The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

Well if you didn't have a thumb it'd be much harder to grip your fork/spoon to get fat haha

 

Where there's a will...

 

I was surprised the Knicks gave Robin so much money. I mean...why? You have a completly shitty team, why bother adding a guy like Robin, especially for 13 million a year? It makes no sense. Robin is definitely not a "needle mover".

 

NICE NICKNAMES!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Wes will always be one of my favs too, but I will conceed that CJ is better.

I would argue that as well. Maybe not in CJ vs Wes, but Amino is super solid and more aggressive than Nic.

 

It made sense to me; since they don't own their draft pick tanking or going with a youth movement was no benefit. Lopez is a good rim protector and able bodied offensive options. Seems like the kind of player that can help make them average in the east and maybe lose in the playoffs. They just don't want to be horrific this year. He wasn't their first or second choice either.

How do you build a team if you can't get the needle movers? Obviously every team would love to add allstars but when those aren't available GM's find themselves in lose/lose situations. Don't sign any players and suck, sign an overpaid role player and possibly be stuck with an overpaid contract. This especially happens when a franchise has traded away future unprotected picks.

 

Dude, he's making about what Ed Davis and Aminu are making COMBINED. That's a terrible deal. They may as well give the money to charity.

 

Well Neil's a genius. I'm assuming other teams don't have his acumen.

 

Anyone know why Mathews isn't playing tonight?

 

Still recovering from an achilles injury?

 

DNP-Overpaid

 

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/da...-matthews-to-sit-out-against-the-clippers.ece

Deron Williams had an MRI performed on his left knee Thursday and while results showed no structural damage, he will sit out the game against the Clippers.

Williams said the MRI showed a sprain and he listed himself as day-to-day.

Joining Williams on the sideline will be Wesley Matthews, the other half of the projected starting backcourt when the Mavericks have a full roster of players.

Matthews played more minutes than expected on Wednesday in the win at Phoenix and coach Rick Carlisle said he was being held out on the second night of a back-to-back as a precaution.

"This was not a pre-scheduled rest day," Carlisle said of Matthews. "But considering the minutes he did put in, this is the right move for us."

As for Williams, he said: "He came out of it a little sore. We don't consider it serious, but he will be out (Thursday)."

It's not a shocker that the Mavericks are having to go through some stops and starts with Matthews and Williams. Neither played in the preseason until the final exhibition. Matthews is coming off Achilles surgery and came up limping slightly after a shot he took in the second half Wednesday.

Williams battled calf muscle problems in camp and dinged his knee when he got tangled with the Suns Eric Bledsoe.

 

Yeah sounds like Wes is fine they just want to be cautious.

 

Is it a put down to say Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was better than Sabonis? We love Sabonis but there are better centers. Not a put down. Just a fact. I love Wes. He was a great Blazer. CJ is better. That's a fact.

 

Today I heard on the radio that our former starters combined for 37 points. Guess who scored 37 points last night all by himself.

 

Oh great point CJ is comparable to Kareem. I've been checkmated.