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Game Thread: Game #78: Bland Antonio Spurts, Tuesday April 5th (7:00 PM MST)

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theLtrain said:
Depends if you mean for the moment or long term. For the next 2 -3 years I think Aldridge is a pretty easy pick between the too. If you are picking someone to build on for the future, well yea its Favors, he is much much younger.

If your a win now team though Aldridge is a no brainer between the two.
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What has Aldridge ever won?

I see 5 playoff appearances and 4 first round exits. Hell the Blazers future looks better with him out of the picture.
 
jope said:
[video=youtube_share;1ZXHsNqkDI4]https://youtu.be/1ZXHsNqkDI4
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Just find it hard to believe your 2 year old can catch a gallon of milk and not catch a basketball. Gallon of milk weighs at least 8 pounds and a properly inflated regulation basketball weighs at most 1 pound (probably not even that).
 
theLtrain said:
Depends if you mean for the moment or long term. For the next 2 -3 years I think Aldridge is a pretty easy pick between the too. If you are picking someone to build on for the future, well yea its Favors, he is much much younger.

If your a win now team though Aldridge is a no brainer between the two.
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I disagree, it is not a no-brainer. The two players have different strengths but more importantly they are used very differently. If I were coach I would pick Favors over Aldridge, but I also would make sure that Favors had more than 5 shots.
 
King Cy said:
Just find it hard to believe your 2 year old can catch a gallon of milk and not catch a basketball. Gallon of milk weighs at least 8 pounds and a properly inflated regulation basketball weighs at most 1 pound (probably not even that).
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re-read my post. i never said that he catches a gallon of milk... and that is beside the point.

Rudy can be squarely holding the basketball with two hands, and an errant finger could poke it loose with ease. He loses the ball from the waist about 5 times a game. For a man with the largest hands in his draft class, to lose the ball like that.. screams weak hands.
 
jope said:
re-read my post. i never said that he catches a gallon of milk... and that is beside the point.

Rudy can be squarely holding the basketball with two hands, and an errant finger could poke it loose with ease. He loses the ball from the waist about 5 times a game. For a man with the largest hands in his draft class, to lose the ball like that.. screams weak hands.
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I think his problem is more of how he goes up. If you allow a defender to get a square hit on the ball, it's very hard for anyone to maintain control of the ball. He is so robotic and predictable with how he goes up for a shot that he is basically putting the ball on a silver platter for the opposing team to whack at.
 
King Cy said:
I think his problem is more of how he goes up. If you allow a defender to get a square hit on the ball, it's very hard for anyone to maintain control of the ball. He is so robotic and predictable with how he goes up for a shot that he is basically putting the ball on a silver platter for the opposing team to whack at.
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good point, and his waist is like chest level for many nba players. if he brings the ball down at all after catching or before going up, it's in plain sight and easily reachable.
 
I don't agree with Quin's decision to not play Favors in the last 2-3 minutes. Booker did his job in the 4th quarter but there was no need to keep him on the court till the end.
 
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