frustrated with Aldridge..

by crookie monster on Nov 29, 2009 12:49 PM PST

I know I'm not the only one. I've been coming to this site for years and have never posted, but I now feel I need some kind of outlet to vent my frustration. On offense he's 80% fadeaway jumpers and running hooks across the lane. His rebounding is inadaquate at best. He gets outworked down low by much smaller lesser foes in the paint on a regular basis. He's very lazy with his boxouts and overall I see him as a SOFT player. Im cringing before even writing this, but I feel more comfortable with Dante Cunningham out there right now than with LA. Also, CAN WE STOP PLAYING THE "I LOVE L.A. SONG" AFTER EVERY BUCKET HE SCORES!! Not only is it annoying but obviously glorifies our most hated rivals...Anyone else out there feelin this??

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I think LMA will be fine

He is what he is: a highly skilled finesse oriented 4. GO and Pryz both help him a lot by occupying the rebounding load, but given his game, I pretty much hate any lineup where LMA is the 5 man. I do agree with you on the “I Love LA” song – I can’t stand hearing that in the Rose Garden

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by blazeraddict on Nov 29, 2009 1:04 PM PST reply actions

"If" the rest of the team were doing their jobs, then LMA would be a great fit...

Center cannot be our only rebounding position. And sometimes we actually need someone to man up against an opposing PF. (e.g. Zach Randolph making LMA look invisible the other night). And occassionally we need LMA to be able to take control of the offense, which he could do from the post (if he demanded a double team) but will never do as a jump shooting PF.

Maybe this is more an indictment of the rest of the team than LMA (Brandon Roy needs to stop whining and be friggin’ leader and figure out how to win with this blazer team instead of just wishing GO and AM didn’t exist)…

“if” the team could rebound from any other position and “if” the team had more than one offensive playmaker (or an offense that didn’t require so many) and “if” we had a running PG who could take advantage of LMA on the break and “if” the team figured out how to run the O through GO… LMA would be a great fit.

but right we don’t and so it’s painful that LMA is soft. He doesn’t attack the boards, the post or the opposing PF.

by seablaz on Nov 29, 2009 1:52 PM PST reply actions