Interesting, his low asts average might help him though. Basically hes such a good passer that he only makes the pass if hes sure it a good one, which isnt often. Either way it means LA helps the team so im all for it. Hopefully he can get up to 3-4 Asts a game in the future.
LaMarcus has been my favorite Blazer for awhile and it's especially cool to read good things being written about him. I also love Quick's write up on him in today's Oregonlive.com article. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/03/behind_the_locker_room_door_in.html It's great to see LaMarcus really start to put everything together ... even better is that it's happening down the stretch, which hopefully bodes well for the post-season.
Team First Player = Good Passer LMA rarely takes a bad shot, he's mature beyond his years just like B-Roy
"Often labeled as soft because he has a jumpshot, or derided as a mediocre rebounder even though he is among the League's elite in offensive boards " So true and so annoying. I cringe whenever I hear people say that about a "big" who is skilled enough that he can score from more than 10 feet from the basket.
Great to see LMA closing in on being that 20/10 guy that some of us have been hoping for. Things are going well when you have a 20/10 guy (that also passes and plays defense) that could eventually end up being your team's THIRD best player.
And if Bayless ends up better than Chris Paul he will be the 4th best player...and if Batum turns out better than Scottie Pippen he will be the 5th best player.... Personally, I go forward with the Roy is awesome, Aldridge is 2nd most awesome, and if we get production out of anybody else, I will be amazed, and happy. Fantasizing over how good players could turn out to be, will do nothing but set you up for a let down.
Right, because the probability of Oden becoming better than Aldridge is in the same ball-park as Bayless being better than Paul or Batum being better than Pippen.
I wonder how much truth there really is to that... Looking at the numbers, season 1 basically has to be thrown out due to limited playing time the first half of the season. Season 3's modest difference is probably only due to the bad slump the first month or so. That leaves only season 2, and the Reb/FG% numbers are so similar, I'm not sure the bump in scoring is significant enough to constitute much of a trend.
Sometimes I forget LaMarcus is only 23 years old. What he's doing now is pretty amazing considering the usual time it takes to develop big guys in this league. LaMarcus is already a beast at 23, I can't wait to see what he's like when he's 26-27 and entering his real prime years.
