BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - GAME THREAD - 11/01/2013, FRIDAY, 6PM - CSN

I will agree with many of the LMA haters that Aldridge doesn't have that "fire" in him all the time. If this was against Memphis (against Zach), Chicago (The team that passed on him) or any of the Texas teams (His home town); Aldridge is usually pretty passive. I think that's why he had more perimeter shots as well. He was pretty money last night and saw the refs weren't giving him the calls. Might as well shot from the perimeter where the suns can't foul him with no whistle.

 

LMA should have had 11 last night

 

A players is who a player is. Dirk will never be a banger.........some players strengths no matter what their size, will be outside than in. I can safely say 26 or more teams would love to have LA as their starting PF yet you were on here complaining and bitching about LA's game. He is one of the best PFs in the NBA......you're complaints don't make sense man.

 

Oi. HCP. I know he's one of the best. I'm talking about improvements. Or at least, the drive to improve. I guess when I look at him settle for an 18 footer when he has an open lane to the left it frustrates me.

Again, not complaining or bitching, just looking at how to improve. Again, huge difference.

And also, if my saying he should bang in the post more and have half his shots down there is a complaint, then I am not the only one who you should be saying their complaints don't make sense... since it's a general consensus.

 

Dude he already admitted that he was venting. It didn't help that there were a few trolls to feed the thread. It was a very frustrating game because we should have won. And any fan that understands the game knows that we needed to be in the paint. We really only have 1 player that can do that and he was shooting perimeter shots. So yes, Aldridge was money from the perimeter, but did that really help our team? Don't you agree that forcing it in the paint, rebounding and blocking shots would have been better with getting to the line and maybe having only 22 points?

Oh and PS… Aldridge has shown that when he plays the block, he is unstoppable. Just use the LaMonster year 3 season's ago.

 

But Im just saying, let it go. Move on. My man is a jump shooting PF who has if I'm not mistaken along with LeBron the only players over the last 3 seasons to average 18+ points and 8 rebounds (have to check this fact, but I seem to remember this coming out last spring). Just realize LA will shoot more J's than post up and he will give you great numbers every night. That's not a bad thing. He gets doubled in the post every time he goes down there.

Next topic please. It's like somebody with a nice ass BMW complaining that they don't like how the heated seats are too warm while the rest of his neighbors are taking MAX to work.

 

What a let down of game that was last night. We spend all summer talking Blazers, we analyze pre-season games for pages and we get to start off the NBA season against Phx, who looks like they aren't trying to win basketball games this year.

I am as disappointed with the effort as I am with the result. That did not look like a team hungry to prove themselves. To me they looked like they were going through the motions . . . and this is the first game of the year.

What is nice about the NBA is there is always another game coming up soon that makes it hard to dwell on the past. But win orlose at Denver, I will dwell on team effort if the team continues to plays with no heart.

 

How many boards did he have last night? How many big defensive stops did he have? That BMW needs a new motor.

 

Heh. That analogy is pretty funny. Since I have a 2002 pos and love taking the max when I can.

I know what you're saying, But if we're comparing to Lebron... he is a BMW that did get the heated seats. He works on his deficiency as much as his strengths... he's IMPROVED year after year, where it seems LMA is more content. It's not asking for more, it's asking for what I know he's capable of, because we've seen it. Again, huge difference.

 

I just do not think playing against Denver on their court is our answer to the quells. I hope to get surprised like the fans in PHX were surprised, though. Don't get me wrong.

 

There is no hiding my homerism for LMA, but I will agree with you and most that talk about Aldridge as being "LaSofty". We need "LaMonster" which can get you 10-13 boards and +25 points a game. It's not like he hasn't proven he can do this. I can understand why that is sooooo frustrating.

 

Repped. Good points.

 

Exactly. Again, not asking for something he's not capable of doing. Just asking him to expand the game we have all seen when he dominated. My hope is we see it in the next couple of weeks.

 

That is why I am more interested in their effort. It's tough to go there and win (although it would make up for this loss) . . . but I want to see a Blazer team do more than settle for outside shots and gives up easy baskets in the paint. All this talk about the bench and fighting for minutes. To me, Lillard and T-Rob were the only ones out there looking like they really wanted to win. I'm sure they all want to win, but the effort didn't match the desire.

If they go down tonight, I hope they go down swinging.

 

This thread is a good example of why the "game thread" shouldn't be posted until game day. Most of the arguing in this thread is about last night's game, or last year's stats, or last year's players. At this rate we'll need a clean game thread by game time, like last time.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av7F1JBmj4

 

Sucks I won't be able to see this game live. I will be attending a NIN concert.

RIP CITY!!!!

 

And they will "hurt"