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Spurs undefeated when Aldridge is leading scorer.
He's been great overall in December...averaging 17.5/8 on a 58 TS% with hardly any TOs.
Spurs are 9-1 in those 10 games and the offense has looked incredible. Not to mention what they're doing on defense.
Spurs undefeated when Aldridge is leading scorer.
LMAlpha haters are just about as bad as Parker haters..... Very simple. We have a chance to win it all with LMAlpha and without him no chance. That in its self makes him worth every dime . He is getting better and better within our system.
I don't hate Aldridge, tbh, I was just questioning whether it was worth it to change a successful system for him..
He has responded well, lately, though, it's what we have been waiting for..I was really excited to get him and thought the Spurs' run would be over without him, although I admit I'm not a fan of his game, he's the big man Carmelo..being in a Spurs jersey seems to have changed his mentality, fortunately..becoming a winner, rather than the player that cried because Lillard had billboards in Portland..
You can always tell if a player "buys in" by watching how he plays on defense, and LMA has far exceeded expectations in that regard.I don't hate Aldridge, tbh, I was just questioning whether it was worth it to change a successful system for him..
He has responded well, lately, though, it's what we have been waiting for..I was really excited to get him and thought the Spurs' run would be over without him, although I admit I'm not a fan of his game, he's the big man Carmelo..being in a Spurs jersey seems to have changed his mentality, fortunately..becoming a winner, rather than the player that cried because Lillard had billboards in Portland
Funny enough, a big man Carmelo is what this offense needed with Kawhi transitioning as the main focus. I was most excited to see how LMA would create spacing for Kawhi (and now Parker). Since LMA can't volume shoot in this offense, his 4-10, 6-14 type games aren't damaging, and the opportunities he creates for others more than offset any inefficiency on his part.
My only concern with him is the playoffs. We're going to need a 30 point game from him at some point in a series, and with his playoff history, you can't really bank on it.
Thankfully Pau Gasol turn down the Spurs last year.
lol, he has done 30 point games, i remember him ting on the rockets for a whole series
LaMarcus in the playoffs
Go Spursssssssssssssssssssssssss go!!!!!!!!!!
In the last ten games, Aldridge's FG% is 54%. His 17.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, & 1.2 bpg averages would be even better if so many of the games weren't blowouts... he has only needed to play 28 mpg during this 9-1 stretch. But the most important aspect of his contract is that it came at the perfect time, before the expected salary cap rise when the TV deal money kicks in. In the last two years of his contract, he will be paid significantly less money than the max contract players who sign in 2017.
He has looked great lately in limited minutes because of blowouts...... His defensive is even more impressive than his offense though, tbh.
OP is a known commodity around here for bad basketball takes. Par for the course. Then uses Alts to agree with himself. A little sociopathic...
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I'm still holding onto the exciting, yet very small hope that if/when Timmy retires after next season, Pau (then 37) will sign with the Spurs on the cheap and the Spurs will somehow trade for Marc Gasol to Replace Timmy once the Grizzlies inevitably realize they're just not going to win anything with that core group. Pau and Marc have both stated that they'd love to play together at some point in their careers. Pau coming off the bench on restricted minutes to back up LMA while Marc Gasol sliding right into Timmy's place in the starting lineup would amazing, tbh. And would give them a realistic chance at another le run. Pipe dream, I know.
Kyle Korver and JJ Re will both be Free Agents after next season as well, and I expect the Spurs to show interest in one or both of them. Korver will be 36, Re 33.
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If Timmy retires after this season, we might end up with Dwight Howard if he opts out from Houston.
The Spurs won't have the capspace to get either most likely. They'll have about $72.5 million committed to Aldridge, Leonard, Parker, Green, Diaw, and Mills. Add in $5.5 million for Duncan hopefully coming back and we're at $78 million. Assuming Manu retires that leaves $11 million in capspace, which might be a tough sell for Red under this new tv deal. He'll probably make more staying in LA. And that requires not making an offer to West, which will look really bad to other free agents after he came here for the minimum. Even with his struggles early in the year West is much better than a minimum player. Also goodbye Anderson and Simmons. I think improvement next year is going to have to come from within, as I don't expect the Spurs to have money to spend until the summer of 2017 when the cap increases to $108 million vs the $89 million expected for next summer.
I guess the Spurs will have the MLE to make a run at Korver if they bring their guys back, but didn't Korver's wife all over that idea a couple of years ago when the Spurs almost signed him?
He was talking about the Summer of 2017 from how I read it. I agree about next year though, they'll have to win with this group plus maybe a vet desperate for a ring.
The Spurs wouldn't touch dwert with a ten foot pool tbh.If Timmy retires after this season, we might end up with Dwight Howard if he opts out from Houston.
Don't not want dwight at all. I hope spurs never go after him again.If Timmy retires after this season, we might end up with Dwight Howard if he opts out from Houston.
Spurs will never go for Howard. Guy has minimum compe ive spirit. ..pops key word, Compete.
Yes Aldridge is driving and dishing more, not just doing the fade away. I love how Greene stayed effective even while his 3pt'r wasnt falling, thats usually not the case.
I think he was worth it. His outside shooting, rebounds and strong put backs are what this team needed. Tiago was soft around the rim.
They are..the current Spurs that had Aldridge playing like a role player, Green struggling and over-relying on Parker/Ginobili are fool's gold, not sustainable in the playoffs, at all..
They got Aldridge to be a star player like he played vs. the Clippers, not the role player, which only works vs. ty regular season teams(see: Spurs are only 3-3 vs. teams with a top 10 SRS, so far, and have literally played vs. the easiest schedule in the NBA)..I'm skeptical, since he doesn't tend to show up in big games, though, but hopefully he does, this year..
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