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04-04-2008, 01:11 PM
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In 40 minutes of action last night, LaMarcus Aldridge snagged a grand total of 4 rebounds. That's right, 4. Meanwhile Steve Blake had 5 all by himself, and Jarret Jack matched Aldridge with 4. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when our guards are rebounding better than our star 6'11 big man.
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no it's not... it's par for the course for the nightly stats to vary from the mean. It would be a pretty sad state of affairs if the clubs star 6'10 Big averaged 4 rebounds... but he doesn't. Heck the two games before he snagged 13 and 12 and in the Rockets game the Blazers won the battle on the boards by 9.
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On a night when his shot wasn't falling...
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Dude scored 23 points on 50% shooting, which are both over his average.
nice rant
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04-04-2008, 01:28 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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Dude scored 23 points on 50% shooting, which are both over his average.
nice rant
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Aldridge scored 0 points in the first quarter. He barely had 4 points by halftime. He also went through some dry stretches when he couldn't hit anything. During those times, he wasn't rebounding. That's the point.
Nice rant, yourself.
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04-04-2008, 01:43 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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Originally Posted by Talkhard
Aldridge scored 0 points in the first quarter. He barely had 4 points by halftime. He also went through some dry stretches when he couldn't hit anything. During those times, he wasn't rebounding. That's the point.
Nice rant, yourself.
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You're talking about the Houston game, yeah? He had nine points in the first quarter, and 15 at halftime (according to the NBA.com play-by-play ticker).
I appreciate that he didn't have even a passable rebounding game last night, but try to stick to the facts.
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04-04-2008, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Talkhard
Aldridge scored 0 points in the first quarter. He barely had 4 points by halftime. He also went through some dry stretches when he couldn't hit anything. During those times, he wasn't rebounding. That's the point.
Nice rant, yourself.
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huh? I'm pretty sure he was in double figures by halftime. It's hard to make a point when you can't keep the facts strait.
rebounding (like scoring) is really a team effort. The scorer doesn't get the great look without a proper pick being set and the ball being delivered on time, just like Jack and Blake don't get the rebound without LaMarcus boxing out.
Ahhh, why waste my time... whatever
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04-04-2008, 02:08 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
Okay, we all know that Aldridge is not that good of a rebounder. Luckily we have Pryzbilla and Oden to play next to him. Aldridge needs to get more muscle and box out better no denying that. However, a couple of concessions. When playing next to good rebounders there isn't much left to grab. Take Orlando; Dwight Howard grabs everything, and thus the rebounding numbers of teammates is deflated as a result if he wasn't there otherwise.
Secondly, that knock about Portland being a jumpshooting team. When you shoot long range jumpers, you get a lot of long rebounds. That might help to explain why guards get rebounds. IMO, guards getting 4 and 5 rebounds isn't that surprising...I mean Jason Kidd nearly gets 10 per game. Aldridge should get something around 7-8 boards a game, which hey, is what he averages.
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04-04-2008, 02:08 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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Originally Posted by Talkhard
Aldridge scored 0 points in the first quarter. He barely had 4 points by halftime. He also went through some dry stretches when he couldn't hit anything. During those times, he wasn't rebounding. That's the point.
Nice rant, yourself.
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I think you're confused. I was at the game. Aldridge was the leading score in the game at half time with 15 points. He was the Blazers No. 1 option on offense and abusing Luis Scola with the jump hook. I don't remember what his shooting percentage was at half time, but it was easily over 50%.
It was the second half, when Landry and especially Hayes got physical and refused to let him go across the middle that Aldridge had problems scoring.
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04-04-2008, 02:15 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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You're talking about the Houston game, yeah? He had nine points in the first quarter, and 15 at halftime (according to the NBA.com play-by-play ticker).
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My mistake. I was thinking of the game the night before. Nevermind. 
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04-04-2008, 02:57 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
Threads that are getting redundant:
1. LMA sucks at rebounding
2. Jack sucks... period.
That is all.
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04-04-2008, 03:53 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
To LaMarcus' credit, if anyone has watched the recent games, he's done a very good job tipping out missed shots for Steve and Jarrett to grab the rebounds. It's not like Blake and Jack are in the paint blocking out the opposing team's big guys.
Sure, LaMarcus could improve but it's not for the lack of effort or attempts. He's going after it but the deflections aren't counted in the box score.
Aldridge is the least of our worries right now...
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04-04-2008, 04:21 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
So should I post a thread every time Aldridge has a good rebounding night? So he got 4 rebounds. He averages more than that, and we all wish he rebounded more, but I don't see the point of making a thread based on one off night.
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04-04-2008, 04:38 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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Originally Posted by NateBishop3
Threads that are getting redundant:
1. LMA sucks at rebounding
2. Jack sucks... period.
That is all.
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3. Who should we trade for at SF
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04-04-2008, 04:40 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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Threads that are getting redundant:
2. Jack sucks... period.
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This one warrants constant reiteration IMO.
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04-04-2008, 04:51 PM
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Re: Blake and Jack outrebound Aldridge
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So should I post a thread every time Aldridge has a good rebounding night? So he got 4 rebounds. He averages more than that, and we all wish he rebounded more, but I don't see the point of making a thread based on one off night.
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It's not "just one night" -- it's a lot of nights when Aldridge comes up short on rebounds. And I think it's worth pointing out that on a night when the Blazers desperately needed a win to keep any playoff hopes alive (albeit barely) Aldridge came up way short again.
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04-04-2008, 05:11 PM
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