First Take: Aldridge Wants Out of SA; Blames Spurs for his Regression

[BillMc]

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Trade his ass NOW...:lmao..

Dwert level of immaturity and childishness..

My god deleting old tweets like a heartbroken 15-year old girl...

[raybies]

Sounds toxic at this point

[sasaint]

Can verbal deals on trades be made between now and July 1st?

I don't think so - at least none that would become public.

[dbreiden83080]

The truth is if he stays on the team next season he has no choice, but to give his best effort. If he plans on opting out he needs a good season so teams are interested in giving him the kind of money he will want.

[spurs10]

Then again we have RC saying ' He helped us get 128 wins and to the WCF this year.'

[raybies]

Then again we have RC saying ' He helped us get 128 wins and to the WCF this year.'
Damage control really

pretty much baiting the hook.

[SAGirl]

And all because Leonard is just so much better than he is. When all these players are now teaming up to play with fellow superstars, this clown is trying to run in the opposite direction, not because he is trying to win a title on his own. Because simply his stats are down. What a fucking loser.
In that sense what Bosh stated was very very true in how he sacrificed to play with LeBron and how though it was for him bc guys were really critical of him... he warned Love would do that too and he did see his status diminished. I have new found respect for Bosh. He should be a HOF player ...
Anyways LAMARCUS doesn't get it. Had they won he would be appeased maybe but it didn't happen. Zaza really ruined the team and I can see now how Pop was so upset... all this was boiling underneath. LMA is just so mentally weak. His former Portland team was diminished without him. He was definitely significant for them and I do think if Sours lose him for nothing he will.be missed so Spurs have to be wise about this trade and be patient.

[SAGirl]

Then again we have RC saying ' He helped us get 128 wins and to the WCF this year.'
Front office can't be critical when they want to maximize his value and he was indeed significant for the team there's no denying that.

[spurraider21]

Front office can't be critical when they want to maximize his value and he was indeed significant for the team there's no denying that.
no he's right, RC should come out and say "aldridge is fucking trash, heartless, and we want to dump him asap" and then pick up the phone and field offers. great strategy by that brilliant poster

[TXstbobcat]

really sad. LMA gets to the WCF for the 1st time in his career and he acts like a damn baby.

[Play Boban]

no he's right, RC should come out and say "aldridge is fucking trash, heartless, and we want to dump him asap" and then pick up the phone and field offers. great strategy by that brilliant poster
The IQ of the average poster on this forum is in the single digits tbh...

[eDizzle20]

I'm becoming more and more convinced the Spurs will trade him if they land a max free agent. I can't imagine patfo will want to trade Green and someone else when they can just dump Lamarcus. Whatever teams strike out on Blake Griffin or Milsap will come around with something of value. With the draft now over GM's may not be as stingy with assets. If he is still around at the beginning of next season he's gonna have to do a crap ton of damage control with the team.

[ECOV]

July 6th.

cool ,thank you I appreciate the info

[100%duncan]

Is he gone yet?

[therealtruth]

Not a team player or competitor. Didn't want him in the first place.

[polandprzem]

The IQ of the average poster on this forum is in the single digits tbh...

And you lowering the average greatly

[Ice009]

Basically, I'd do it like this if the Spurs can't find a good trade that benefits them - Bring him back and make him work for it. If he wants out, he'll have to work for it and up his own value.

[-21-]

Well this has been very disappointing. We all saw the signs and the red flags (Portland exit, seriously considering PHX, not wanting to play center, wearing a retired #) but we were wrong to hope that winning would solve everything. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, now everyone knows LMA doesn't care about winning, he only cares about himself. Add to that the fact that he's soft and petty, I doubt Pop and RC can get anything of value in exchange for him. It looks like the Spurs are the ones who need to add a sweetener in order to dump him. Tbh, this is worse than the Dick Jefferson experiment. At least RJ wasn't an off-court cancer.

[ceperez]

Well this has been very disappointing. We all saw the signs and the red flags (Portland exit, seriously considering PHX, not wanting to play center, wearing a retired #) but we were wrong to hope that winning would solve everything. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, now everyone knows LMA doesn't care about winning, he only cares about himself. Add to that the fact that he's soft and petty, I doubt Pop and RC can get anything of value in exchange for him. It looks like the Spurs are the ones who need to add a sweetener in order to dump him. Tbh, this is worse than the Dick Jefferson experiment. At least RJ wasn't an off-court cancer.

Aldridge is coming from the team that has the 2nd best record in the league. That carries a lot of value. Even if we feel that he didn't deliver the goods come playoff time, we still reached the WCF and he did have a few good games getting us there.

Most teams are more than happy to get to the playoffs. Only a few teams that are realistic in winning it all.

By comparison, let's look at Brook Lopez, he's been injured prone his entire career and has never played much in the playoffs. He's always been in losing teams. So, from another person's logic, it is easy to see Lopez being less than Aldridge. I however will take Lopez because I know that he's going to fight down in the paint.

[kuato]

This dude will never win a ship

[Play Boban]

And you lowering the average greatly
If you're going to throw around idiotic insults, learn proper grammar first. Ridiculous! Poland isn't even a real country!

[polandprzem]

If you're going to throw around idiotic insults, learn proper grammar first. Ridiculous! Poland isn't even a real country!

-90 IQ

[Capt Bringdown]

His complaining only lets the league know that the Spurs have a cancer on their hands, which will lessen his trade value.

[Play Boban]

-90 IQ

I guess that's why Poland is so poor and has barely even been an independent country throughout its history? Now Poland suffers from tremendous brain drain since its best and brightest head elsewhere in the EU to find jobs.

It's interesting to me that Poland surrendered its sovereignty to the EU so soon after independence from the Communists. From one tyrant to another! A dependent, sad people! Pathetic!

I support Polish sovereignty. Why did they surrender it to Germany and the EU? It's like September 1939 again except the Germans didn't have to fire a shot tbh!

[rastaspur]

I guess that's why Poland is so poor and has barely even been an independent country throughout its history? Now Poland suffers from tremendous brain drain since its best and brightest head elsewhere in the EU to find jobs.

It's interesting to me that Poland surrendered its sovereignty to the EU so soon after independence from the Communists. From one tyrant to another! A dependent, sad people! Pathetic!

Some could argue your toxic and venomous online persona is pathetic, but I digress.

[Play Boban]

Some could argue your toxic and venomous online persona is pathetic, but I digress.
You're not wrong tbh. But this is Spurstalk.

[polandprzem]

I guess that's why Poland is so poor and has barely even been an independent country throughout its history? Now Poland suffers from tremendous brain drain since its best and brightest head elsewhere in the EU to find jobs.

It's interesting to me that Poland surrendered its sovereignty to the EU so soon after independence from the Communists. From one tyrant to another! A dependent, sad people! Pathetic!

I support Polish sovereignty. Why did they surrender it to Germany and the EU? It's like September 1939 again except the Germans didn't have to fire a shot tbh!

Never seen so many retarded lies :D

[AFBlue]

Don't believe a word coming out of Screamin' A Smith's loudass mouth. Dude is straight garbage. That said, Aldridge has always been about his stats, so harboring some resentment makes some sense; especially considering they haven't won a ship, which makes that "sacrifice" pointless.

[spurs10]

Just curious is this based on something LMA said or something SAS said he said. Meaning consider the source. It's his job to stir up shit.

[cd98]

Just curious is this based on something LMA said or something SAS said he said. Meaning consider the source. It's his job to stir up shit.

This. I'm sure the smoke means there is some fire, but who knows what's true versus what's being said to get clicks for ESSpN?

[TimDunkem]

Why would LMA unfollow the Spurs on social media though? Sounds like something a teenager would do right before or right after a break up. :lol

[spurs10]

If he did it might because people are posting distracting retweets like what is being said here...or he might be enjoying the summer with his family.

[baseline bum]

If he did it might because people are posting distracting retweets like what is being said here...or he might be enjoying the summer with his family.

Then why did he delete his tweets from July 2015 about coming to the Spurs? Go to his twitter page, they're gone.

[LittleCriminal]

Fuk it.. Time to move on.
Although i wonder what can be had for Aldridge?
Dude is way overpaid.

[cd98]

Then why did he delete his tweets from July 2015 about coming to the Spurs? Go to his twitter page, they're gone.

TBH it's just as sissy to care if he unfollowed the Spurs or deleted a past tweet.

[TimDunkem]

TBH it's just as sissy to care if he unfollowed the Spurs or deleted a past tweet.
Why? It says a lot. No one does what he did in regards to his social media pages because they know that it looks bad.

[baseline bum]

TBH it's just as sissy to care if he unfollowed the Spurs or deleted a past tweet.

It backs up what Smith was reporting. Someone here said he did so I went to double check since I don't trust the shit posted here.

[Vic Petro]

He is getting traded for sure, but it will be later. Their preferred return will depend on what kind of FA commitment they can get, if any, during the moratorium.

You give CP3 an offer, show him how you'll open the space, and lay out the plan to finalize the roster should he sign. If he commits, then you're dumping Aldridge for space and the best pick you can get. If they strike out on a big FA, then you trade him in exchange for the best combo of talent/contracts you can get.

[Hoops Czar]

Why? It says a lot. No one does what he did in regards to his social media pages because they know that it looks bad.

I thought Aldridge deleted his social media accounts? How did he bring back all his old posts? Doesn't matter, he's not a social media buff. Whenever he goes online to do anything, it's apparently a newsworthy event.

[TheDoctor]

I thought Aldridge deleted his social media accounts? How did he bring back all his old posts? Doesn't matter, he's not a social media buff. Whenever he goes online to do anything, it's apparently a newsworthy event.
He didn't delete his accounts, he just deactivated it for a while.

[spurs10]

Then why did he delete his tweets from July 2015 about coming to the Spurs? Go to his twitter page, they're gone. Get what you are saying.


Why? It says a lot. No one does what he did in regards to his social media pages because they know that it looks bad. Yeah doesn't look great.


He didn't delete his accounts, he just deactivated it for a while. Thanks, that could be a different thing all together...like summer with the family.

[SAGirl]

https://pics.onsizzle.com/lamarcus-aldridge-hes-7-inches-shorter-than-you-attack-the-21402293.png

[lilbthebasedgod]

Yeah just back down a guard from 20 feet out lol. Its not like a big can rotate in the time it takes a 7 footer to back literally anyone down.

The problem was pop's sets.

[vander]

This is great, either spurs trade him or he has to play great next year before opting out. Either way spurs won't be paying him the max in 2019.

[therealtruth]

Lakers might still be interested. Maybe Spurs can trade him for a package of Lopez/Randle and other pieces.

[hooperflash]

Michael C. Wright

Never used this in a story, but here's what LaMarcus Aldridge told me about rumors of him being unhappy in San Antonio. This interview was conducted during the Western Conference semifinals at a hotel in Houston: "I don't know. As you know, the media's job is to always find things to write about, talk about. People are going to always find things to try to say, even when something is going well. But we've won so many games in two years. I came here to win. So I don't know. As long as we keep winning, and this year, we're definitely on course to do what we plan to do. So as long as we stay focused on the task at hand, I don't really worry about the rumors. I've dealt with that my whole career."

[cutewizard]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[polandprzem]

RC had chance to shut down speculations and he didn't

"We happy with the team we have..." is not a shut down

[mudyez]

This is great, either spurs trade him or he has to play great next year before opting out. Either way spurs won't be paying him the max in 2019.

I'd even up that and play him exclusively at center.