IIRC, the Spurs only resigned DRob after they struck out on Chris Webber. SA wasn't overly thrilled at the notion of resigning David and his back problems until they ran out of other options in free agency.
Vs bending over like a cuck and saying "oh slam me please"?
Expecting a 24 mil a year player who was gifted a completely unnecessary 18 mil extension in the offseason to put forth effort vs quit.
Ya soo greedy.
There is some greed in this equation all right.
Goal post mover.
At any rate, your LMA "quit" vote is in.
Again, what will you gain to take action and take revenge against a player who is gone after this season? Just so you can brag, "YES, WE MADE HIM MAD! HAHA"? It's a waste of time and energy. It's the definition of pettiness.
Bull .
What message does it send to bend over and pay the f'r to go pursue another team on the Spurs dime?
It's the definition of cuckery.
And it's present, not past. The ungrateful ass could be contributing to a potential playoff run right now. Case in point last game vs Charlotte.
Until you realize he won’t be traded. Should have played him 35 minutes a night if that’s the case tbh
The Raptors are on the verge of getting a haul for their in decline, similar aged player, while the Spurs literally can't get a minor asset for theirs and we're supposed to be okay with them once again not reading the tea leaves and being a charity and farm system for the rest of the league?What?
Buy outs happen every damn season regardless of team stature. The ing Pistons, Cavaliers and Spurs aren't free - agent destinations and will all likely need to buy - out talent they couldn't move.
ST just likes to cry about everything....
Try as you might, even you apologists can't spin this one. This is an unmitigated disaster, the latest embarrassing episode for this front office and it'll only get worse when they lose DeRozan and to a lesser extent Gay for nothing in the off season.
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If the Spurs weren’t a gigantic outlier in trades then some of y’all would have a point. It’s obvious they suck at trading (lots of variables) and it’s a big organizational blind spot.
Having said that let’s see what happens tomorrow
The Spurs are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Did people only become a fan of the Spurs because of all the winning that happened behind Tim Duncan?
If so, there's plenty of other legendary players they can follow... LeBron James, for one. Attaching yourself to a team that has stuck by its principles and then acting shocked for it is strange. Why continue?
His contract was actually guaranteed in Oct 2019, not last offseason. He had just had B2B All Star seasons.
What "farm system" are we when talking about a 35 - year old, declining player who's game doesn't fit any other team's system or roster.
The team is going to have to bite the bullet and move on from LaMarcus through a buy-out. The same way other teams will with parts (Re , Drummond & Griffin) that contenders are unwilling to trade for.
The Spurs could move him for an albatross contract with assets attached (Love or Horford), but maybe the team values cap flexibility instead.
Anyway, just another reason for ST crybabies (like yourself) to whine and moan instead of letting things play out.
The one where they put a certain s bag who decimated their franchise a Curry/Durant injury away from a championship and gave a team that was stuck a get out of jail free card. Not to mention all the times they put dead money on their books, bought players out or allowed teams to poach RFA's.
Is that why most of the usual suspects are rumored interested when he gets bought out?
Yeah because they inexplicably didn't trade him while he had more value and gave him an extra $17M this season.
Enjoy the incoming McDermott, Dieng, Galloway (if Mills prefers a contender) haul.
This from the guy who flies into a rage whenever someone dares question the almighty PATFO. How dare we want the team we're fans of to show a pulse and stop throwing assets in the garbage. Stupid us.
Negative.
2020-21 fully guaranteed on Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
"2020 $7 million guaranteed, fully if not waived on or before 1/1/2020."
Numerous comments on how much easier he would have been able to trade for the 6 mil guaranteed this season vs the +18 Unloyalty he got Pop gifted.
Please inform if otherwise.
Stop crying about Nephew, man. Let that go and move the on.
Aldridge isn't an asset anyone wants to trade for, peroid. There has to be mutually interested parts but the Spurs can't find one (just like Detroit, Cleveland, etc). It isn't hard to understand but here you are crying, moaning and complaining like a little (on que) like always.
Anyway, I'm more interested in them finally using the vacant roster spots and trying to find a diamond in the rough. You'll be back by 4:30 PM (Eastern time) tomorrow to whine like a and call them "gutless worms."
No, he didn’t.
^ and it proved to be a very foolish decision, one of many by PATFO circa AZ. (After Zaza)
Drafting / scouting continues to be A++.
Yeah this. Bye LMA thanks and good luck. We have a franchise to rebuild and you serve no purpose but we we will work with you on the way out. Cue the obligatory tribute video.
The Spurs had two very good years with him, and then diminishing returns. Honestly, he never seemed overly happy. I have no grudge against the guy, but there was never the sense that he loved being in San Antonio. But I think the Spurs held on too long, even when it was clear that the future would rely on the youth movement.
If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.Stop crying about Nephew, man. Let that go and move the on.
Aldridge isn't an asset anyone wants to trade for, peroid. There has to be mutually interested parts but the Spurs can't find one (just like Detroit, Cleveland, etc). It isn't hard to understand but here you are crying, moaning and complaining like a little (on que) like always.
Anyway, I'm more interested in them finally using the vacant roster spots and trying to find a diamond in the rough. You'll be back by 4:30 PM (Eastern time) tomorrow to whine like a and call them "gutless worms."
Not at that salary, but he didn't have to be at it (they guaranteed him an extra $17M) and they could have traded him sooner, genius. Instead they held on to the bitter end, as if he was helping them contend for a championship.
All this good guy bull has got them where exactly? This is a cutthroat business and it's past time they start looking out for #1.
Oh, I agree with that. Just fact checking you. Bad offseason. That was also the summer of Bertans, Lyles, and DeMarre Carroll. They made pretty much all of their mistakes at once.
Aldridge is a big time quitter and the Spurs shouldn't reward his crap with a buyout.
And no, playing hardball with him wouldn't ruin the Spurs reputation and cause agents around the league to keep their clients away. Morey treated his players like garbage, actively sabotaged their careers and destroyed entire lifetime earning potentials, and lied his way out of Houston pretending to quit to spend time with his family with Philly in his back pocket. It's never hurt him.
It wouldn't hurt San Antonio to look out for themselves for once instead of being the nice-guy doormats for everyone else. , look at the quality of free agents they've signed with a 'good' reputation the last 3 years: Marco Belinelli, DeMarre Carroll, Trey Lyles. If that's the kind of free agent they'll miss out on, they'll be lucky.
Aldridge didn't have to sign the extension. He could have asked them to not guarantee his final season. He didn't have to ask for Bruce Bowen's number. He didn't have to do a lot of things. But he still quit.
I expect people will be surprised at how well he plays once he's off the team and other fans will curse at the Spurs for buying him out.
Batum looked like a retiree until he decided to play with some effort after he got his money. Aldridge will be better than that. His slow defense and bad rebounding will suddenly not look so weak.
Wah, wah, wah.....
The guy was still a serviceable player until this season and the thought was that he'd "age well" with his added three - point shot.
He fell off a cliff defensively, rebounding and effort wise and hindsight tells us they "held on too long." Oh well, again, reality tells us that happens often in sports and with star (or former star) talent.
You'll still cry and whine no matter how reality actually works, but that is has been your M.O. since forever even in the "salad days."
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It isn't about "rewarding him" and everything about moving on and looking for something that could conceivably help. They have a empty roster spot that they're unwilling (apparently) to fill and are down another with Aldridge.
Dennis Rodman did the Spurs 1,000 times worse and the team "rewarded him" by sending him the the Bulls. Players (and organizations) do this all the time whether right or wrong, so the Spurs need to wipe the pie off their face and look for something that could help.
He's not consistent which is the point. You wouldn't know an idiot if one inhabited your body.Didn't DeJounte get fined for punting a ball into the stands? With no "punishment" from Pop coming afterward.
Hasn't TP said that he and he alone was yelled at the most? That Pop rode him the hardest out of everyone on the team (in his 20's)?
Pop is going to his mid - 70's, so you can't blame him for not being the fire breathing, taskmaster of the past. Especially with how more "coddled" and empowered the modern NBA athlete is.
Somehow, lightning up, altering his style and knowing who to ride means a loss of respect by fans (or idiots on ST).
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