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
crunch
When it comes down to crunch time, we always try to get him the ball.
check fighting game
I'll check every now and then and see how many P.J. has so I can try to get more. That's why at the end of the game we're fighting for them.
rush staying
I could see myself staying all four. There's no rush to go anywhere. I want to get better.
candy kid
I'm just like a kid in a candy store.
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.
active aggressive ball body coach guys lately looking telling tells today trying
Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he can't just tell the guys that. I have to do it with my body language. I was trying to be active today and keep moving, looking for the ball.
coming far
As far as I know I'm coming back. But I'm not going to get into that right now.
call forget people silent
I call him a silent assassin. People always forget about him but he always comes through for us.
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.
chair percentage reason release using
When I first got here (to UT), my release was ugly. I think using the chair is one reason my free-throw percentage is getting better. I have better mechanics.
might momentum shift
We thought that might be a momentum shift for us.
couple missed wanting
We still missed a couple we should have had. It's just wanting to get rebounds. It's a mentality.
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 finish gets ncaa ourselves ready rolling trying
We're just trying to get ourselves back on track, so when this thing gets rolling to the NCAA Tournament, we'll have everything ready to go. If we finish strong, I think we still have a chance (at a No. 1 seed).