Draymond Green vs The World...Day 9: LaMarcus Aldridge
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THE VOTES ARENT THE SAME....
AND DRAY WAS ON LIKE A 3 GAME STREAK
BEFORE ROZAN....
I DONT VOTE SO I CANT SEE THE VOTES UNTIL THE POLL CLOSES...
DRAY HAS DEFEATED SOME PPL
I DIDINT THINK HE WOULD BEAT.
Why did you sticky this? No disrespect this is not a well executed series based on the fact we're putting role player chemistry vs skill
duckbutta
eienaar van mans
I could have sworn LMA dropped 26 and 14 on tacklemond already this year...
Where are tacklemonds back to back 40 point playoff games on 60% shooting like LMA had last year ?
As bad as LMA has been shooting the ball lately...Draymond is somehow worse across the board...which is atrocious...
Actually tacklemond offensive numbers are :dahellwhat:...this nikka is playing with probably the best floor spacing in the history of the nba and in his last 10 he shooting 36% from the field :dahellwhat:
Where are tacklemonds back to back 40 point playoff games on 60% shooting like LMA had last year ?
As bad as LMA has been shooting the ball lately...Draymond is somehow worse across the board...which is atrocious...
Actually tacklemond offensive numbers are :dahellwhat:...this nikka is playing with probably the best floor spacing in the history of the nba and in his last 10 he shooting 36% from the field :dahellwhat:
And Draymond had 18 and 12 with 6 assists, 5 steals, and a block in the same game.
They played four times in the second half of last year....each outscored the other twice but Draymond did it on better shooting and hit more threes too, LA had slightly more rebounds, Draymond had far more assists and played FAR better defense.
He was busy putting up 32-15-9 in the Finals while LA was getting ran over by the OKC frontcourt in a 2nd-round collapse.
I swear, ya'all think that shooting/scoring is the ONLY thing that happens on a basketball court.
Green is is the best defender in basketball, while LA is mediocre. That's half the game.
Green is one of the top 3-4 distributing forwards in basketball, while LA is mediocre. That's a big part of offense.
The ONLY thing LA does better than Green is score....and you can't even say he hits threes better than Green.
If you're making a championship team, you're not taking Green or LA as your best player. But there's a much better chance that Green is going to be a good fit as your #2 or #3 player than LA is. He adds much more ACROSS THE BOARD than LA does.
I swear, you would have taken Vince Carter over Duncan because, "Look at how he scores!"
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Gil Scott-Heroin
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at @The Dankster starting to sound like @Gil Scott-Heroin. He on that "Charts, Paragraphs, Insults" diet. Word to @jaguar paw. 
Yeah, I need to chill out a bit. Gone a bit overboard recently.
YOU CANT KEEP MENTIONING THAT ONE GAME
AND IGNORING THE FACT DRAY
FACED OKC IN THE PLAYOFFS ALSO.
HE WAS HORRIBLE AND A NON FACTOR IN THE WCF.
HE WOULDNT HAVE DONE shyt IN THE FINALS
IF KLAY AND STEPH DIDNT GO CRAZY.
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Hail the victors
LMA is a better shooter/post player but that's where it ends. If we were comparing 26yr old LMA vs current Draymond (same age) then I'd say LMA easily.
I have to choose Draymond
I have to choose Draymond
YOU CANT KEEP MENTIONING THAT ONE GAME
AND IGNORING THE FACT DRAY
FACED OKC IN THE PLAYOFFS ALSO.
HE WAS HORRIBLE AND A NON FACTOR IN THE WCF.
HE WOULDNT HAVE DONE shyt IN THE FINALS
IF KLAY AND STEPH DIDNT GO CRAZY.
Fair point.
He did play sick defense when they turned things around in OKC though. No one else in the history of basketball is ever going to be able to say that they blocked Russell Westbrook twice AND blocked Steven Adams twice in the same game.
duckbutta
eienaar van mans
LA is a mediocre defender
. I guess it was just look his first year on the spurs they had an all time great defenseGreen is the best defender in basketball
....Did Kawhi Leonard die...Tacklemond doesn't score much AND he shoots laughably bad % AND plays with ridiculously good floor spacing...he is on the floor at all time with 1 to 3 of the greatest shooters ever...and this nikka still can't even shoot league average from 2 from 3 or from the freethrow line... how sway:howsway:.
I'm a spurs stan and I would have taken Carter over Duncan
Of those 32 points he put up...was even one of them a contested shot
...has Tacklemond EVER taken a contested jump shot in the nba... i aint never seen this dude do nothing on offense but not get guarded while teams chase klay steph and kd around screens...This Draymond stanning is getting out of hand...we comparing a role player to a guy who carried the portland franchise for years...
El Coupeacabra
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This is neg worthyI'm a spurs stan and I would have taken Carter over Duncan
I'm a spurs stan and I would have taken Carter over Duncan
Oh, please, please, please tell me you're trolling.
I mean, if you were 13 years old, or some girl that only watched the All Star Game each year, I MIGHT believe that you were serious.
ESPN All-Time Rank: Tim Duncan #8, Vince Carter #68
CBS Sports Top-50 NBA Players: Tim Duncan #7, Vince Carter does not make list
SI Top-50 NBA Players: Tim Ducnan #10, Vince Carter does not make list
The Coli All-Time NBA Draft: Prime Tim Duncan picked 14th, Prime Vince Carter picked 46th
Tim Duncan 2 MVPs, TEN 1st-team All-NBA selections, Vince Carter never finished top-10 in MVP voting, 0 1st-team All-NBA selections, ONE 2nd-team selection
LA is a mediocre defender
I'm a Portland fan, and it's widely known that Lamarcus is a mediocre defender.
This isn't even a question. He's considered a mediocre defender by literally everyone. When I was arguing before the season started that the Cavs should jump on a Love-for-Lamarcus trade if it were really available, a big part of my argument hinged on LaMarcus at least being an AVERAGE defender, and I had trouble convincing some people even of that!
He's an average post defender, he's an average-at-best rim protector, he doesn't fight through screens well, and he's slow to close out on stretch fours sometimes. His main strong asset on defense is that he's quick for his size and he has long arms, so he's good on help defense and better than you would think on switches.
In other words, he's an average defender. Which isn't bad, but it ain't Draymond.
Green is the best defender in basketball
No, but Draymond will probably win DPOY this year, not Kawhi. The gap between them was tiny as hell the last two years. This year Draymond leads the league in steals AND leads the league in deflections AND is top-5 in contested shots AND is top-5 in limiting opponent FG%. No one else in the NBA comes even close to being top-5 in both deflections and contested shots, let alone all four categories. And he's top-15 in blocks too! Kawhi barely makes top-10 in steals and deflections and doesn't contest or block many shots at all, because he's not a rim protector. Overall Draymond has more influence that Kawhi on the defensive end, because he protects the rim AND guards post players AND disrupts the passing lanes AND can switch onto perimeter players. Kawhi is the greatest perimeter defender in the NBA, could end up known as the greatest perimeter defender ever, but that's all he does on that end - he can't stop big men and protect the rim like Draymond can.
Of those 32 points he put up...was even one of them a contested shot
Yeah, you're an idiot.
1:03 - Wide open dunk
1:20 - Semi contested 3 assist from Harrison Barnes
1:43 - Spins and crosses over Richard Jefferson and hits contested layup
2:17 - Hits semi-contested 3 off miscommunication off screen from Speights
2:43 - Hits contested 3 off feed from Klay
2:50 - Hits contested 3 off screen from Varejao
3:04 - Hits a wide open 3 from miscommunication off screen with Curry
3:19 - Spins off of JR Smith and hits heavily contested reverse layup And 1
4:13 - Draws 3 point foul on LeBron
4:21 - Hits contested 3 off of pass from Livingston-Curry pick and roll
4:50 - Drives on LeBron and hits layup
5:12 - Putback layup off of Curry miss
So in that entire highlight video he hit one wide open three as a result of the defense focusing on Stephen Curry.
3 pointers, post spins, putback layups, crossovers and drives to the rim.
I think it's official that you nikkas don't actually watch games.
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Illuminatos
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Oh, please, please, please tell me you're trolling.
I mean, if you were 13 years old, or some girl that only watched the All Star Game each year, I MIGHT believe that you were serious.
ESPN All-Time Rank: Tim Duncan #8, Vince Carter #68
CBS Sports Top-50 NBA Players: Tim Duncan #7, Vince Carter does not make list
SI Top-50 NBA Players: Tim Ducnan #10, Vince Carter does not make list
The Coli All-Time NBA Draft: Prime Tim Duncan picked 14th, Prime Vince Carter picked 46th
Tim Duncan 2 MVPs, TEN 1st-team All-NBA selections, Vince Carter never finished top-10 in MVP voting, 0 1st-team All-NBA selections, ONE 2nd-team selection
I'm a Portland fan, and it's widely known that Lamarcus is a mediocre defender.
This isn't even a question. He's considered a mediocre defender by literally everyone. When I was arguing before the season started that the Cavs should jump on a Love-for-Lamarcus trade if it were really available, a big part of my argument hinged on LaMarcus at least being an AVERAGE defender, and I had trouble convincing some people even of that!
He's an average post defender, he's an average-at-best rim protector, he doesn't fight through screens well, and he's slow to close out on stretch fours sometimes. His main strong asset on defense is that he's quick for his size and he has long arms, so he's good on help defense and better than you would think on switches.
In other words, he's an average defender. Which isn't bad, but it ain't Draymond.
No, but Draymond will probably win DPOY this year, not Kawhi. The gap between them was tiny as hell the last two years. This year Draymond leads the league in steals AND leads the league in deflections AND is top-5 in contested shots AND is top-5 in limiting opponent FG%. No one else in the NBA comes even close to being top-5 in both deflections and contested shots, let alone all four categories. And he's top-15 in blocks too! Kawhi barely makes top-10 in steals and deflections and doesn't contest or block many shots at all, because he's not a rim protector. Overall Draymond has more influence that Kawhi on the defensive end, because he protects the rim AND guards post players AND disrupts the passing lanes AND can switch onto perimeter players. Kawhi is the greatest perimeter defender in the NBA, could end up known as the greatest perimeter defender ever, but that's all he does on that end - he can't stop big men and protect the rim like Draymond can.
Yeah, you're an idiot.
Lol these guys don't watch games.
I put up another stat that showed Draymond averaged 8 assists a game in the 6 games Curry was out in the playoffs last year, so the whole narrative that he gets assists because he plays with KD, Curry and Klay is bullshyt as well.
