Who is a better cornerstone for the Blazers? Current LMA or Healthy Roy?

Yeah, that would be awesome.

I'll take the current Aldridge too, mostly because he has a positive defensive presence in addition to being a major force on the offensive end.

Oh what could have been.

 

Haha!

You were ripping Roy all preseason and went as far as insinuating that Roy hid his injuries prior to signing his extension.

I'd have been shocked had you have said Roy.

 

Whats this with all the pro Miller comments? Oh yea the Blazers won last night....

Everybody knows when Miller hits the playoffs you just sag off him and make him a jump shooter. Game over.

 

He is what he is. Whining about him not being able to shoot was unproductive, so I've stop doing it and will just appreciate the things he does very well.

If he could shoot, would he be an All-Star level PG? I think so, but that's not his game, so I am embracing the positives with every player, and am going back to my old ways as a Blazer Homer who just enjoys the games as entertainment, and not as a measure of who is being correct or incorrect on any given player, depending on the day.

 

Imagine 1977 Bill Walton with 1988 Sabas backing him up, alongside 1991 Terry Porter at PG backed up by 2002 Andre Miller (wait, Miller would probably insist on starting, so switch those two) , 2009 Brandron Roy SG backed up by 1988 Clyde Drexler (an after practice cage match would decide the starter, and Clyde seems a bit soft, IMO), 1994 Scottie Pippen at SF, a PF combo of 1977 Mo Lucas and 2011 LMA, and 2001 Rasheed Wallace thrown into the mix at SF when the Blazers go "big".

Man, kpee really blew it on this one.

 

I've been a big fan of Roy's ever since he joined the Blazers. I ripped on him in the preseason because he was playing horribly, and because he didn't seem to be taking the games seriously. Eventually, of course, we learned that he was struggling with knee issues.

Roy, in his prime, was amazing, but I always hated the way Aldridge played alongside him. He was quickly turning into a Rashweed Wallace clone. Now that we have the NEW Aldridge, I'm very happy with the idea of building the team around him.

 

He CAN shoot. He proved it last night and the other night in Cleveland, when he made some very big shots down the stretch. The key for Miller is shooting the ball within his comfort zone, which is about 15 feet and in. He's actually pretty accurate from there.

 

i said current LMA, based on last nights game alone. if he can avg 42 and 8 then he's > roy. lol

 

Yeah, that's not really being a good shooter, though, at least for a guard.

Anyhoo, go 'Dre!

 

Andre Miller can't stretch the defense. That's what people are talking about when they say Miller can't shoot. Teams sag off him and double Roy/Aldridge and Miller can't make them pay for it. It's a problem.

 

Obviously you weren't paying attention to the playoff series vs Phoenix. If you are within 15 feet of the rim, you are also bringing traffic into our interior players zone and crowding them. In order to get that spacing, a threat from the 3 point line has to be present. All Phoenix had to do in order to neutralize Miller was put a bigger player on him and have him sag off him so his only options were 3's. Game over.

 

if they sag off of him he's still going to run his man off of a pick, make his way to the hoop and draw a ton of fouls. If come playoff time Portland's roster features a healthy Wes, Rudy, Nic, LA & Camby, they're going to be a very tough out for anyone. I've no doubt that with a healthy squad of weapons to distribute to, Andre will be very effective.

STOMP

 

and obviously you weren't paying attention to having both of his starting wings dinged up to the point of being near useless on offense. Andre having to shoulder most of the scoring role isn't nearly as effective a strategy as having him at the hub of the offense distributing to the open man.

STOMP

 

For Roy to be effective requires everyone to defer to him. For Aldridge to be good does not. We can play fast break with Aldridge, not with slowdown Roy.

Roy was clutch in the last minute and won many games then. Aldridge isn't. Although maybe with an anti-Roy uptempo game, we wouldn't have gotten into that fix.

 

Absolutely right. Andre Miller can do things around the basket (post up, for example) that point guards like Devin Harris can only dream about. I have no problem at all with him being our starting point guard in the playoffs.