Point distribution next year..IMO.

[apalisoc_9]

Kawhi 21PPG
Aldridge 19PPG
Parker 14PPG
Timmy 13 PPG
Green 11PPG
Bench 26 PPG

[hater]

Good thread bro.

I was thinking this. This is what we need for us to have a chance in :
- LMAlpha - 19ppg
- Kawbeta - 15ppg
- MVPorker - 14ppg
- Duncan - 10ppg
- Green - 10ppg
- Bench - 35ppg

The bench and porker are going to be the question marks.

We lost Ferrari. Huge loss. And porker? Well see

[hooperflash]

Can't wait to see Kawhi dominate the league

[Chinook]

Depends on minutes, honestly. Like if Green gets 30-plus, then he'll probably be closer to 13-14ppg. If Aldridge goes down to 30ish, then he'll probably into the high teens. Same goes for Kawhi, who will lose touches to Parker as well as LMA. Tim's numbers seem about right if he only plays 24mpg or so. If he's at 30-plus, he'll be up there with the other guys.

The bench is also interesting as individuals. West needs his touches, and I expect him to get double-digit points. Mills probably as well. So the combo of Manu, Anderson/Simmons (not Jimmer) and Diaw are still unaccounted for, and I think they get more than 6 combined points.

[Chinook]

Feel like "Kawhiota" would be a better pejorative for Leonard, but that's just me.

[DPG21920]

LMA & Kawhi both 16-18 PPG. Everyone else less with starters averaging 70-72 PPG. Bench averages 30-35PPG. Offense should be 103-105 PPG.

So something like:

LMA: 18
Kawhi: 17
TP: 14
Tim: 12
Danny: 10

[ernest787]

How many points are ariza and beal going to combine for?

[jeebus]

LMA won't be a factor since he'll be lost to a knee injury throughout most of the season. Kawhi's hand problem will flare up per usual. I think it'll be


West 9
Duncan 12
Kawhi 14
Green 11
Fat Tony 13

Bench 30-35


It'll be a pretty disappointing season imo

[Chinook]

LMA & Kawhi both 16-18 PPG. Everyone else less with starters averaging 70-72 PPG. Bench averages 30-35PPG. Offense should be 103-105 PPG.

So something like:

LMA: 18
Kawhi: 17
TP: 14
Tim: 12
Danny: 10

Danny rarely has plays called for him, and the ones that he has called for him are in situations where he's still the best option. So I don't expect to see his points go down, especially given that his minutes should increase. Plus, he's going to be the beneficiary of being the fifth option on the opposing team's scouting report. Unless Danny goes through a shooting slump, he should push 15pp36.

[Chinook]

LMA won't be a factor since he'll be lost to a knee injury throughout most of the season.

You can take the player out of Portland, but you can't take the Portland out of the player.

[Chinook]

How many points are ariza and beal going to combine for?

Probably considerably more. They combined for 28.4ppg last year.

[SpursFan86]

LMA: 19-21 ppg
Kawhi: 17-19 ppg
Parker: 14-16 ppg
Duncan: 12-14 ppg
Green: 10-12 ppg

[jeebus]

You can take the player out of Portland, but you can't take the Portland out of the player.

Truth. Like poor Jerome Kersey, who had a nice long career, tried to exorcise those demons with a 'ship and retiring but the blazers curse caught up with him.

[SpursforSix]

If Parker is averaging 14-16 points, then he is playing too many minutes.

[honestfool84]

There's no way Kawhi averages more points than LMA.

LMA will rightfully be the #1 offensive option, which will allow Kawhi to focus on what he does best: defense.

[ernest787]

Probably considerably more. They combined for 28.4ppg last year.

Is it too late to trade kawhi for them?!?!?

[apalisoc_9]

There's no way Kawhi averages more points than LMA.

LMA will rightfully be the #1 offensive option, which will allow Kawhi to focus on what he does best: defense.

living up to that username tbh

[SpursforSix]

I think of the starting 5, it's a given that LA will average the most (around 20) and Parker the least (around 10). The other 3 will all be about the same (15).

[Chinook]

Is it too late to trade kawhi for them?!?!?

Yeah. Kawhi can't be traded until 01/15, and Beal will be a poison pill player by then, most likely.

[TheGreatYacht]

How many points are ariza and beal going to combine for?

[Holden_Caulfield]

no one is cracking 20ppg, closest would be LMA then a battle between parker and kawhi for 2nd

[SpursFan86]

If Parker is averaging 14-16 points, then he is playing too many minutes.

He averaged 14.6 last season while playing like absolute and averaging 28 mpg. Granted there will be less touches now with Aldridge, but still.

[DPG21920]

Danny rarely has plays called for him, and the ones that he has called for him are in situations where he's still the best option. So I don't expect to see his points go down, especially given that his minutes should increase. Plus, he's going to be the beneficiary of being the fifth option on the opposing team's scouting report. Unless Danny goes through a shooting slump, he should push 15pp36.

I don't disagree but had to make the net numbers work. If DG averages 12PPG that likely means SA is averaging 106-108 PPG IMO.

[Chinook]

I don't disagree but had to make the net numbers work. If DG averages 12PPG that likely means SA is averaging 106-108 PPG IMO.

And that's not absurd given their roster. At least it shouldn't be by March. They're replacing a fifth-option offensive player with an All-Star scorer.

Again, we have to look at minutes. Maybe the bench scores less because Pop is getting an extra 25 minutes a game from his starters (Parker being healthy, WS getting more minutes without Beli and with Manu getting older, and LMA's 30-plus mpg replacing Splitter's 20ish mpg).

[Leetonidas]

I think Aldridge easily averages 20ppg. I think his average will go down a little but not by 4-7ppg. He will be getting looks he's never gotten before. Spurs run a lot of plays that he can feast from. Its not like the Blazers were absent of offensive players. And he played next to one of the bigger chuckers in the league the last couple years. He will be by far our best offensive player. Kawhi is a beast no doubt but lol at anyone thinking he is going to average more than LMA