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Theoretically, if LaMarcus Aldridge was on the 08-09 Magic instead of D12, how well would the Magic fair?
In the 2008-2009 NBA season, the Orlando Magic won 59 games and made it to the NBA finals despite all-star point guard Jameer Nelson only playing 5 games and 18 minutes per game in the playoffs. Now, if LaMarcus Aldridge was on the 2008-2009 Orlando Magic how would they do in that season? How would they fair in the future?
In this hypothetical situation, 08-09 Aldridge is 08-09 Aldridge not 13-14 LaMarcus Aldridge. Also, the Dwight Howard would probably not be provoked by LaMarcus Aldridge.
It's really unreasonable, and hard to predict, but how would the Magic do? Will they be a better or worse team in 2008 and how about in the future?
In the sentence "Also, the Dwight Howard....", I meant the trade that happened between the Lakers and Magic for Dwight.
3 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
The team needs Howard's defense more than they need LMA's scoring
- Anonymous7 years ago
Perhaps Van Gundy would have pushed Aldridge into the post more, but that's not his natural inclination (especially in '08-'09) so it would be 5 guys spacing the floor for no one, which would be the exact Magic player playing defense. No one. It would probably look a lot like last season's Blazers, a team that won 33 games. The difference in rim protection and rebounding would be noticeable, especially since LMA is a PF, not a C, and doesn't want to play C (meaning he can't since it's way more physical than he wants to be and requires a skillset he hasn't worked 20 years to develop).
They might have a brighter future because even though LMA has had some drama surrounding being on a losing team, he's not going to get a coach fired or throw his teammates under the bus. He would probably develop differently as well, but that's too much to figure.
- The rainmakerLv 77 years ago
Dude stop it. Lamarcus Aldridge is a better player than Dwight right now. But that version of Dwight was better than Aldridge right now.
