He didn't play bad at all today, but how long do you will think it'll take until he's scoring 23+ Point games?
I noticed he's a little passive and interviews he said pop is telling him to shoot more, but it seems like he isn't getting close to enough touches. I know it's the 2nd game but I expected a little more.
How long do yall think it will take?
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He's never going to to get that many points. He's not the Alpha and Top dog of the team....It's Kawhi leonard.
Kawhi barely played tonight and still was used more and shot more than Aldridge.
But if Aldridge ends up averaging 10ppg in the season it would be a failed signing unless he turns into some sort of elite role player, and we know that's not his game.
15ppg for Aldridge is fine.
It would be idiotic to use a 12.4ppg career player like Kawhi as the first option on offense over a proven scorer like Lamarcus. His points will come..
lol I know it's Kawhi's team now, but cmon with all his talent 15 point games seems a little ehhh. I know we may not need it but 20 point games by him are ideal.
He's not playing for Portland anymore.
If kawhi Played for Portland he'd average 25PPG....
instead he's also playing for the spurs...he'll still average 21+PPG though.
LMA anywhere from 15-18PPG is fine.
He just needs to stop being a pussy and take the wide open jumpers which he never does.
His points will come if they start running offensive schemes for him. Right now, they're not. Kawhi is the primary scoring threat for the time being.
And he will be for YEARS to come.
If he started takin 4-5 threes a game hed increase that clip substantially.
I agree. LMA can still have more run for him, though. And I think he will in time. Kawhi will still be ppg leader though. LMA at his most useful might sniff 20 ish ppg.
Kawhi might even struggle getting to 20ppg...tbh. I have him getting 23ppg this year though and 21+ for sure.
LMA and Kawhi are averaging 29mpg...LMA i think just finished the season last year with 23ppg and is at least still close to peak and Kawhi is peaking but they're both sacrificing individual PPG for pop's team..it is what it is.
no harm in Aldridge getting 18ppg in a spurs system...
LMA played tons of minutes last year..Won't happen here with Pop's tendency to overcoach.
6/16. Two were dunks, neither created by his own offense. So 4/14. That's not nearly consistent enough to be a first option. Hes been taking good and bad shots. Needs to stay aggressive and learn the difference, but this team needs Aldridge taking way more shots. When it's the playoffs and defenses are designed to keep Danny from 3s and Tony from driving, and diaw from creating...and all you have is old school one on one basketball, Aldridge will be the difference.
The main thing is the spacing has been horrible. Aldridge is a smart player and constantly spreading the floor for Kawhi and Duncan. When Aldridge gets the ball half the time Kawhi and Duncan haven't cleared out and Aldridge has no room to work. They need to learn to get out of the way.
I have faith it will come. Without Aldridge getting a heavier scoring load, spurs will be stressed for buckets. Kawhi still doesn't know how to handle more than one defender. He constantly makes a bad pass or loses the ball when driving and is met with help defense.
All that being said, 2nd game.
They'll be alright by Christmas.
You are by far one of the dumbest posters in his site......With a dumb sig too.
Stick to video games fella.
it's Kawhi time..
Agreed with what you said about Kawhi he still lacks the consistency to be a number 1 option. Just like last year he followed up a great offensive game with a ty offensive game. I think he's at his best being a number 2 guy that's why I would prefer LMA being the number 1 guy over him.
I find this weird, tbh. Why aren't they? They seemed like they were in the pre season. They ran the first play of the game for him. But not much after they. He hit the shot over the smaller Young, but they did not go back to that to much later. They later ran a baseline screen for him to post up on maybe about 3 times in the second half. The Nets switched on the screen and had Lopez mark him. This was weird cause now you want the Spurs to swing it around and get it down low for TD for the mismatch, but they did not. They fed him and he passed it out more times than he shot it.
I also noticed that the Spurs are not running to many picks and pops with Parker and LMA, and favouring the TD pick instead. Thats fine and all, but you want to use LMA range.
All in all, I am not sure where Pop is going with things? It honestly felt like Diaw and west had more offensive touches combined than LMA.
Great posts!
I think LMA needs more shots, personally. But, game 2 and all that.
I am not sure. I don't mind at all a game like today because if others are scoring the ball well like they did tonight, you don't need him to be looking for his shot. He's not forcing shots unless its a post up and in fact, several of his post ups just end up with ball movement and someone else taking the shot not him. I don't think he wants to be the inefficient guy he's been in the past, so he's been more selective with what he's doing. He's also playing less minutes than he was in Portland, so that messes up his numbers, just like it has for all Spurs before him.
He's also very engaged defensively and rebounding. It actually looks like he's starting to gel with the guys. I am liking his game more now than in Portland TBH. I think he's bound to have a scoring explosion soon though, he's too talented a scorer. I just want him to be in rhythm for close games like the OKC game. Its actually against the elite teams that we need him to be sharp.
They keep setting picks with Duncan. I've seen almost no picks by Aldridge. This is taking out the pick and pop game. His best games in preseason came when he was screening and getting pick and pops. Right now he's getting nothing. They need to stop trying to post him and let him screen/pop/roll
I agree with you. I get the feeling that Pop calls some plays, but he is also reluctant to impose a lot of stuff this early. He has said that with a talent like Lamarcus, he likes to observe what he does naturally, and how players interact and play with each other naturally, how he plays off others and vice versa. The problem is everyone else has been playing together for years literally, and he's a newcomer. You are right there is a lot more PnR action between Tony and Timmy than with him, but Tony and Timmy could do those plays half awake at this stage with how long they have been together. LMA has also been unselfish and passed out of post ups as soon as the man comes to help and double, he's not forcing shots.
It will take guys to actually look for LMA to make plays organically, and that will develop with chemistry and time. So far, so good. I'd say by December they should be rolling.
You know who has some killer PnR action with LMA in limited time? Kyle Anderson. If LMA starts playing a few minutes in lineups with Anderson, I think that particular play is going to be a go to thing between these two.
Anderson is rarely to never going to handle the ball in RS with Ginobili and Mills on the floor..it's not going to happen.
I said it during LMA first pre-season game....Just run him some damn PnP...Leonard gets so much attention now as an offensive player, he and LMA should be working on a PnP and Roll...
I think it'd be great to see LMA and Kawhi each at about 18-20 points per game, with Parker and Duncan getting 13-16 a piece. That's about 70 reliable points a night from our big 4. If that happens, we only need to grab ~32 from the other guys to win most nights.
Indeed, and the bench can score. The problem has been defense, which leads me to believe the starting lineup will open and close games, but the bench players will be staggered in between. The second unit is now too prolific in good passers, poor defenders and the first unit is too heavy on isolation guys and one on one players and just the one shooter in Danny. Of course they can space the floor for each other, but they could benefit from sprinkling some playmkaers here or there, and boosting the bench with some better defenders. I am not sure how Pop will work it out, but we are bound to see a lot of mix and match this early, which makes it tough to allocate shots per se like that. Spurs move the ball and someone ends with a shot. You just have guys in there like Diaw and Anderson though who are passers and look to set others up, and they are happy with getting 1-4 shots if that TBH.
That's not going to happen, not anymore I don't think.
this years Team PPG is pretty darn predictable, considering how Pop is utilizing and using players.
Kawhi 21+
Aldridge 16+ or 18+ depending on when he's grows a pair and starts shooting wide open jumpers that he almost always passes or opts for a post up
Tony 12-14
Tim 10-12
Danny 10-11
I would for Danny to be around 12-13 though....That's just means the ball is moving.
Yes. The pnRs are going to feature him more and he'll get the ball more down low. Matter of time.
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