Mr Odd wrote:Im kind of sick of LMA being compared to Rasheed.
For real? Cause I think the Rasheed without the weed comparison is spot on.
Outside of their high jumpshot & similar body, I dont
see it.
There's also their superior defense and inferior rebounding.
LMAs mentality is different which translates to
his game. Rasheed has always be passive with his
shots & LMA is the opisit. I also believe LMA trys to score more down by the paint then Rasheed.. .
I they're not that different. Rasheed had plenty of games where he scored down low. But he was always more comfortable on the perimeter.
I think you're more describing what you hope Aldridge will develop into rather than what Aldridge is really doing right now.
Aldridge is showing signs of being a consistent post scorer. I've noticed that he does a lot of the post up, spin out and take a fade away jump shot JUST LIKE RASHEED. He's pretty effective at that, but it's not the hook shots (which he pretty much sucks at) and aggressive drives you want your post scorer doing. You know, the kind of stuff that gets the other team's big men in foul trouble.
At the start of the game when the tempo is slower and the coaches are calling most of the plays Aldridge does a good job getting in the post and battling for position. But as the game goes on he drifts further and further to the perimeter. That says to me that he's more comfortable there.
Anyway, I just dont see it beyond those two things.
Pretty much everything about their game is the same. The only significant difference at this point in their careers is that LaMarcus isn't arguing with every call and racking up technical fouls. Other than that they might as well be the same player.
Though that could change with the whole "without the weed" part of who Aldridge is. He's a harder worker and he's more coachable. If he keeps working on his post game and is really strict with getting down low and taking it to the basket the Sheed comparison might become ridiculous. Right now it's perfectly accurate.
