Last night's win over Boston might be a landmark in the growth chart for Aldridge. His 20 points and aggressive defensive play in the absence of team leader B.Roy highlights a change from the kind of passive deference Aldridge might have previously fallen into that the article speaks about. Aldridge scored half his points in the 4th quarter and showed a kind of emotion in his face and body language I'm not accustomed to seeing. In the final minute, he and Garnett got called for double technicals after Aldridge reacted to a rude elbow from Garnett with a head slap. Ultimately Aldridge stood up to the intimidation tactics and delivered for the win. .
Here's another read that weaves with the link in the OP and incorporates Aldridge handling Garnett last night: The Link .
Anyone know who the AAU mentioned in the article is and what school he was trying to get LaMarcus to go to?? I vaguely remember it.
