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It is actually a good take.
I got no explanation as to what happened to Green other than to speculate he gets weak ass screens today unlike the good screens Splitter would provide.The only difference between this year's Spurs team and last year's is Aldridge, unless you think Splitter and Joseph are the reason Green went from a 40%+ 3 shooter to a player that can't make anything anymore..
The current Spurs team is clearly fool's gold..easy schedule + other expected contenders starting slow + they have been carried by Kawhi playing like the 2nd best player in the NBA, and Parker playing at the same level he did last November, which isn't going to last, clearly..
Green being unable to make 3s makes him unplayable, he becomes Andre Roberson, which is useless in today's NBA..that leaves Mills as the only shooter on the roster, and it forces the Spurs to over-use Manu, along with expecting inexperienced players like Anderson and Simmons to give playoff minutes(which doesn't work in the NBA, they'll both foul out in 5 minutes with the way refs treat unknown guys)..
They essentially killed their style of play/rotation to become a mid-range 2 shooting team that no longer has any depth on the perimeter, and is relying heavily on 2 ancient players to dominate(Parker/Ginobili)..
I agree with the record being fools gold. It is the 2nd weakest schedule in the NBA.
I agree that it's Kawhi that's carrying the offensive load with his high efficiency offense.
The style of play of the starters honestly sucks, it is stagnant isolation basketball. I hope Pop starts mixing up the lineups like he did the last game.
It is actually a good take.
Time for Harlem and ceperez to start praying for losses.
- Aldridge is the reason LDN is shooting so poorly - FAIL
- Spurs record is Fools Gold - FAIL
- Parker can't keep up his current level - FAIL
- Green is Roberson, unplayable with such a lousy 3pt % - FAIL
- Mills only 3pt threat - FAIL (he's been terrible lately)
- Rely on Parker/Gino to dominate - FAIL
but go on...
- Don't know reason for Green's performance, but one can make the argument that the spacing and screening isn't as good as Splitter.
- Record ... yes... fools gold.... weak schedule.
- Parker... yes... injury prone... needs to be ready come playoff time. He sat several games injured. He didn't play well the last game.
- Green... I disagree that he being useless, his defense justifies him being on the court.
- Lack of 3pt threat can be a problem.
- Too much reliance early on Parker/Gino - I agree.
But... you are free to live in your own delusional take.
Short busser digging himself deeper and deeper and enjoying it
- then make the argument
- so is the GSW record, the 5th easiest schedule, fools gold too?
- Parker: the least of our "problems"
- Green: So you agree
- Deflection
- Deflection
ceperez might be a re , but let's not give OP a pass for his memorable take
Do you understand what "you can make the argument" even means?
GSW isn't as good as their record because of the weak schedule.
Parker is already hurt... so his take was spot on. It wasn't going to last.
Yup, I disagree with his take about Green.
He's saying Green can't shoot and that's because of Aldridge. I'm not going to make that conclusion, but he has a point.
Green not being able to shoot means Parker/Gino have to work harder. I don't know about that, they work harder as long as they are given playing time. But I agree with the take about the lack of motion.
Yeah, some stuff I disagree with, but it is better than your non-existent take.
Well, I don't know why Green is playing so poorly in offense. So I'm willing to give the OP a pass here.ceperez might be a re , but let's not give OP a pass for his memorable take
LMA is fine. He just plays less minutes and takes less shots with the Spurs compared to Portland and it makes his statline look bad, when it isn't. His Per36 stats are all on par with his last season though, with everything but points getting a little better.
If we take away Novemeber to account for his rough start, LMA's per36 for December is 20ppg/10.5rpg on 52% shooting. The only reason his points have dipped is that he's taking 16-17 FGA per36 as opposed to 20+ last season in Portland. That's just the Spurs offensive system, not LMA. After his shaky start, every single one of his stats is shaping up to be the same as or better than last season.
If your complaint is that LMA sucked in Portland all along, then fine. But if your complaint is that he's gotten worse playing with the Spurs - you're wrong.
Green is still shooting below 35% from 3 even with LMA off the court, so placing all (or even most) of the blame for Green's poor start to the season on Aldridge seems a bit ridiculous.
Anyways, Aldridge's per 36 numbers are almost identical to his career averages outside of scoring. That shouldn't come as a surprise at all considering he's no longer the 1st option here in SA. He's been much more efficient over the past month and a half which points to him getting more comfortable in the system. Just watching him play you can see that he looks much better now compared to how he looked in the first 5-10 games. The defense is performing at an all-time great level despite losing one of the team's best defenders in Splitter.
I just don't see how anyone could be that disappointed in Aldridge so far. How great were you expecting him to play in his first month with the team? We saw how much Bosh and Love struggled to transition into their new roles...it really shouldn't surprise anyone that he didn't start off guns blazing. What's important is that there's been a noticeable improvement since he first got here, and that he's doing the right things (playing defense/rebounding, not forcing things on offense, good at ude). It'd be one thing if he were playing poorly on offense while not contributing in other areas, but that hasn't been the case at all.
tl;dr: There's really no reason to be ting on Aldridge at this point
you cannot be this re ed, there's just no way
Ok, which teams are better than the Warriors and Spurs, in your opinion?
I did.
Not even close.
A lot of people suspected CerebralPerezly was a troll. If not then it's scary after this take. Jesus.
#ceperez
God damn you guys, if you're going to take a dude out behind the woodshed at least give him a blindfold first.
It would be nice of we could put all of the little krews on this forum that think it's super edgy to spew idiotic vitriol and give them each their own thread, and anytime they start a new thread to spew their agenda, they get pinked for a week. Would give a lot of space for actual basketball discussions upstairs.
ceperez might be a re , but let's not give OP a pass for his memorable take
If we didn't have LMA the score would be something like 21-2 right now.
Harlem is eventually going to come out and say that "this thread was game planned, Kori can confirm tbh."ceperez might be a re , but let's not give OP a pass for his memorable take
I shudder to think what the record would have been with no LMA and no Splitter.If we didn't have LMA the score would be something like 21-2 right now.
Aldridge is awesome. He could have dropped 40 on the Nets if needed. Tonight he was a pillar. He's doing what Duncan has been struggling to do increasingly the last few years.
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