Obviously he is worth it in a vacuum and you take a star player if you can, but Aldridge's addition has transformed Green into one of the worst starters in the league, after being one of the 2 best perimeter role players in the league since 2013..worthless Danny Green = Spurs are just a pretender, as we have seen since 2012..
It would definitely be worth it if Aldridge was playing like a star, but he's been extremely underwhelming, so far..
This is something you ask 3 years on.
They're 18-5 right now and off to one another the best starts they've ever had.
When they are winning up there at a historical clip, or near historical pace, saying they aren't as good as their record is, essentially, meaningless. Congrats on your prognostication. I'll go out on a limb, too. Warriors aren't as good as their record.I've been saying the Spurs aren't as good as their record for a while
Yeah, among other things, Pop had to have given Coach Bud a lifetime supply of his Rock & Hammer pinot noir. That deal was too perfect.
I still don't get the whining. I guess it's the Golden Showers effect? That a 18-5 record looks weak or pedestrian now? Spurs are playing for the second seed and they are doing OK. They have a nice cushion over OKC and if the Warriors slip some games we can even take that 1st seed in the long run.
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Dafuq??????
Doc I am with you when you are right. I was watching Sports Center and they were while taking a two minute break from fawning of the Dubs were like "the Spurs are perfect at home but look how pedestrian they are on the road" (now that is true 7-5 isn't impressive but it wasn't said factually it was more in the how dare they be compared to our newest darlings the dubs). What's funny is how negatively they have turned on previous favorite LeBron, stories about 'Daddy' LeBron and interrupting dancers on the court, and waving his ring while sitting out a game in Miami were something ESPN proper would never do in the open. Back to the Spurs/Dubs on a purely statistical standpoint 7-5 isn't impressive for a road record but besides the perfect Dubs there is only one road record better the Raptors at 8-5, lol.
Yeah. Over the course of any season there are some bad losses that on paper, should be wins. It's just that Golden State has not had any this season. If before the season, you say the Spurs will be 18-5 right now, you're pretty happy. The reality is that the team has some older players and is not perfect and will have off nights.
BUT, they are the one team that has a chance to beat Golden State in the West in a 4/7 series.
Spurs will continue to improve throughout the season (barring major injuries) and should put them in a good spot to try to win another ring.
At this rate, they're a 60+ win team. But they do need to keep improving if they're going to win it all.
Stfu Harlem....ask this question come May/June not early December...
What a ty question to ask..
The Warriors will not win the NBA le this year. The Spurs and the Cavs are the teams to beat. Both are horrible matchups for the warriors. Both have the ability to smother their perimeter offense with solid perimeter defense, and both have the ability to dominate them on the inside. Especially the Spurs.
Golden State is a lot like the 2007 New England Patriots, 19-0 perfect season but lost the Superbowl. Golden State will break 70 wins but when they face the Spurs they are going to be disappointed.
When this happens, no one is going to question if Aldridge was worth it
Never been a fan of Aldrige game, something I mentioned when we signed him. But it's undeniable he's been a huge part of being the best defense in the league (despite some stutters) and he's obviously much, much better offensively than Tiago (no knock on Tiago, LMA is much better offensively than a lot of guys). Really like his size and rebounding, and the fact that he looks a lot more durable...
I expect this change in behavior has more to do with Disney stocks plummeting in value (-20%!) due to ESPN's loss of subscribers than anything else. Inevitably, the CNN of sports journalism is going to go TMZ to try to win back market share via snarky Perez Hilton-esque -talk op-eds, tabloid celebrity creation/worship/destruction, and self-serving, book-cooking analyses... all presented in nice little click-bait packages. I have seen the future, y'all: it looks a lot like Stephen A. Smith
Every veteran pretty much has struggled their first year with the Spurs. LMA is not looking like the exception. But his defense has vastly improved over last year. If his offense comes up to par, he will worth more than what he is getting.
I reserve my take on first year players until season end to issue final verdicts on the season. A Month and half is a very small sample size.
Problem is who would take him in a trade for his enormous $10m/year contract? (Referring to Green)
Amen brother
Better dribbler, better passer, can see the floor better, ability to get to the rim. He also has better footwork in the low post area.
I'm not saying he is a better offensive scorer right now than Kawhi but Anderson has the potential to be a 10/5/5 producer every night.
OK. MAYBE it is reasonable to say he could be a more versatile player than Kawhi. That is far from "he has more offensive game than Kawhi". Anderson can help them win games. Kawhi can win games FOR them. The question is whether Kawhi can continue to grow so that he can add more skills, be more consistent, and bring it every night. A 10/5/5 producer is not "more offensive game" than even an inconsistent Kawhi.
Last edited by MVPCues; 12-10-2015 at 03:00 PM.
Signing Aldridge was never a 'win-now' move imo. It was so the fans had someone who they could call their 'star' when Duncan and Manu are gone (along with Kawhi).
We knew before he got here that he was a terribly inefficient scorer. Most people on here expected that to change in 'the Spurs system'. Now that that's failing they're saying 'wait until the Playoffs before he starts dominating like a max star'. You can't write this stuff.
They aren't using the "Spurs system" anymore, which is the point of this thread, tbh..
Aldridge should be a "win-now" move, though..he's already at the end of his prime, and he's only going to get worse, physically..
Absolutely, and its not even close. We improved immensely. Can you imagine if we didn't have him? Don't believe for a second that Splitter would be on the floor either. He would be on the bench in street clothes, nursing some sort of strange injury.
Aldridge seems to be shooting similar FG% and producing at a similar rate while improving defense.
He looks like a very skilled player who's been a bit reluctant and came a bit out of shape so far.
I wonder what if anything is exactly wrong with him.. he can't ISO as much in the Spurs but he's capable of making jump shots and posting up high and low. He can even drive occasionally. Isn't he able to play PnR just as he plays PnP?
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