Is LaMarcus Aldridge the best big in the NBA?

Who would you trade him for? Cousins puts up great numbers, but he's still the same guy that Ian Mahinmi almost brought to tears in summer league six fucking years ago. It's been that long and he's still not managed to mature. At ALL. He's the best big in the league that nobody with any sense wants on their team.

Aldridge was an elite scorer who came to a new team, lost a lot of his offense, and instead of pouting, as was the expectation of his critics, he just settled in and started playing team basketball along with some enormous defense, which nobody expected from him.

Frankly, fuck yes, he's the best big in the league.

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Originally Posted by Texas_Ranger

on the Kings, Tim would be scoring 20 point per game... that is one terrible team and Cousins is a shitty teammate.

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He's a shitty teammate, he's a shitty opponent, he's a shitty player to coach, and he's a shitty member of an organization. From a basketball standpoint, he's a headache for literally everyone he comes into contact with. That's worse than cancer. That's fucking smallpox.

Cousins is easily the best talent. The guys a fucking beast... but LaMarcus is the guy you'd rather have just because you can trust him. Davis wasn't Davis this year. Blake's been hurt. Gaymond's actually a scrub. Towns, Whiteside, Milsap, and Jokic are all pretty good, but I'd take LaMarcus over all of 'em easy. Gasol, Duncan, Dirk are still beasts, but too old. Drummond/Jordan have no game outside of 5'... LaMarcus doesn't really even have much competition right now. That's crazy.

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Originally Posted by Tully365

Anyone who would consider taking Cousins doesn't understand how basketball really works... he's one of the most immature players in the league, he takes many defensive possessions off completely, he's a team chemistry killer, a coach killer, etc., etc... Rodman, Artest, & multiple other guys were undoubtedly unconventional, had short fuses, etc., but coaches didn't have to fight with them to play hard-- they were giving 100% almost all of the time.

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I've been preaching this ever since the dude has been in this league. You don't want these guys on your team. Same reason imo the Spurs got rid of Jamychal Green. Despite these guys who have these off the camera problems, people on this forum would still take anti-spur players. Off the court behavior, persona is just as important as the numbers a guy can produce on court.

If someone can ever get in Boogie's head and convince him how to be a great member of a team, holy fuck will he and that team dominate.

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Originally Posted by Dro210

Cousins is easily the best talent. The guys a fucking beast... but LaMarcus is the guy you'd rather have just because you can trust him. Davis wasn't Davis this year. Blake's been hurt. Gaymond's actually a scrub. Towns, Whiteside, Milsap, and Jokic are all pretty good, but I'd take LaMarcus over all of 'em easy. Gasol, Duncan, Dirk are still beasts, but too old. Drummond/Jordan have no game outside of 5'... LaMarcus doesn't really even have much competition right now. That's crazy.

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Just shows you the bigs in the league are pretty bad. The 90's to me was the golden age for the center position and the '00s was the golden age for the PF position. Right now both positions are weak.

Boogie is a high usage, low FG%, flopper, no defense playing, full blown cancer.

He was a beast when his career was getting started but now he's just KLove.

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

its really weird when you make a comment that isn't completely retarded, but it's a pleasant surprise :tu

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This coming from the "retard" who says Bellinelli is as good as Larry Legend.

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

This coming from the "retard" who says Bellinelli is as good as Larry Legend.

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:lmao you are beyond retarded

He's been bullying dem niggaz like a motherfucker.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Who would you trade him for?

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Anthony Davis...some people have overrated him by acting like he's already a MVP or DPOTY-caliber player, but he's still better than LMA (not to mention he only just turned 23).

Karl-Anthony Towns as well, although that has everything to do with Towns's age/potential. He's not better than LMA currently.

Millsap probably has an argument too. They're pretty close.

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

:lmao you are beyond retarded

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http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...raqm74c70r.jpg

Draymond averages like 12pts a game. LMAO....HIS TRIPLE DOUBLES ARE SO OVERARED. It's rondo triple doubles. Lmao

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Originally Posted by Baseline21

Draymond averages like 12pts a game. LMAO....HIS TRIPLE DOUBLES ARE SO OVERARED. It's rondo triple doubles. Lmao

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http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/WINS/position/6

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM/position/6

lmao no other big is close to Dray in impact

look at the numbers

Dray hasn't won without steph. Let's face it. LMA won games on his own while their team is resting. If u told me steph and Klay had games off I would guranteed a loss for damn sure.

That's why Kerr can't rest them because once u rest steph they lose.

No. Davis, Griffin and Cousins, are all better and Towns will be, but no one is playing better at the moment.

His volume/efficiency, this season, is impressive, considering he doesn't get to the line much and hasn't made a three all season. Prime Parker was the rare player who fit that description.

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Originally Posted by Benoit

lmao no other big is close to Dray in impact

look at the numbers

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When the numbers you provide have Paul Milsap and Kevin Love as #2 and #3, color me skeptical that they mean what you seem to think they mean. :lol

Dray just became the 1st player in NBA history to hit 1000pt/500RB/500AST/100STL/100BLK in a season

Best PF in the game and most versatile player the league has ever seen

:lol career 43% shooter averaging a career high 13.8 points a game being the best big

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Originally Posted by Benoit

Dray just became the 1st player in NBA history to hit 1000pt/500RB/500AST/100STL/100BLK in a season

Best PF in the game and most versatile player the league has ever seen

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Prime Garnett was more versatile. But damn, those stats are impressive.

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Originally Posted by Benoit

Dray just became the 1st player in NBA history to hit 1000pt/500RB/500AST/100STL/100BLK in a season

Best PF in the game and most versatile player the league has ever seen

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You mean the guy who admitted to chasing triple doubles:lmao

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Originally Posted by Arcadian

Prime Garnett was more versatile. But damn, those stats are impressive.

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KG had 495 assists while playing w/ bums & dropping 23 per on 50% shooting in '02-'03. He also ripped down 1000+ rebs & ACTUALLY averaged a double-double.

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Originally Posted by Kawhitstorm

KG had 495 assists while playing w/ bums & dropping 23 per on 50% shooting in '02-'03. He also ripped down 1000+ rebs & ACTUALLY averaged a double-double.

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Lebron routinely totals 200+ blocks plus steals per year, as does Kawhi now. Lebron matches the scoring/rebounding/assists, and Kawhi scoring/rebounding (lags behind in assists, but isn't running the point). Russ will be there too. Even Danny puts together those types of block/steal numbers on the defensive end on a minutes-adjusted basis. Pace matters too.

That said, Draymond is the first player ever to average that combination of those five specific stats per 36 minutes. Stat padding or not, it's still impressive.