I really hated this guy when he jumps over Mike Miller’s backhead on one of their games against the Wolves. This guy thinks he’s some kind of a Kobe or Lebron who gets the whistle in favor of them when they drive to the basket. You still not an all-star for my whinny West! You suck… Oh, this also applies to your cry-baby point guard. If we are in a game guarding each other then gave me your signature push off, I’ll smash your face then sprint the floor like Melo.

LA all day!

I’m out like Melo’s sucker punch.

Furthermore, some people here are using CP3 as a reason why west looks better because cp3 gets all the defensive attention. While this is true, it’s not like portland doesn’t have a pretty damn good all star on their team who takes most of the defensive attention.

West put up 30+ against the spurs last year in the playoffs. Aldridge has nothing to compare that to, and until he does – West is the better player.

Furthermore, whoever called dwest a bitch…the guy boxes in the offseason, but that’s neither here nor there. What is is that Aldridge is much softer.

Once more, lets look at stats and do a little fact check.
LA averages 1 steal/game vs 0.7 steal/game for West. Fine there, even if the difference is minimal. But West averages more assists per game at 2.3 vs. 1.9 for LA. Also a small difference, but it kind of kills your theory. LA is also a soft defender, and while West is not a very good help defender, he does a very good job one v. one on D. West is also an 88% free throw shooter vs. 75% for LA, and West gets to the line more often by a tune of 5.88 attemps/game vs. 3.88 attempts/game.

If you look at some other “advanced stats,” partly because of that higher free throw percentage, West’s “true shooting” percentage is almost 2 points higher than LAs, another point in his favor.

Am I saying that Aldridge might not be better some day? Nope. But West is better now in almost every category.