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Originally Posted by billfindlay10
Aldridge played 63 games last year....2 college seasons....how can they consider him still to be in is rookie development?
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Re-read what I said. I did not talk about his development as a player, but about his body development and ability to play consistently over the long season. He missed a lot of games at the start of the year and training camp because of a shoulder injury, he missed the end of the year because of the heart thing. The athletic trainer for the team discussed what it takes for rookies to adjust to the NBA schedule and he said that for most of them it takes a year - and that's what he attributes Roy's jump in productivity from year 1 to year 2. Aldridge made a bigger jump in production - but he is not consistent as Roy is - and the trainer said he considers this to be Aldridge's rookie year because of the chunks he lost (and could not train) last year.