^^^ Wow LMA is closer than I thought to topping Sheed. Two years time no doubt. Rebs surprisingly close
Agreed, Wallace was a way superior defender and his post game was a thing of beauty. He was graceful at using the backboard, Tim Duncan picked it up and uses it to his advantage now. The thing that made Sheed such a great defender were his long arms and ability to use his body to bump guys when they were posting up. Funny thing is, Sheed never wanted to be great though, he never picked up a weight and was always fined by the team for it.
Nice comparison. Stunning how close they were statistically. Sheed was a better defender and post scorer by the time he was 26. But the striking thing about that comparison is that Aldridge is two years younger. Was Sheed much better of a defender in the 98-99 season (when he was 24) than Aldridge was last year? I don't really remember. I do remember Brian Grant doing more of the dirty work on defense back then. Anyway, overall Sheed definitely had more intangibles than Aldridge, both good and bad. Better defender, more unstoppable scorer. But also more of a hothead who could derail the team's focus, draw technicals, annoy the fanbase, and more likely to fight with his coach. It's difficult to say if Sheed's positive intangibles outweighed his negative intangibles, but they both were numerous. Aldridge mostly just shows up for work, does his job, and goes home. No intangibles (good or bad). You know what you're getting from him. If the coach tells him to go in the post, he seems to do that. No drama. There's some value in that, especially on a very young team. I'm a huge Sheed fan, but yeah, I can see a decent argument to be made for saying that if you take EVERYTHING into account, Aldridge is a better fit for this team.
We got Buck when he was on the down turn of his career. He had a few seasons with New Jersey of 18ppg seasons. His load was lightened with the Blazers because we had plenty of scoring around him.
Porter Drexler Kiki Sheed Walton In two years if LMA improves his game a bit I might pick him but I think Sheed had/was the most talented PF we have ever had.
Man it is sad how removed fans today are from the history of the team. Wicks was good for 1,700 - 2,000 pts every season and around 850-950 boards dominating the post. Sheed's best years were around 1,500 pts per season and maybe 450-600 boards and was a horrible influence and member of the team outside of the game. It's a sad world we live in when Blazer fans are voting Sheed above Wicks by over 15%
