Petition to Trade LA this off-season!

[alpha_HaZE]

We should have done it, last summer or the summer before, or this past February. It's time for RC to trade him before no one wants him.

[Rusty]

:pop:Never going to happen

[JeffDuncan]

Aldridge is the least of it. The Spurs need to fix about a dozen other things before even thinking about LMA.

Worrying about Aldridge is like worrying about a drippy faucet while the roof is leaking, the floor is rotting, the windows are broken, and there's black smoke coming from the furnace.

[BatManu20]

Aldridge is the least of our problems right now...

[timtonymanu]

DeRozan
Gasol
Mills
Forbes

In that order. Have to be gone from the team next season.

[sananspursfan21]

Petition to trade Aldridge :lol this is almost as funny as the guy that asked what fans can do to change this team :lmao

[tmtcsc]

No one on the team gives 1 shit about wins and losses. They are the laughing stock of the league tonight. How embarrassing. They made the Knicks look like the friggin GS Warriors.

[GreekSpursfan]

LMA is making a shitload of money and is regressing fast and we'll never get anything back unless we move him now but it might already be too late. I agree with op. Both LMA and Derozan need to be jettisoned asap and tank.

[slick'81]

DeRozan
Gasol
Mills
Forbes

In that order. Have to be gone from the team next season.

and none are fa:lmao

[alpha_HaZE]

LMA is making a shitload of money and is regressing fast and we'll never get anything back unless we move him now but it might already be too late. I agree with op. Both LMA and Derozan need to be jettisoned asap and tank.

We keep DeMar, he is a team guy that works super hard, unlike LaMarcus --to be honest, blazers fans tried to warn us *he is a diva that only plays well in contract years* they told us and that is proving to be right!

Think about it, after we have out worst road trip in our HISTORY, instead of working harder he probably partied too hard in Las Vegas.

[timtonymanu]

We keep DeMar, he is a team guy that works super hard, unlike LaMarcus --to be honest, blazers fans tried to warn us *he is a diva that only plays well in contract years* they told us and that is proving to be right!

Think about it, after we have out worst road trip in our HISTORY, instead of working harder he probably partied too hard in Las Vegas.

I'm not even a big Lamarcus defender but lol @ Derozan being a team guy that works hard.

[GreekSpursfan]

We keep DeMar, he is a team guy that works super hard, unlike LaMarcus --to be honest, blazers fans tried to warn us *he is a diva that only plays well in contract years* they told us and that is proving to be right!

Think about it, after we have out worst road trip in our HISTORY, instead of working harder he probably partied too hard in Las Vegas.

I think they both need to go and we start from scratch, clean slate but then realism kicks in and we probably can't get rid of them because nobody wants them with the contracts they have.

[TDomination]

Let's get Anthony davis!

[SouthTexasRancher]

LMA and Gasol need to be gone on the first day trading begins in the off season. You can book it, the Spurs will never win a championship with LMA....PERIOD...!

[Dancelot]

Don’t worry, Aldridge isn’t gonna want to stick around with this team after THIS season. I imagine he’ll want to be traded again.

[alpha_HaZE]

I think they both need to go and we start from scratch, clean slate but then realism kicks in and we probably can't get rid of them because nobody wants them with the contracts they have.

File, I guess we agree to disagree on DeMar, I think he gets so much hate here because of who he is replacing. But DeMar is still an elite NBA player. I really like our core of DeMar, DJ, Derrick White, and Gay. What we need is a big that boxes out, can defend on the perimeter, sets hard screens, and rolls to the basket, and overall is agile and durable. And LaMarcus is none of those things.

In today's game we lost important defensive rebounds because LA did not box out his man. That was with the game on the line.

So let me rephrased it; while we are having our worst rodeo road trip, in our history, instead of coming in focused and ready he wilts under pressure. We lost in Toronto because of him and we lost today because of him again.

[BackHome]

Umm he is sick ��

[alpha_HaZE]

Umm he is sick ��

Because he partied too hard in Vegas, my point exactly!

[duncan2k5]

I keep telling u guys it's rare for both of them to have a very impactful game... And when one does, the other will pout... Trade both for picks/ young players in the postseason and start over... Go the Denver nuggets route...DDR and LMA are NOT it...

[spurs10]

Least of our troubles is LMA. Defense is the reason teams keep scoring 120+ on us. Tonight the Knicks almost scored 40 on us in the 4th quarter. Injuries are hurting us...of course.

[Shakril]

Another stupid thread. Spurs did lose, because they have very bad perimeter defense. Thats every single game.

[alpha_HaZE]

Least of our troubles is LMA. Defense is the reason teams keep scoring 120+ on us. Tonight the Knicks almost scored 40 on us in the 4th quarter. Injuries are hurting us...of course.

Do you realize that we lost in Toronto because of LaMarcus, and we lost again NY because of him as well. When you say our defence sucks, you are correct and Bryn, Bertans, Beli and Patty have something to do with it, but it LA that got himself in foul trouble and did not box out and we lost critical rebounds at the end of the game.

Let's be honest, when you saw LA + another guy have a good game together? Not with Lilland, nor Kawhi, and it doesn't work with DeMar!

[monty4329]

The first must trade is DDR. Everything else is irrelevant until the crybaby cancer goes.

[monty4329]

Let's be honest, when you saw LA + another guy have a good game together? Not with Lilland, nor Kawhi, and it doesn't work with DeMar!

Because DeMar is a stat-chaser cancer

[Slippy]

Demar iso ball belongs on a playground. The odd pass to a teammate who's heavily guarded on the perimeter is as as far as it goes for team play. Lol

[Slippy]

There's 2 midgets on the court in the perimeter guarding bigger players and shot putrid but op wants to pin it on the blocking out of rebounds. What happens when you get a switch and it's a midget thats blocking out?

God help the spurs lol

[r0drig0lac]

Aldridge is the least of it. The Spurs need to fix about a dozen other things before even thinking about LMA.

[GreekSpursfan]

File, I guess we agree to disagree on DeMar, I think he gets so much hate here because of who he is replacing. But DeMar is still an elite NBA player. I really like our core of DeMar, DJ, Derrick White, and Gay. What we need is a big that boxes out, can defend on the perimeter, sets hard screens, and rolls to the basket, and overall is agile and durable. And LaMarcus is none of those things.

In today's game we lost important defensive rebounds because LA did not box out his man. That was with the game on the line.

So let me rephrased it; while we are having our worst rodeo road trip, in our history, instead of coming in focused and ready he wilts under pressure. We lost in Toronto because of him and we lost today because of him again.

We pretty much agree my friend but i just want a fresh start with the young guys and tank for a cornerstone player that we don't have at the moment. We can't tank with Derozan on the team and we can't have championship aspirations either. What does that make us, a treadmill of mediocrity, we can't have that, not the Spurs that i learned and love throughout the years. LMA is a very outdated player, there is no room for fadeaway two's, you either go to the basket strong or shoot 3's and you go for a 2 point jumper only when its open. He's only going to regress from now on.

[John B]

I think LMA is serviceable. He's not the problem, but a backup PG when White is down, an athletic lockdown SF who can put in another 12 points, 6 rebounds and occasionally block shots. We'll be better next year, but till then I hope Spurs get something from the waivers to ease the pain of watching this team suck

[UncleDennis]

Don’t worry, Aldridge isn’t gonna want to stick around with this team after THIS season. I imagine he’ll want to be traded again.


For real, I could see that happening before the Spurs want to trade him. With team wide performances like last night, even squeaking into the playoffs is looking difficult.

Pop knows the team stinks but it's less stinky for him at his old age to deal with this current iteration then having to deal with some Spurs version of the Suns but instead of Booker he has Dejounte leading the tanksters.

It's like the part of a roller coaster ride where it is just going downhill. Even as bad as it's been they're not even in that freefall speed yet and it's probably gonna get way worse then then worst we've seen so far.

Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but growing up in the NY area and not that the Knicks were ever this dominant powerhouse as the Spurs have been, but they were at least decent to pretty good and Starks and Ewing were fun to watch. Thinking back to those times I never would have foreseen how awful they would be for years and years on end. Not trying to compare them except to say the fall comes fast and sure can last a long time.

[TDomination]

LMA can be good. He can dominate downlow. But problem is, if he still believes that he can lead a team to a championship then he needs to go. But if he can finally come to the realization that he can't be the #1 guy on a true contender, that he needs to just do whatever it takes to win one, whether its being option #2/3/4 or even a bench player, then he can still be serviceable.

[TimDunkem]

Aldridge's game is absolute garbage. He will never take a team past the second round at best and -even on his best nights - all one needs to do is send a double team if he is dominating to neutralize him since he's the worst passer ever. And he can't even shoot the three? GARBAGE.

One can only hope he goes into diva mode again and requests a trade so this team can finally rebuild properly instead of floating in NBA purgatory.

[RC_Drunkford]

lol why would you want to trade this teams best player who's on one of the best big men contracts in the entire NBA?

[MultiTroll]

One can only hope he goes into diva mode again and requests a trade so this team can finally rebuild properly instead of floating in NBA purgatory.
Yep.
When he had that hot streak earlier this season including the 52 point game (or whatever it was).
Might have gotten some good trade offers at the time.
but
:cry we've got to send Pop out with another 1st round exit :cry

[Truth4sale$]

I dont see any market for LMA. Unless the Spurs take another teams bad signing. I agree with many hear that LMA is the least of the Spurs problems, but a lack of defensive minded players. Also the Spurs lack a vocal leader that hungers to win. You can clearly see nobody is communicating or showing that urgency on the floor. Somebody looking to takeover a quarter. Perhaps that guy will emerge from either Dejounte or Derrick White going forward. If anyone does need to be traded it is Demar DeRozan. He is one dimensional, offensive player that lacks a killer instinct and leadership.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

He's about the only decent player the Spurs have left. Makes sense to let him go.