Two Blazer Power Forwards better than LaMarcus

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  1. Denny Crane

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    Sure he was.
     
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    Okay fine. Sheed was my favorite player (Aldridge used to be my first until he bitched out), so I won't even argue this point.
     
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    I'd say in Detroit he was as close to a star as anyone else on that team
     
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    I would argue that. I think Sheed was the #1 option in the 1999-00 Blazers more than any other team he played on. That's when he really came into his own.
     
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    Sheed was a complementary player(exactly what Sheed wanted to be) that elevated the pistons due to the amazing talent Sheed had.
    However he was not "the guy".. Nor was he really asked to be "the guy" with the Pistons.
    Sheed wasn't the first or second option offensively. He also wasn't the main defensive big guy. That goes to Ben Wallace.
    Also Prince at the time was considered an excellent young two way player.
    Eerily similar to Aldridge going to the Spurs. The only difference is Sheed was traded away, and Aldridge left in FA.
    Both Aldridge and Sheed for whatever reason didn't bring what they could have to Portland.
    I would argue that Aldridge going to the Spurs means he has no issues w/ being a super role player, just like Sheed was on the Pistons.


    The point I was making seems to have eluded you.
     
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    I went back and forth on it and Game 4 was amazing but he never won a playoff series.
     
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    All with ya on Kersey and Buck By far the 88-92 team was my favorite. .
     
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    The flaw in the comparison is that LA is joining a team that made the finals in 2013 and won the 'ship in 2014, with a coach who has been there for almost two decades. By contrast, Sheed joined a team just two seasons removed from the lottery, with a coach who had been there less than a year. He didn't latch on to a squad that had already been there; he was the final piece to get them there.
     
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    BINGO!! We have a winner here!
     
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    Took you guys long enough.....
     
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    No, he just dragged a team that nobody thought had any business even hoping to win 30 games into the playoffs two years ahead of schedule.
     
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    Kinda like what Dame is gonna do this coming season!
    Come on Eric, get with the program!
     
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    None of the "past championship/lotto experience really matters".
    The bottom line is Sheed was a glorified role player with the Pistons, that put them over the top.
    And I'd say nine chances out of ten if the Spurs go onto win it all next year. Aldridge will be a glorified role player as well who puts them over the top.
    I mean afterall..... The Spurs lost to a broken CP3 last year, after being up 3-2.
    Very similar roles Sheed and Aldridge will have played for their respective new teams. Some nights they'll look dominate, most nights they'll be just another weapon.
    Unless anyone thinks Sheed actually was the #1 or even #2 option for the Pistons during their run? Was he the man defensively?
    Ben Wallance - Tim Duncan
    Billups - Parker
    Rip - Manu
    Prince - Leonard
    Antonio - Diaw
    Wallace - Aldridge
    Hunter - Mills
    Brown - Pop

    I'm not trying to say any of the pistons players/coaches were better or worse than their counterparts of today. But what is obvious to the naked eye.
    Similar situations/teams for both of the former Blazers.
     
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    That whole team was a bunch of glorified role players. Every single one of them was basically a "Wes Matthews" at their position.
     
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    I don't know how anyone who watched Sheed do things few people on Earth could do would say LMA and fadeaway 20 footers is better.

    I don't watch Nascar, who is the best driver?

    The guy who wins on a given day or the best driver?

    I could never prove it but I think prime Rasheed Wallace goes to the finals on this team 2 years ago.

    You think Nic Batum is going to take games/series off with Sheed around? Ha fucking ha.
     
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    The first game Sheed played for the Blazers, my jaw dropped from what I saw in him as a BB player. He was a man among boys, even as a rookie. He could have been one of the best players of all time, if he applied his abilities more.


    As good as Sheeds career was, I consider him an underachiever.
     
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    When are we going to stop acting like LaMarcus Aldridge isn't good?
     
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    Probably the best PF in the league. But then again, his place on the Blazers is ditching us while we were getting better and making a push to get into relevancy, so he fucked us over, so he isn't good as a Blazer.
     
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