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I thought there was a good chance this would happen. Not bad, at least we can move on.
Stephen A. Smith just said on ESPN First Take that his sources are telling him that LMA wants out of San Antonio and that he feels the Spurs system has hurt his game....
IF this is true, ship this loser out on the first bus today. Seriously. What a joke.
I thought there was a good chance this would happen. Not bad, at least we can move on.
LMA is a dumb ass mofo...the did he think was gonna happen when he came to a team oriented offense
He was never a Spurs-type guy to begin with, but to blame the best, most successful system in all of basketball for the last two decades for your lack of production is hilarious.. Especially playing beside a top three player in the world in Kawhi.
Again, IF it's true. As annoying as Screamin' A. Smith is, he's pretty well-connected around the league. I believe it.
Hey, if it helps inflate his value for us trading him away, burn this mofo down. Go with your bad self.
F him. Blaming anyone but himself for his ty play. Hope the Spurs ship him asap.
Ship him to Sacramento. He can be the man there, put up his stats, and never win .
A lot of his regression is Pop's fault. Dude just doesn't want to build a legit offense for his pieces.
I wouldn't mind trading him for a one year rental of PG...at least we'll have an exciting team and if PG leaves we just free up a ton of space for next summer
The other thread mentions we can't get a top 10 pick for him, but I disagree. There are probably plenty of teams around the league who want him, Suns/Kings come to mind. I'm sure the FO will pull the most amount of value as they can for him.
He showed up late to his exit meeting...
I have a lot of problems with our offensive strategy under Pop, but it was rare when we put the ball in LA's hands that he produced effectively given the number of touches he needed. Worst of all, he's pussed out in the playoffs when we needed him most. Charmin' soft, Spurs need better.
I'm not sure exactly what he expected. He knew coming in that he would have to sacrifice some shots in the Spurs system. He was never going to get the shots that he did in Portland.
He probably didn't foresee Kawhi taking over as the #1 option on offense, but he's ing high if he thinks he should be taking more shots than Leonard at this point.
And when we did try to go to him for offense (like when Kawhi when down), he deferred or flat-out stunk it up. If Kyle ing Anderson is being more aggressive than you, you have nobody else to blame but yourself.
If this is true...
I guess this is why we shouldn't turn the other way when seeing if a guy has Spurs character. He's still a top player, but he doesn't seem to be happy regardless of where he is.
The Spurs kept giving him to work with. Like what's he supposed to do with a post-up that starts 16 feet from the basket? Asking him to dribble against a double is just irresponsible. In Game Six against Houston, they kept giving him the ball in the right places, and he dominated.
Yes, his personality had a fair bit to do with why he was forced out to 16 feet, and he often attacked in the wrong direction, shooting a fadeway instead of making an inside move. That's on him. It's also on Pop that they didn't get that worked out. Not all post-up players are created equal, and passive LMA gave a bad name or aggressive LMA.
If him throwing pop and spurs under the bus increases his value by potentially convincing other gm's his ty play was not entirely his fault then by all means keep running that mouth.
This is actually good for the Spurs. Im ok losing a big man who had troubles posting up Harden...
Ehh get rid of him. Hes a puss. plain and simple. Weak minded. Watching Aldridge offensively last year in the playoffs made me miss Diaw more then anything. Sad performance when that's the case. He has his flashses but he's not very impressive.
Also, his jumper is completely broke. Can't fault Pop after watching him miss wide open J after wide open J.
Year one with Duncan it made sense as floor was cramped. But this year with Gasol and more range, I don't get it. It's also part of why I think Dedmon got relegated to the line - cramped floor and pushed LMA out.
That's just his game, post game with fade aways and shooting, he is not a good passer and that don't translate well with the spurs, i can't blame pop for his play.... he had a lot of opportunities to show up and didn't.
I Hope we could have something good for him.
Worse than Richard Jefferson was with the Spurs. Good riddance if they can get it done. Let's hope.
Apparently Spurs have spoken to 3 teams regarding an LMA deal.
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