LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridgeis an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. The power forward played college basketball for two seasons at the University of Texas. Aldridge was selected second overall in the 2006 NBA draft. After spending nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed with the Spurs in 2015. He has been selected to four All-NBA teams and is a five-time NBA All-Star...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 July 1985
CityDallas, TX
gets goes high hook jump reach release
His reach is so long that he gets his jump hook over people. He has a high release on his jump hook or he just goes around you.
develop emphasized fun missed statement time
He emphasized how much fun he had in college, how much he would have missed out on. He made the statement that you have time to develop in college. So have fun and take your time.
gonna guys inside mix
We can mix it up. We've got some inside guys and some shooters, but you know we're always gonna rebound. That's what we do.
chance drafted good impact spot
I have a chance to be drafted in a good spot and be an impact player.
everybody games good shots supposed
I feel like I didn't really do what I was supposed to do tonight. Those are shots I can make. I had some pretty good looks. They just didn't fall. Everybody has games like that.
I feel like I am back at 100 percent.
practice work
I work on that in practice all the time. But I usually don't have to use it much.
played
I don't feel like I played well at all today.
rush staying
I could see myself staying all four. There's no rush to go anywhere. I want to get better.
fight games importance showing team toughness
This team is showing a lot more toughness down the stretch. I don't want to say those other games weren't as important. But we know the importance of everything right now. We know we have to fight for everything we get.
care good learned ought season time tough wins
We've had some good wins and some tough losses. Now it's time to play. We ought to have learned enough over the season to come out and take care of business.
babies baby block missed pushed rebound supposed tried
Big Baby pushed me out of the lane. I didn't do what I was supposed to do. I missed shots. I tried to do other things, like rebound and block shots.
coming good job laid movement played screening
Coming into the game, we had everything laid out on offense. If they played zone, we had to get a lot of movement and screening to get our shots. We did a good job of that.
knew
When I was working out with them, I knew I'd be OK.