It's weird. For the first few games, Oden was calling for the ball every single game. He hardly ever got it. Today, he hardly even asked for the ball. He just walked around there, doing nothing. I don't think the solution is to bench him, however. I feel like we should start him and play him more. Let him get comfortable out there.
and missed a huge free throw...just like outlaw. did u notice we won by 1? if we lose...its cause they missed huge free throws
If you want to be specific, no there isn't. Aldridge is in a slump and Oden looks lost. But, I'm sure everything will be alright. This big 3 is still going to be special. They're young and they work hard to improve. They'll be fine.
its funny, i heard the same kinda crap defending john nash years ago. oh and that telfair was our "future" we are not winning a title with aldridge as our PF. trust me on this.
Some simple factors a lack of movement causing increased defensive attention and focus no easy buckets for Aldridge (we never run and Blake and Roy suck at passing and creating) not being allowed to play on the inside by Nate (where he's been the last two seasons) getting used to being the bigger guy in the matchup (and slower) rather than the smaller quicker guy (when the other teams toughest defender has been on him the last couple of seasons). a straight up shooting slump having him make such a big adjustment with his game while being called on (IN ISOLATION ) is a recipe for disaster.
I think we can. When I went on the road with the team last year, the opposing fans were always impressed with him and respected how good he is and is going to be. Wasn't it a couple games ago that he completely KILLED in the post? And he had a double double tonight!
Not true. They create ALL of Joel's baskets. And Roy created LMA's key And 1 play tonight though LMA did miss the FT.
dude...he was 3-14....3-14? i think most guys who take 14 shots will have 10 points...thats a disgrace considering hes billed as our 2nd best player
you would have to have your head examined if you would tarde popcorn for aldridge at the moment. the bulls prob wouldnt give us thomas back lol
I'm curious...why? I don't get to see many Hawks games. Is he a lunchpail guy? Tough D? Has he developed a jumper?
So much fucking crying going on in this thread...Aldridge is still so young, and Oden has definitely altered the way he's used to playing. Just look at last year, for example. There's so many reasons why he's in a slump...but I'm not gonna go into cuz im lazy, and most of you are too dumb to understand it anyways.
Jeez. EVERYONE has looked fairly bad this year. Roy is easily our best player, but many times this year he's been eaten up on the perimeter on defense and has been turning the ball over and making un-Roy like careless plays with the ball sometimes. Oden is a rookie. Coming off a serious injury. Still learning how to play. Still getting in to shape. Sometimes he looks good. Sometimes he looks awful. And sometimes the team looks really good with him. And sometimes the team looks really awful with him. Outlaw has almost single-handedly won games for us this year. And almost single-handedly lost games. Still makes dumb plays and forces dumb shots. Still makes ridiculous shots and outstanding plays. Blake has been a great outside shooter this year. And has been terrible on defense. Sergio has been fairly consistent in that he's average. Frye has been everything Aldridge has been except lesser to every extent. Aldridge himself has been pretty damn bad. Although he has been forcing his low-post game so all of those who claim he's just a soft jump shooter are flamers. Who did I forget? Pryzbilla has been exceptional. Rudy has been okay, but he hasn't been able to get to the hole off the dribble like Roy and when his shot is off he's not all that valuable in a slow-paced game. Batum has been good, for a rookie, but he doesn't start on any competitor. Diagu and Bayless get INC. Anyone else? Basically, we've struggled as a team. And that's to be expected, considering the amount of quality opponents we've played and the amount of road games we've played. 2 of our 5 starters are ROOKIES... and not even real ones. One hasn't played in an entire year and is just two years from high school. The other is coming from a lower-leveled Euro league and is even younger! Yet somehow we're right at the top of our division and near the top of our conference. We're going to continue to struggle as all young, growing teams do. We might even get worse - the entire rotation will change when Webster comes back - but by the end of the year we should be very good and more importantly, our team will be another year more seasoned. Just enjoy the pains and struggles now, because a 1 point win over a bad team playing like shit is more fun than the 15 point wins over the shitty teams we'll be experiencing in a couple of years with this team.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^post of the year^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Seriously. That's the best post I've read here today. It's dead on. Totally balanced and on the money. Thank you BengalDuck.
