View Full Version : Blazers Ensure Mediocrity- Aldridge 5y $65-$70mill Ext
Mike D
10-22-2009, 11:34 AM
No talk by Tlong about the horrid extension for Aldridge?
5 year $65-$70mill extension. :lol
He's making Al Jefferson money at minimum or more. Jump shooting bigmen who have the nickname ghost mode shouldn't make that money.
Pritchard :rollin
Culburn369
10-22-2009, 11:36 AM
He'll be locked in his bedroom with the Sears Catalog forever.
TJastal
10-22-2009, 11:43 AM
No talk by Tlong about the horrid extension for Aldridge?
5 year $65-$70mill extension. :lol
He's making Al Jefferson money at minimum or more. Jump shooting bigmen who have the nickname ghost mode shouldn't make that money.
Pritchard :rollin
If he develops into an Amare Stoudemire type talent surely he'll be earning that type of paycheck.
You figure that Rashard Lewis is making 22 million for shooting 3's that's not a bad price for a big man as talented as Aldridge.
lefty
10-22-2009, 11:46 AM
I like Aldridge
picc84
10-22-2009, 11:49 AM
If he develops into an Amare Stoudemire type talent surely he'll be earning that type of paycheck.
You figure that Rashard Lewis is making 22 million for shooting 3's that's not a bad price for a big man as talented as Aldridge.
I still cant believe that. :wow
DUNCANownsKOBE2
10-22-2009, 11:51 AM
If he develops into an Amare Stoudemire type talent surely he'll be earning that type of paycheck.
There are a lot of reasons why I could see a team taking Aldridge over Amare, but he'll never be the kind of talent Amare is.
lefty
10-22-2009, 11:52 AM
Because Bynum making at least 1$ makes sense to you?
Culburn369
10-22-2009, 12:09 PM
Because Bynum making at least 1$ makes sense to you?
Because Bynum made Howard beseech: "no mas!"...and we rang for the 15th time.
jazzypimp
10-22-2009, 12:11 PM
Because Bynum made Howard beseech: "no mas!"...and we rang for the 15th time.
Another one of your copy and paste jobs.. I'm sure we are all fucking sick of reading this you damn pooch
Culburn369
10-22-2009, 12:12 PM
Another one of your copy and paste jobs.. I'm sure we are all fucking sick of reading this you damn pooch
I'll just bet you are.
tee, hee.
da_suns_fan
10-22-2009, 12:24 PM
Yeah, they probably overpaid. No one should be making max mney like that unless theyre a franchise player.
Good for aldridge though.
hater
10-22-2009, 12:27 PM
aldridge, softest bigman since david west
tlongII
10-22-2009, 12:30 PM
He's better than that softy Pau!
^Tlong fails yet again.
Pau Gasol's 2008-09 stats followed by Aldridge's:
G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
81 81 37.0 0.567 0.500 0.781 3.2 6.4 9.6 3.5 0.6 1.0 1.94 2.10 18.9
81 81 37.1 0.484 0.250 0.781 2.9 4.6 7.5 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.49 2.60 18.1
and this is all guaranteed ?
lefty
10-22-2009, 12:58 PM
Because Bynum made Howard beseech: "no mas!"...and we rang for the 15th time.
By fouling out ?
tlongII
10-22-2009, 12:59 PM
^Tlong fails yet again.
Pau Gasol's 2008-09 stats followed by Aldridge's:
G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
81 81 37.0 0.567 0.500 0.781 3.2 6.4 9.6 3.5 0.6 1.0 1.94 2.10 18.9
81 81 37.1 0.484 0.250 0.781 2.9 4.6 7.5 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.49 2.60 18.1
Well, you can clearly see that Aldridge is a better value.
sonic21
10-22-2009, 01:12 PM
lol role player being overpaid
will_spurs
10-22-2009, 01:18 PM
Well, you can clearly see that Aldridge is a better value.
Only if you failed grade 2 maths.
Mel_13
10-22-2009, 02:28 PM
Blazers overpaid for both Roy and Aldridge. If the players weren't willing to take team-friendly contracts, the Blazers should have let them both hit the market next summer. There would have been virtually no downside from that approach as they have committed the max to Roy and nearly 90% of max to Aldridge. Signing these two also severely weakens their position next summer when Oden comes looking for his extension.
Morg1411
10-22-2009, 02:32 PM
Another one of your copy and paste jobs.. I'm sure we are all fucking sick of reading this you damn pooch
C'mon, Cully, don't recycle your own material, you're better than that!
DaDakota
10-23-2009, 08:21 AM
A good signing, much better than signing underacheivers like Artest and Odom.
DD
Mel_13
10-23-2009, 08:36 AM
A good signing, much better than signing underacheivers like Artest and Odom.
DD
You can't possibly believe that.
The Lakers bought 5 seasons of Artest plus 4 seasons of Odom for the same price that Blazers are paying for 5 seasons of Aldridge.
Lakers paid below market prices for both of their players while the Blazers bid against themselves and overpaid for both Roy and Aldridge.
DaDakota
10-23-2009, 09:29 AM
I think Aldridge will prove to be worth his contract.
Odom has been an underacheiver his entire career and Artest is a cancer.
DD
Mel_13
10-23-2009, 09:55 AM
I think Aldridge will prove to be worth his contract.
Odom has been an underacheiver his entire career and Artest is a cancer.
DD
Time will tell.
Danny.Zhu
10-23-2009, 10:08 AM
He isn't worth that much money at the current level. But he have the potential I think.
noob cake
10-23-2009, 10:10 AM
Blazers overpaid for both Roy and Aldridge. If the players weren't willing to take team-friendly contracts, the Blazers should have let them both hit the market next summer. There would have been virtually no downside from that approach as they have committed the max to Roy and nearly 90% of max to Aldridge. Signing these two also severely weakens their position next summer when Oden comes looking for his extension.
You can't farken overpay Roy, i'll offer him the max.
Danny.Zhu
10-23-2009, 10:13 AM
You can't farken overpay Roy, i'll offer him the max.
Agreed. Everyone will give a maximum to the No4 SG in the league.
Mel_13
10-23-2009, 10:34 AM
Agreed. Everyone will give a maximum to the No4 SG in the league.
The salary cap for 2010 is an unknown as are the effects of the economy. As an RFA, the Blazers could match any offer he received. In the worst case scenario, they would pay him the max. No need to guarantee him or Aldridge more money than the market may bear next summer. They take on additional risk, either could sustain an injury that limits their future production, with virtually no possibility of any additional reward.
Roy and Aldridge are good players, but not deserving of franchise player money. Certainly not a year earlier than it needed to be guaranteed. That treatment is for real franchise players like Duncan, Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Paul, etc. Roy and Aldridge are not in that category.
DaDakota
10-23-2009, 10:50 AM
He is closer to his contract than either of our big injury prone stars...
DD
Mel_13
10-23-2009, 11:42 AM
He is closer to his contract than either of our big injury prone stars...
DD
The trials and tribulations of Yao and TMac should serve as cautionary tales to all franchises as they decided who is truly worthy of max or near-max money. You would think that the franchise that gave max extensions to Sheed and Zach and paid $50M in buyouts to make Kemp and Francis go away would have already learned their lesson. Apparently not. Roy and Aldridge may be choir boys compared to that bunch, but they are no less likely to fail to justify their contracts. It will just be less embarrassing.
Franchise money for franchise players:
Kobe, LeBron, Wade: Yes
Roy, Aldridge, Bosh: No
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