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I've been critical of his weight gain, but I'll give him a pass tonight, tbh..probably just coasting against a bad team..
Haven't seen a player look that disinterested down the stretch of a game in a while tbh. Finished the game 2/8 for 6 points.. Chalk it up to playing his old team perhaps?
I've been critical of his weight gain, but I'll give him a pass tonight, tbh..probably just coasting against a bad team..
The team is just not getting him the ball. He probably needs to assert himself better, but no excuse to not have him touch the ball as long as they went in the 2nd half. Frustrating to watch, especially when he has a favorable matchup at times.
Wouldn't be surprised if next game pop goes out of his way to get him more looks early and often
First game he's looked bad tbh. Tim, Tony, Manu, and Kawhi have had several the past few years with all the weapons to carry this team. It is annoying how they froze him out of the offense after the first quarter; didn't touch the ball at all for long stretches.
Hard to contribute offensively when you're getting no touches other than late bail out shots
His jump shot is just as broken as Danny's, tbh..the weight gain has hurt his all-around game, too, probably..
He seemed upset he wasn't getting no touches and when he did get touches late he was getting rid of the ball right away and not even looking to score. He was still at least playing hard on D though
The offense hasn't changed enough to incorporate his game style. He's likely getting mixed signals from the coach vs the team, and when he's on the floor he doesn't want his time to be a negative to the Spurs. He wants to win and seems content feeling it out while that happens.
I think he's going to have to get aggressive with the ball, miss some shots, have some bad plays, but keep hammering. Pop will likely give him the Kawhi speech... Tim, Tony and Manu... take the in' shot.
Its frustrating, its both on pop and lamarcus
The spurs offense have not looked good except for a couple of games so far this season
LMA is focused on defensive rotations. The offense will come. You can't about the defense, and it's a game at both ends.
This is a good observation. Pop hates bad rotations more than Satan.
Pop has already said that he isn't going to interfere with Aldridge until he watches him play naturally IIRC..it's only November 16th, relax..
Yeah, I'd rather see him miss some shots than just defer at every chance and not even attempt to make an impact offensively...this was definitely his worst game as a Spur.
Part of it is the team's fault for not getting him involved more often, but even when they did get him the ball down the stretch, he just immediately passed it back out. It's not a huge deal in November games against ty teams, but if the Spurs want to win it all, they're going to need an aggressive Aldridge who is comfortable out there. Just have to hope things start clicking more as the season continues.
Another ditto.Pop has already said that he isn't going to interfere with Aldridge's role until he watches him play naturally IIRC..it's only November 16th, relax
Broken jump shot. Added weight. Poor shot quality.
He looked pretty tired honestly, got the ball a couple times and didn't do anything with it. Who knows, maybe he was sick. It was his first off night, but I like that the Spurs still win with their biggest free agent acquisition bumming around on offense.
He was obviously thinking about adding another wing to the house that he purpose-built to display his shoe collection.
Hopefully he takes comfort on the team winning and doesn't overcare about his personal numbers, tbh. Recognition will come with time if you keep winning son.
Still not worried. He'll be fine.
This possibly as well.
Yes indeed on the last sentence.
He looks worse than the perception because of the broken jump shot, too, as I said earlier in the thread..same problem as Danny, a usually-reliable jump shooter that is adjusting to getting his looks in a different style of basketball..
His favorite shot is the 10 to 20 foot jump shot..
% from 10-16 feet:
2011- 40%
2012- 40%
2013- 44%
2014- 39%
2015- 39%
This season: 28%(following tonight's game)
16+ feet:
2011- 43%
2012- 43%
2013- 42%
2014- 44%
2015- 42%
This season- 33%(following tonight's game)
I expect positive regression, he didn't forget how to shoot(same with DG), but it's also possible that he's a rhythm shooter that needs volume to reach full potential, which he won't receive with the Spurs..
He's had a good jump shot for a decade... the idea that his jump shot is "broken" is just silly. At worst, he's in a small shooting slump while trying to adjust to a completely new situation. His shot is the same as it has ever been. And the Spurs are 8-2.
Not his worst game. He was good on defense. Too many people watch offensive stats and then about how no one cares about defense.
To be fair the quality of the shots are horrible. It feel wrong to say he is getting worse shots playing for SA but he really is. Plus the hesitation is clearly there.
Thats what a broken shot means in the world of basketball..its essentially the same thing you dumbass. People with zero basketball knowledge should stick to making cliche.post and ...seriously off vanilla cliche fan.
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