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Agreed. An efficient 20 ppg seems like a reasonable expectation for the regular season. No one is going to average 28 ppg in the Spurs system, but you can maintain the system and have someone efficiently score 20-23 ppg.
And they're still Duncan's team. LMA isn't going to replace Tim in the locker room, and no one expected him to. But I'm just saying that he's not really in SA to replace Tim's offense, either. I actually dunno how LMA is going to fit, since he's neither a four-down guy nor a penetrator.
Agreed. An efficient 20 ppg seems like a reasonable expectation for the regular season. No one is going to average 28 ppg in the Spurs system, but you can maintain the system and have someone efficiently score 20-23 ppg.
he can't even view the spurs forum, iircI don't post upstairs
Hopefully, Parker will get less opportunity to score - less dribbling and pick and roll - get Spurs into their set - shoot more 3 pointers. LMA can then score 18-20 pts. and Leonard can slowly assume more offensive responsibilities. Parker will be the one to sacrifice ppt and naturally TD/Manu with even less minutes this year.
When your shot aren't falling and Parker is having a bad night, you just need someone to carry the torch and bang down low. Timmy can't do that any more. LMA will be able to. So I am completely fine with him. The doubles what he will force will upon up everything. LMA will be huge for us.
Honestly, this interview is pretty alarming.Maybe the primadonna label by blazers fans is on point. The saving grace is that Popovich will not take any of LMA's bull .
Only player fans will have a problem with this interview.
I agree with this, the guys who will sacrifice shots are the Big 3. Pop will tweak things to fit the personnel as he's always done and Lamarcus and Kawhi will have more prominent roles. Tim, Tony and Danny are the complimentary players here. Tony was already transitioning to shoot more 3s and spotting up, and Kawhi was getting a lot more post ups and touches early in the season. The problem was that Kawhi struggled early, he was not very efficient, and the offense stalled. After they both got injured (Tony and Kawhi basically at the same time!!), the team got in a hole. At that point, it looks like Pop scratched the plan went back to Tony, he couldn't handle it and for a while the team looked like they could even miss the playoffs. Kawhi could not pick up the scoring burden that Tony was leaving until March. It didn't look pretty. Overall the team had a very uneven season, and there were enough warning signs that the Spurs needed to "retool" in order to stay relevant and really compete for a le.
Lamarcus did well making sure the situation in San Antonio and his game fit well with what the Spurs wanted to do otherwise it would be trouble down the road, but it looks like everyone was upfront on what they wanted and expected out of the situation. Even Pop said he was going to watch Lamarcus early on and see how he played before attempting to add or tweak things with him. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-...-and-watch-him
Spurs really do need a go to guy. Kawhi was growing into that role, but he has yet reached that level. He was inconsistent offensively last year, having a good string of games to end the season, but a mul ude of bad games earlier in the season. His decision making is still being developed, and San Antonio lost a number of close games where they really struggled to score and had to rely on an old Manu Ginobili to close out close games.
it only took one season for pop to go from "you're the big one Kawhi" to " please LMAlpha save us"where r the spursfans that claimed Lamarcus would average less points and his production will drop off
This is LMAlphas team now butches
What an Alpha
And my weariness of LMA grows. Dude talks of superficial individual numbers instead of winning. And had he went to Phoenix, then he deserved to be ringless. If Udoka had to talk him into it, then he doesn't get it.’ So I was like, ‘Maybe I’m not a Spur, because I’ve been averaging 23 (points per game) for the last three to four years, and maybe I don’t fit into y’all’s system of let’s all average 17 (points per game).’ And he was like, ‘No, we’re not trying to change who you are and make you average 16 or 17. We want you to be you, because you’re going to help us be better and vice versa.’ He kind of reaffirmed that they didn’t want to change me, and that who I am is ok.”
Question: Has LMA's hand injury healed completely? I've not read anything regarding that since he signed. Remember, he was either to decide to have surgery and forfeit the rest of the season, or play through it, tough it out, and just let it heal. Anyone heard anything on that? Thanks in advance.
Eh, it gets kinda worn, the "I just want to win" message. Especially when even optimistically you aren't going to win every year. So a player is going to naturally be concerned with with other things as well and LMA being concerned with how he will fit in with the Spurs offensively is understandable.
Slow off season news day is all this is.
This is LMAlphas team now butches
Funny. I feel the same way about Leonard.
hater hyping up Aldridge has me worried now.
I expect this signing to be a bust all of a sudden
Det too tbh. All the re ed posters are sucking off Aldridge like he's their new messiah.hater hyping up Aldridge has me worried now.
I expect this signing to be a bust all of a sudden
This. The reason we struggled in 13 and last year was we didn't have someone who could drop 30 for us. Parker tried and LeBron shut him down. Outside of that, no one else could drop points. Having someone average 25ppg is great.
People also don't realize that we have a bunch of role players, they NEED system plays to score. Having someone who doesn't need a system is a huge advantage. He system will only make it easier for him to dominate.
Leave it up to Spurfan to find something to about with landing the most coveted FA on the market.
Some of you are morons. I'll leave it up to you to figure out who's who.
ing short bus finding a new to suck since porkers fat ass is going downhill.
Product of a very long offseason tbh
No . We sign an All Star/Second team All NBA player, and they're worried about him playing a role. I'll tell you what his role is: ing star. When Tim was 30, he wasn't ready to step back and play a role. That was years in the future. LaMarcus shouldn't be expected to, either.
Dat Ime tbh.....
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