: LMA, now THAT's how you play basketball

LaMarcus has to put his mind to it, yes. And the coach has to put his mind to it too, and implement an offense that works to LaMarcus' strengths and call plays that work him close to the basket. And his teammates have to be willing and able to set him up and get him the ball. And the prima donna has to sit out three games so Aldridge can make the team his own.

 

It's definitely possible, if he finds a new way to play. He can't pull a PER like that trying to play the way he used to.

While a Grant Hill-like reinvention of his game is not the most likely case, I think a 15 PER is eminently possible long-term.

 

....and if he doesn't he's a loser slacker.

 

I think when the media, coaching staff and city thinks of you as the #2 option you tend to take on that role! Now LA is the man, he has to be, and thankfully he's stepping up HUGE!!!!!!!!

Sad to say Roy's injuries might have been the best thing to ever happen to LA!


I've always thought LA was very similar to Sheed and that's what disturbed me the most. Sheed in my eyes could have been the best PF to ever play the game if he wanted it. I was worried LA might turn out the same way, the last two games have atleast made me take another look, I'm liking what I see!!

 

No question. In fact, Rasheed could have been the greatest American athlete ever, had he simply wanted it. Shame he didn't want that.

Darius Miles also could have been the greatest American athlete ever, if he had wanted it. Remember his freakish athleticism before he got hurt? Now that's talent.

Don't get me started on Kenyon Martin. I hate all these lazy players who clearly have the talent (athleticism) to be the best ever and then just stop wanting it, after years of extremely hard work just to reach the NBA.

 

This is the single worst attempt at sarcasm that I have read here in quite some time.

Rasheed Wallace was a player that could do everything you could imagine on a basketball court and he was nearly seven feet tall and could jump like Darius Miles on his best day.

If you think Rasheed Wallace had to scratch and claw his way into the NBA you are just on a different planet than the rest of us. 99.999999999 percent of the population could work on basketball skills during every waking hour of their existence and never come close to 9th grade Rasheed Wallace, let alone 25 year old Rasheed Wallace.

Using two people with major knee injuries as comparison isn't exactly driving the sarcasm home either.

 

Because they had no career prior to those injuries. I hate to tell you this, but they had established themselves as nothing special before they suffered catastrophic knee injuries.

And you're confused about my point if you thought that what I was saying is that Darius Miles was equally talented as Rasheed Wallace. My point was that athleticism does not equal talent as some, like YardApe and Shooter, are suggesting. Just because a player has great tools does not mean that they "should have been" the best in the league.

As to your claim that we could work night and day at basketball and not approach Rasheed Wallace...that has zero to do with what I said. Wallace obviously had fantastic natural gifts, but there are plenty of athletically gifted wash-outs who never made the NBA. It takes natural gifts and a great deal of work to reach the NBA, which is the elite of the elite.

So, I think my sarcasm was quite on point, but we can agree to disagree.

 

I thought Aldridge played great tonight. He picked his spots and wasn't forcing through double teams. I thought he made some excellent reads and passed well too. He's really picking up his game recently.

 

It was our producers idea. I'll pass along the love.

 

Kicked ass again tonight.
That dunk on Bogut was NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTY!

 

29/19/2/2 on 12/18.

Beast?

 

i hope he keeps this rebounding up.

 

I swear that Marcus Camby has taught him how to tip out rebounds that he can't grab himself. I love that because a guy his size can often get a piece of a ball without fouling, even if he can't grab it.

 

dude is straight beasting. seems to love playing with andre and rudy too, some real chemistry coming in there.

lets hope royverson sees the beauty of what's happening to the team and decides to compliment it vs. having a bitch tanty and forcing the offence through him at a snails pace again.....

cmon blazers - stick to what's working!

 

Mr Aldridge seems to like the uptempo game. Who woulda thunk it?

 

Good thing Roy is coming back soon to put him in his place.