The Best Western Man-Child Is...

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Big Al or LMA?
Published 11/26/2007 by Jason N at The Moonball Blog
Cool post from Tom Ziller over at the Fanhouse, asking which young Western Conference big you'd rather have, Aldridge or Al Jeff. Basically, Ziller uses some Hollinger-ology to side with Aldridge. I have to say I agree with him, but not for any of the reasons he puts forth (though I agree with the basic point that Aldridge's inside/outside versatility is impressive - it can have a dark side of turning him into an outside chucker as his career progresses). No, the main reason to bet on Aldridge instead of Al is that one plays for the Trail Blazers, and the other plays for the ...

The better little big man
Published 11/26/2007 by Casey Holdahl at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
Tom Ziller at the AOL NBA Fanhouse asks the question: Who's the best young bigman in the Western Conference? According to Ziller, the competition boils down to Minnesota's Al Jefferson and Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge, with the L-Train coming away victorious. So why Aldridge? I have two reasons. You can tell already he has multiple offensive weapons at his disposal. More than half his shots have come on jumpers (and he hits a nice clip from there). Jefferson has also (surprisingly) taken more than half his shots from outside the paint. But he doesn't shoot those at a good ...

Monday Evening Floater That Rolls Around The Rim, Bounces Out, The Gets Tipped Back In
Published 12/3/2007 by Corn at Hardwood Paroxysm
... Yeah, that's right, I love Darko. He got me 20 fantasy points last game, without even scoring a point. 5 blocks, on a bum hand, against the awesome T-Wolves!! Ok, so it was just against Minny, but still. This kid is gonna be a player yet. Watching our new man crush try to stop another young Western "man-child" should be very interesting. Its gonna be a ...