This always happens.
When a player leaves in free agency all these negative stories start to leak out about him. The stories could be 100% factual, but why are they leaking them now, especially when everyone knows they wanted him back on the team. If Aldridge would have re-signed with Blazers, you would have never heard about the following stories featured in the Oregonian.
- Aldridge was late for team bus.
- Aldridge made up excuses to sit out of games when he really wasn’t hurt, essentially calling him soft.
- Aldridge was sensitive and jealous of Lillard.
- Aldridge was insecure.
- Aldridge flew home in between a playoff series.
- Aldridge has a delicate ego.
Once again I don’t doubt any of this is true, I know for a fact he was jealous of Lillard through my own sources, but what is the point of leaking all this now? Also, some of it doesn’t even make logical sense. They wanted him back but they are relieved he is gone? They say he is soft, but he played through a broken thumb most of the year, when most players not named Kobe would have had surgery.
It is like a girl breaks up with you and so you leak her nude photos on Twitter, you might feel an instant satisfaction, but you look worse in the process.
Just move on and show people on the court, not the media.