Grades: Spurs vs. Lakers - Dec. 30, 2020

[Chinook]

And who said anything about winning a tle soon? I'm talking about making the right moves so that we can start thinking about that as soon as possible; and one of those right moves is to get something in return on an Aldridge trade. Letting him go for nothing or re-signing him accomplishes nothing positive for the franchise in the near future.

So that random return for Aldridge isn't likely to move the team toward contention. I mean it could, but the natural picks the Spurs have should do more. If you're now fine with admitting LMA playing well helps the team now, then most of your argument is gone. It becomes whatever they could get in future value versus the value of having a good player play for them this year. You think pretty highly of the Spurs young players, so having them develop well on a good team should hold value to you.

[Chinook]

lol what? Why are you inventing son? I said what I said, there's no reason to try to come up with other meanings. If I want to say something, I say it son. I'm a straight shooter, I don't beat around the bushes, tbh.

You wanted to say, "Duh, good players playing well helps the team. Awesome take." But because you're contractually obligated to not say Aldridge is one of the team's best players, you tried to talk about his salary. Of course, his salary has nothing to do why the team needs him to play well. His talent does. If the team had traded him for dead money and a first, I would not have said that dead-money contract needed to play well, and you wouldn't've expected me to.

Aldridge is the team's best player until further notice, and they'd go farther getting him to play well and the rest of the young players to fit in around him and DeRozan. If he's just done as a player, then everything changes and they need to move on. But if their goal is to win games this year, then they need to take the time to make sure he's done. Just two years ago, dude had 10 30-point games and another 37 20-point games. Even last year, he had seven 30-point games and 15 more 20-point games. He can do easily what the young guys can only do occasionally.

[DAF86]

So that random return for Aldridge isn't likely to move the team toward contention. I mean it could, but the natural picks the Spurs have should do more. If you're now fine with admitting LMA playing well helps the team now, then most of your argument is gone. It becomes whatever they could get in future value versus the value of having a good player play for them this year. You think pretty highly of the Spurs young players, so having them develop well on a good team should hold value to you.

How? Why? I never negated the fact that playing Aldridge over ing Drew Eubanks will inevitably result in more wins during the regular season. That doesn't mean that trading Aldridge isn't the way to go, tbh. First, because even if it weakens the team on the present, it will make it better in the long run. And, second, although I agree it isn't the most likely scenario, who's to say we can't get better on an Aldridge trade? What if, in such a trade, we finally get that 6'8" guy we are so desperately needing?

[DAF86]

You wanted to say, "Duh, good players playing well helps the team. Awesome take." But because you're contractually obligated to not say Aldridge is one of the team's best players, you tried to talk about his salary. Of course, his salary has nothing to do why the team needs him to play well. His talent does. If the team had traded him for dead money and a first, I would not have said that dead-money contract needed to play well, and you wouldn't've expected me to.

Aldridge is the team's best player until further notice, and they'd go farther getting him to play well and the rest of the young players to fit in around him and DeRozan. If he's just done as a player, then everything changes and they need to move on. But if their goal is to win games this year, then they need to take the time to make sure he's done. Just two years ago, dude had 10 30-point games and another 37 20-point games. Even last year, he had seven 30-point games and 15 more 20-point games. He can do easily what the young guys can only do occasionally.

lol just no

But even if he were (which there is no ing way he is ) you are completely missing the point. The Spurs need to move on already. Aldridge is becoming a free agent this next offseason and resigning him makes no sense whatsoever. The Spurs need to trade him to get something instead of just letting an asset evaporate. The same with DeRozan.

[007nites]

Poetl needs to go up with two hands