Anthony Davis went nuts tonight....

[hawksdogsbraves]

30/15/2blocks on 14/19 shooting and they got blown out.

This game is just a prime example on how badly the Pelicans have ****ed up on putting a decent team around him and why he will leave at the first opportunity.

[Bless Mathews]

I'll be honest I didn't see the game (just highlights) but I'm not so hype about AD's game. Yeah his stats are great and all but I watch his games sometimes and most of what I'm seeing is transition points, putbacks, quick cuts to the basket for easy layup/dunk, etc.. I just want to see him have a couple of moves he can go to.

Smh. Smh.



You watch highlights. You must not watched a game.

His jab step pull up from 10-15 is getting solid. Jump hook also.

Jab step j's aren't good for the highlight shows.

[RoseCity07]

Not even that great. Aldridge has had couple 30/20 games. Think he had a 30/25 against Dwight. Aldridge 46/18 in the playoffs.

brb call me when he does something like that. Oh, and these are all Blazer wins. Not getting their asses kicked.

[Bless Mathews]

Not even that great. Aldridge has had couple 30/20 games. Think he had a 30/25 against Dwight. Aldridge 46/18 in the playoffs.

brb call me when he does something like that. Oh, and these are all Blazer wins. Not getting their asses kicked.

Come on bruh.

Ad on the blazers???!!!!!?????!!???

Comeon......

[Shih508]

Not even that great. Aldridge has had couple 30/20 games. Think he had a 30/25 against Dwight. Aldridge 46/18 in the playoffs.

brb call me when he does something like that. Oh, and these are all Blazer wins. Not getting their asses kicked.

On def end, Davis' offday might be Aldridge's career night

[RoseCity07]

On def end, Davis' offday might be Aldridge's career night

Aldridge is a really good defender actually. Davis is better but not by some quantum leap. Aldridge has a knack for coming up with clutch blocks. He doesn't get aggressive until crunch time. Aldridge won defensive player of the year in college. I don't know how this myth got started that Aldridge isn't good on defense. There is a reason the Blazers win. He plays both ends.

Not trashing Davis. I'd love to have him on the Blazers playing next to Aldridge. I don't think this is a special game though. Cousins has better games.

[ThatCoolKid]

I'll be honest I didn't see the game (just highlights) but I'm not so hype about AD's game. Yeah his stats are great and all but I watch his games sometimes and most of what I'm seeing is transition points, putbacks, quick cuts to the basket for easy layup/dunk, etc.. I just want to see him have a couple of moves he can go to.

He's an elite midrange shooter.

0.432 from 16 ft to the free throw line.
For comparison LMA was at .435 last season.

You're right that he's assisted on the majority of his shots (.701), but that midrange shot is a shot teams will let him shoot all day. He's good enough at facing up and going by 4s that he'll get that midrange shot in crunchtime. He hit a game winner this season from midrange.

[pastis]

well i dont watch no games, but at least on the paper this team looks good.
but the west is so stacked, ad very young... enough reasons

[imdaman99]

He's pretty good for a 21 year old. I mean the dude isn't even the best version of himself yet.


Unfortunately I'm curious how much longer he rots away on a sub par pelicans team.

No doubt that he's really good. He is on his way, but he is no Duncan. You could run an offense around Duncan. You can't run an offense around AD, he is not that kind of player. His teammates might not complement his game, but there is other talent on the team. Jrue and Tyreke are good players. Asik is a winning kind of player. Players have won with less talent. I will give him time because it is only his 3rd year. I was saying similar things about Kyrie, and how it was his time to get his team to the playoffs last year and he didn't do it in a weak conference. AD is a great talent and he is playing in an impossible Western Conference, but everyone is already passing him over Durant as the next best player. I don't agree with it.

[ImKobe]

Jrue & Tyreke combined for 9/30 shooting with 11 TOs

Ryan anderson 2-9 with 0-5 from 3

AD was a -8 despite playing 38 minutes while the team lost by 27

[notatop29pg]

Don't bother posting any kind of statement in the thread if you haven't watched the guy play.

He's a game changer in every way.

His teammates ignored him for a good 5-6 mins in the 3rd and 4th tonight only for him to score on his own every single time they did pass him the ball.

He doesn't have moves like Duncan (yet) but he's 21... His mid range is right alongside LMA already.

Like everyone, he has some weaknesses like his inability to back defenders down. But seriously.. If your scoring 25 per game WITHOUT fancy go to moves... Jesus.. just wait until he does have them.

Would only take Durant over him right now.

[Cocaine80s]

Imagine if Durant goes to New Orleans

Two of the longest dudes in the league on the same team

Could possibly be greater than Shaq-Kobe

[MiseryCityTexas]

Pelicans got all that talent, yet are still garbage.

[sportjames23]

He did nothing in the 2nd half after a really good 1st half. He's obviously still a beast though and only 21.

I'll take him on my Bulls. Give us Davis and the Bulls will own the league.

[fefe]

Pelicans got all that talent, yet are still garbage.

All that talent?

Well, Jrue is not even a top20 PG...
Eric Gordon will never be the same, he has lost all his athleticism.
Tyreke Evans can not shoot, and still hasn't got a real NBA position.
Ryan Anderson is a stretch 4, who can shoot, but isn't very athletic, and doesn't do anything else.
Asik is big, and he can defend and rebound, but he is slow, and is a liability on offense.

And they basically don't have any more NBA level talent on the roster beside these guys...

That team is absolutely flawed enough to make it close to impossible for Davis to take them to the playoffs...