Just great. Another poor performance by Aldridge with both Duncan and Parker not playing.
Boxscore: http://www.nba.com/games/20160121/SA...nba:scoreboard
21 minutes, 3-9 shooting, 7 points, 1 turn over, blocked once. Looks like he had trouble against the longer more athletic Chandler and Len.
How many games do the fans have to endure before fans realize that he has been playing below par. Absolutely without argument playing poorer than David West (who incidentally Spurs are paying less than 1/10th the salary).
Even scrub, Boban Marjanovic (paid less than $1.5m) performed much better.
Boban's stats 21 minutes, 6-10 shooting, 5-6 FTM, 13 rebounds, 17 points.
He just hasn't the kind of motor that the other Spurs have.
Definitely playing below my expectations. (He hasn't been injured so he's much better than Splitter)
Let's hope he doesn't lay yet another egg against the Lakers. Even worse, lay an egg against the Dubs.
Last edited by ceperez; 01-22-2016 at 06:40 AM.
Finally, this is a complete cop out: http://www.expressnews.com/sports/sp...5a9c9b927fc3fb
I don't expect LMA to just contribute, I expect him to play like an all-star. Talk about BS!
You don't work your ass off because you want to be the man, you work your ass of because you want to contribute.
His head is just screwed on wrong.
He plays when he has to. When the Spurs were stinking it up against the Mavs, LMA put the Spurs on his back. LMA still has that ability. But yes, they will need him to do that more going forward. But despite his poor performance, the Spurs still won by 28 last night. That is how deep the Spurs are. Its ridiculous to say the least.
WTF? I don't think Leonard was taking the night off.
Pop agrees with you as well and so do I. But its real evident from were I am sitting, LMA doesn't care to score right now unless he has to. He scored like 6 points in the 1st quarter and then he didn't want to ball after that. Once the Spurs got a big lead, he was just coasting on offense. He still played great D last night.
I rather him save the big games for when the Spurs need it, like the Mavs game where he was the one that got the ball rolling for the Spurs.
"save the big games for when the Spurs need it"??? He's 30 years old, he supposed to be at his prime.
The guy like everyone else his age should be working their butt off to improve their game. It isn't like he's shown some consistency lately.
lol #ceperez mad
Defensively, he has the best Def Eff rating of any PF in the league. LMA more than likely should make an All NBA defensive Team. Probably both him and Duncan with Kawhi and Green should make it. Kawhi #1 for SF. Green #1 for SG. Mills at #1 for PGs. All the Spurs player hold the a #1 spot for the respective positions.
So the fact that LMA has been beasting on D, is really why I am not disappointed with his offense thus far. But yes, he does need to start at least getting 15 a night on nights like last night. But 28 point win, its hard to say he was the reason the Spurs didn't win by 40.
He's got size and he's got talent.
What he doesn't have is work ethic. He is lazy.
I've read articles from every possible source. Coaches comments. You're the only one who's noticed that he is lazy. You need to quit Radio Shack and go into coaching.
If you were to rank Spurs players based on game time effort, what would that look like?
Leonard <-- work horse
Mills
Parker
Ginobili
Simmons
Duncan
Marjanovic
West
Anderson
Butler
McCallum
Bonner
Green
Diaw
Aldridge <-- lazy
If you were to rate Radio Shacks, in order of their supply of diodes, what would that list look like?
Stand-alone store
Strip center
Mall
Ignore the truth all you want. In the last 3 games, he has scored less than 7 twice and shot % less than 34%.
That "unenthused" play is just not acceptable for a max level player.
Which players was Pop referring to when he said: "The starters weren't all that enthused."
I can only think of Aldridge and Green.
do you for real work at Radio Shack? Do you guys carry a Spirit Box? I heard on a podcast that you did and I thought that was a damn odd product to have on the shelf. Do many people coming in looking for one?
37-6. The best start ever for the most successful franchise in American sports the past 15 years.
12 game winning streak.
Historic point differential.
Aldridge shooting just above his career FG% for season, above his FG%s of the past three years, far above career FG% for December & January, leading the team in rebounding, playing best defense of his career. He also has one of the lowest turnover rates for PFs in the league.
RC & Pop made the best possible moves imaginable in the off season.
Love West to LMA for the ferocious slam at about 1:05 here.
Nice job last summer RC.
Last edited by BillMc; 01-22-2016 at 03:05 PM.
Because:
(1) Kawhi is playing at an all-star level
(2) The bench is playing like the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NBA.
LMA just happens to be along for the ride.
Boban, Simmons, West, and a little faith in Anderson are the best additions of the offseason. I can only imagine how much better they'd be with Splitter and Cojo still around. maybe then the spurs coulda had Biyombo, Matt Barnes, and Ray Allen instead of lame, boner, and butt.
Stein has LMA as an all-star reserve.
http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/p...rve-selections
Totally worth it.
Jury still out on LMA. I prefer to wait till the end of the month vs Warriors, Rockets and Cavs.
Incidentally, speaking about Cavs... David Blatt got fired.
It's true.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14...avaliers-coach
Weird call given that the team responded well after the Dub beat down.
LeBron's fingerprints on this, I suspect.
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