http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/16905212/aldridge-fights-through-queasy-spell?source=rss_teams_Portland_Trail_Blazers I couldn't be happier with LA's progress since early/middle of last season. But doesn't it seem like he's always talking about "tired legs", "fatigue", or "low energy"? I realize he plays a lot of minutes, but it just seems like he makes a reference to energy after every game, win or lose. Does this have anything to do with his WPW? Below is a quote after yesterday's game. "I'd rather pass out on the court than lose four in a row," Aldridge said, adding with a laugh: "In the third quarter, I was really close to passing out, but I didn't"
He didn't have any training camp, probably still getting into game shape. Could also be all the minutes he is forced to play.
more likely we're picking up on something completely benign like LA tending to be overly dramatic in his post game statements assessing his physical state. Lots of people do this without truly meaning what they're saying ~omg, I almost died when... I'd guess that LA has never "passed out" in his lifetime and really doubt he's been in any sort of medical danger from being tired on the court this year. even highly trained athletes bonk when they're giving all they've got and LA's role on the Blazers has him doing that in every game. Being tired is expected following games especially with the lack of training camp + the heart procedure downtime happening just as he should have been ramping things up. STOMP
40 minutes a game (not every night, but enough to matter) as the only real go-to option and a dearth of centers to help him out on defensive rebounding and guarding the paint is going to take its toll on LA as the compressed schedule piles up. Hopefully Nic or Gerald or somebody else steps up the the plate and can take some of the burden off him.
Why is nobody focusing on the important part of that quote? Everyone claims that Aldridge doesn't really care all that much about winning, doesn't have that competitive fire, doesn't have that killer instinct. Does that sound like a guy with no competitive fire?
I think the opposite, that there's really something physical here. No idea what it is, but he's always seemed low-energy, on and off the court.
