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of Jack...Hmmmmmm Something brewin here.

The official word is that Nate wants to balance out the lineups with the loss of Jones.

Also, this is a lineup Nate talked about using before the season even started, so it's not like this is something that just popped up because they want to showcase a player.

Anythings possible I suppose, but I wouldn't read much into it.

Kevin Pritchard, if you're reading this, please trade Jack ASAP. Nate obviously doesn't realize that he sucks but we know that you do!

LOL

Yea, come on Pritchard!!

But to be fair, Jack doesnt suck. He just wants
to be a PG when he needs to be a SG.. .I think
he could be a pretty damn good player if he
were to goto the right type of team.. .

Hopefully Jack is kidnapped. Hell. If I kidnapped oversized naked mole rat babies, Jarrett wouldn't be too far out of the spectrum.

Surge wrote:Hopefully Jack is kidnapped. Hell. If I kidnapped oversized naked mole rat babies, Jarrett wouldn't be too far out of the spectrum.

I'm wondering if I need to eat some peyote in order to get your drift on that one.

perhaps even bigger news from quick is that Nate is thinking of playing Pryzbilla more in the 4th. I know a lot of you will applaud that. The mildy surprising part is that LMA is the candidate for being benched.

Maybe it's not surprising how poorly LMA has been playing, and how little he has been contributing down the stretch.

Quick's prediction of him being a "10-time allstar" seems a bit overstated at this point I think

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/02/new_starting_lineup_and_possib.html

jack doesn't need to be showcased.

Wizenheimer wrote:perhaps even bigger news from quick is that Nate is thinking of playing Pryzbilla more in the 4th. I know a lot of you will applaud that. The mildy surprising part is that LMA is the candidate for being benched.

Maybe it's not surprising how poorly LMA has been playing, and how little he has been contributing down the stretch.

Quick's prediction of him being a "10-time allstar" seems a bit overstated at this point I think

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/02/new_starting_lineup_and_possib.html

I think we all overrated LA coming into this season but he definitely has room for improvement. He obviously won't make 10 ASG's especially with Roy and LA on this team but could still be pretty darned good. Also, it's looking like my very early projection that Roy and Oden would be Portland's main combo may turn out to be correct. Roy's the clear leader on this team and I think with they way he plays in crunch time, he can't be anything less than one of our top two players (oden being the other one hopefully).

More fuel for the fire - BEN GORDON is not playing.

Don't look confidence on LMA so quickly guys. They gave him the ball early and he delivered. Once he gets bigger he'll start rebounding the ball a lot better.

Im not worried about LMA's play.
Most rookies struggle their 2nd
season and hes not playing to
bad even in the struggling.. .

I think hes doing good enough
and he will get even better!!

LMA plays within himself, which is great.

sabi wrote:Don't look confidence on LMA so quickly guys. They gave him the ball early and he delivered. Once he gets bigger he'll start rebounding the ball a lot better.

I haven't lost confidence in him at all. He's putting up better numbers for scoring and rebounding in his 2nd year then Rasheed wallace did in his 5th year.

I think he does need to work on his game and learn to get better position down low.

He's still only 22, and if his work ethic is as reported, I'd guess he will improve a lot in the next 3 years.

He's just in a bit of a slump lately. But it's not a bad idea to bench him when he's playing poorly.

Mr Odd wrote:Im not worried about LMA's play.
Most rookies struggle their 2nd
season and hes not playing to
bad even in the struggling.. .

I think hes doing good enough
and he will get even better!!

LMA plays within himself, which is great.

+1

There is nothing to worry about with LA. It is a long season and there will be highs and lows. Now just happens to be one of the lows.

Glad to see that Nate moved Martell to the second unit. Would love to see Jones with the starting unit when he gets back, but like Webster against lesser competition. Hopefully he continues to do other things besides wait for open 3's.

Do not think Jack is being showcased on purpose, but it is nice that he is getting another chance as a starter.

When LMA plays with aggression like he did tonight in spurts....it has to give you chills.....



If only he could do that on a nightly basis.


Its almost like Nocioni's aggressiveness brought out the warrior is LMA.

I think it worked but uggh I absolutely HATE having a blake/jack/roy lineup cause really short and I hate small ball. Anyways gettin off topic but anyone that has doubts with aldridge don't jump the bandwagon, others were doing so with roy and he proved us wrong. Also in the article posted medina the trainer says aldridge is pretty much a rookie when it comes to conditioning so he is just worn out. PLZ someone make me an avy with the stare down/bish! at the end

That interview with strength trainer Medina stated that he thinks Aldridge has hit the rookie wall pysically due to his injuries last year keeping his playing time down.

Village Idiot wrote:That interview with strength trainer Medina stated that he thinks Aldridge has hit the rookie wall pysically due to his injuries last year keeping his playing time down.

I'm sure there is something to that, but his perimeter-oriented game (relative to other 7' players) was there from the beginning.

Gordon didn't play because he's a vag ig.

Jack is starting because he's more aggressive with the dribble than Webster is. It is a good shake-up.

RE: Webster; Webster has been improving by leaps and bounds this season, and it may not show as much on the stat sheet. The most noticeable difference is when he starts missing 3's, he starts attacking the basket which more often than not, translates into free throws.

I know he is far from ready to start, but he's learning and I'll take any improvement by him at this point.