Of course Aldridge was worth it.....makes the Spurs top 5 in the NBA...
He's been playing the entire front court of the thunder alone tbh. I think he's been awesome. Definitely miss those 2 shots in the 4th he should have made. If he had a legit bit man next to him, things would look much different. The decline of Tim manu and Tony has been too much for the size of roles they play and pop doesn't replace them. I can't be mad at Kawhi or aldridge. They've played great in my opinion. We will see what Thursday brings.
did you have an aneurysm?
2-11 in he last three games in the 4th quarter....crazy
I was fine with the Aldridge signing as a 2nd or 3rd guy in the system, as a 3-point shooting stretch big that fits in to what the Spurs already do..
Now, some of you will say that you can't play the same style with a declining Parker and Ginobili, which is true, but that's on RC Buford and Pop more than anything..some of you will stupidly claim that you can't build around Kawhi in the same system, but the Spurs did it last year and had a top 3 team in the NBA when healthy, statistically..
Building your entire offense around a career loser, a volume scoring, inefficient big that routinely chokes in the playoffs is going to set the team back for years, especially since they won't move away from Parker..you hurt your best role player that you just signed to a long-term deal, gutted the bench, and became easily guardable vs. playoff defenses, even against a mediocre defensive team like OKC..
Carmelo Aldridge is one of the biggest playoff chokers in the NBA, as many of us have repeated, all season..he will give you a couple of hot games in the playoffs vs. mediocre defenses, but he won't show up when it matters..he's a poor passer, an average defensive player and an OK rebounder..mentally, he's one of the softest big men I have ever seen..
The audacity of the posters in this thread to cite the Spurs' record in the weakest Western Conference in 20 years
Kawhi shouldn't be a first option either, though. Like I've said, and was right about, his midpost/midrange Kobe style game is antiquated from the 90's that is just as easy to defend as LMA's game.
The only reason Kobe won les playing like that is because he had giant frontlines that could clean up his misses.
We need a first option on this team, a relatively quick penetrator who can also play make and stress defenses off the dribble, like, say, Kevin Durant.
We all knew he wasn't the saviour. We need a strong center and a slashy guard. That's possible,, whereas we could have kept splitter and cojo. You want to imagine that scenario?
I feel you Harlem,, you saw this collapse. But you failing opportunity cost. Signing lma was better than standing pat, and building from kawhi, Aldridge is easier than kawhi and trash.
It's not the worst, not the best. Given the contracts and the cap it's not even a true max contract.
I was in favor of signing Aldridge as a piece, not as a building block..I was annoyed when they were essentially begging him to join, though, as I said in the off-season thread, he's not good enough to salivate over..
I don't mind the signing in a vacuum..however, if you still have Parker and Ginobili on the roster, if you just signed Danny Green to a deal, if you still have Mills/Diaw/etc, why deviate from what made them successful in favor of building an entire offense around a career, inefficient choker that will 100% let you down when the pressure is high?
Because our primary "building block" couldn't solve Matt Barnes for 3 straight games in last year's playoffs.
You're going to have to let go of the idea that Kawhi is a legit first option offensive superstar. He has a relatively poor dribble-drive and off the dribble game. He needs every thing in the post or off mid-range curls. His offensive game has no balance (equal penetration + equal jumpshooting). It's all jumper, jumper, jumper, jumper.
I agree the offense shouldn't be centered around LMA, but you neglected to mention that the offense was forced to go that route because all the role players seemed to massively decline right at the same time, so we became top heavy by necessity.
One of the best posters in ST history, tbh..rarely wrong, miss his insight..
Fool's Gold, regular season team, tbh..losing to a terribly flawed OKC team that went 21-17 vs. +.500 teams and had a bottom-10 D in the NBA vs. those teamsI've been saying the Spurs aren't as good as their record for a while
OMG OMG OMG
Thunder always had our number. Always. We were always a terrible matchup for them. Still shocked we got by them in 2014.Fool's Gold, regular season team, tbh..losing to a terribly flawed OKC team that went 21-17 vs. +.500 teams and had a bottom-10 D in the NBA vs. those teams
Yes, clearly, you ing parrot
Only Spurs in double figures:
Kawhi
LMA
Tim
almost Green
Smh
is a loser... RS is another sport... stop
OMG who is this poster?
LOL signing a max player to be a 2-3 when you already have a 3-4 option max player. What the ? KL is every bit of a choking POS as LMA. Poorly assembled PLAYOFF TEAM. That's a fact. Why? NO HALF COURT SCORING, NO HUSTLE PLAYERS, NO PENETRATING OFFENSIVE PLAYERS.I was fine with the Aldridge signing as a 2nd or 3rd guy in the system, as a 3-point shooting stretch big that fits in to what the Spurs already do..
Now, some of you will say that you can't play the same style with a declining Parker and Ginobili, which is true, but that's on RC Buford and Pop more than anything..some of you will stupidly claim that you can't build around Kawhi in the same system, but the Spurs did it last year and had a top 3 team in the NBA when healthy, statistically..
Building your entire offense around a career loser, a volume scoring, inefficient big that routinely chokes in the playoffs is going to set the team back for years, especially since they won't move away from Parker..you hurt your best role player that you just signed to a long-term deal, gutted the bench, and became easily guardable vs. playoff defenses, even against a mediocre defensive team like OKC..
Carmelo Aldridge is one of the biggest playoff chokers in the NBA, as many of us have repeated, all season..he will give you a couple of hot games in the playoffs vs. mediocre defenses, but he won't show up when it matters..he's a poor passer, an average defensive player and an OK rebounder..mentally, he's one of the softest big men I have ever seen..
The audacity of the posters in this thread to cite the Spurs' record in the weakest Western Conference in 20 years
Probably your gay avatarOMG who is this poster?
the spurs just don't get it. Pops name is so appropriate because he has such a hard on for Dirk style pick and pop bigs. He didn't appreciate Splitter enough. Splitter was injury prone and didn't throw down ally oops, but he could roll and finish like a motha a and it had a major impact. Now the spurs bigs just put up scary shots and scarier passes, and they look like bullies pushing to grab all their bricks. i bet Danny Greens shot out of the pick and roll offense was more accurate during the championship season, with healthy Splitter, than it was this season with lame. i bet Parkers pull up was better too.
OMG
(this quote was a reply to my post saying the Spurs are fool's gold)
Ugh, I wish, tbh..
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