First Take: Aldridge Wants Out of SA; Blames Spurs for his Regression

[sasaint]

RIP, Powers!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

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.

Eh, not Pop's fault he continually let smaller guys push him out to sixteen feet. It was a Pop damn disgrace watching Harden check him in the post because his beta ass wouldn't get nasty. He's never had court vision. we ditched beautiful game to lean on him to score and he wasn't up to it.

Good riddance.

[stephen jackson]

this guy is one of the worst people to ever dawn a spurs uniform...ive really grown to hate this man.

[sasaint]

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.

Not for his play. Why did PATFO pursue this guy in the first place? He is the same low IQ, non-passing black hole he was with Portland. Poor player evaluation by PATFO.

[Chinook]

Eh, not Pop's fault he continually let smaller guys push him out to sixteen feet

Yes it is. There was no reason to keep calling that play. Pop should have called the high-lows he brought Pau in to run. The offense was predictable as , and it wasn't just LMA. Pop doesn't get to throw his hands in the air while collecting several million a year. It's his job to fix this , but nope, same plays over and over again while everyone but Kawhi had bad years.

[sasaint]

Eh, not Pop's fault he continually let smaller guys push him out to sixteen feet. It was a Pop damn disgrace watching Harden check him in the post because his beta ass wouldn't get nasty. He's never had court vision. we ditched beautiful game to lean on him to score and he wasn't up to it.

Good riddance.

And ST posters wring their hands over wasting a year of Kawhi's prime going FORWARD!

[baseline bum]

It's the Spurs fault he can't score on James Harden in the post.

[duncan2150]

Not for his play. Why did PATFO pursue this guy in the first place? He is the same low IQ, non-passing black hole he was with Portland. Poor player evaluation by PATFO.

I agree but back in the day we were all excited about having aldridge i think.

[Joseph Kony]

I don't agree with blaming Pop. LMA is a grown ass man who needs to play within the team system instead of crying about getting touches where he's "comfortable." Dude is highly skilled and generally the largest player on the floor most times and he can't even post up 6'5" guards. It's not Pop's fault he gives piss poor effort. It's not Pop's fault he plays small. It's not Pop's fault he has a fragile ego and pussy mentality. The only thing that is Pop's fault is thinking this wuss could ever hold Tim Duncan's jock strap

[sasaint]

I agree but back in the day we were all excited about having aldridge i think.

Not all.

[timtonymanu]

I don't agree with blaming Pop. LMA is a grown ass man who needs to play within the team system instead of crying about getting touches where he's "comfortable." Dude is highly skilled and generally the largest player on the floor most times and he can't even post up 6'5" guards. It's not Pop's fault he gives piss poor effort. It's not Pop's fault he plays small. It's not Pop's fault he has a fragile ego and pussy mentality. The only thing that is Pop's fault is thinking this wuss could ever hold Tim Duncan's jock strap

[baseline bum]

I still can't believe the Spurs ever gave this got Bruce's number.

Make it happen RC

[Keepin' it real]

Aldridge is a punk, but i do expect him to average a double-double wherever he ends up. He's just a poor fit for Pop's system.

[Dex]

Eh, not Pop's fault he continually let smaller guys push him out to sixteen feet. It was a Pop damn disgrace watching Harden check him in the post because his beta ass wouldn't get nasty. He's never had court vision. we ditched beautiful game to lean on him to score and he wasn't up to it.

Good riddance.

This is an excellent point.

If the Spurs ship out LMA, is it possible the Spurs go back to the Beautiful Game model?

Obviously, Kawhi is still going to get his shots, but he is also getting better and better at making plays for others and passing out of the double. Without having to force-feed LMA shots, that opens a lot of opportunity for the other guys.

[bklynspursfan]

I don't agree with blaming Pop. LMA is a grown ass man who needs to play within the team system instead of crying about getting touches where he's "comfortable." Dude is highly skilled and generally the largest player on the floor most times and he can't even post up 6'5" guards. It's not Pop's fault he gives piss poor effort. It's not Pop's fault he plays small. It's not Pop's fault he has a fragile ego and pussy mentality. The only thing that is Pop's fault is thinking this wuss could ever hold Tim Duncan's jock strap

Yea, maybe at times LMA was out of his "comfort zone" but he had plenty of opportunities. I mean against Houston with no Kawhi, against GS with no Kawhi, you'd think he would've just went to his Blazers days and been crazy aggressive.

He had so many opportunities. I honestly think he's still valuable in terms of his defense and ability to sometimes take over a game offensively. But IF (cause who knows if this is true) he's already mentally checked out, then there's no reason. He made it further than he ever has with us, yet he's thinking about himself first (again IF true), then we don't need him.

[timtonymanu]

I still can't believe the Spurs ever gave this got Bruce's number.

Make it happen RC

Really pussied the out of it too that I hated seeing that number after a while.

[sasaint]

I still can't believe the Spurs ever gave this got Bruce's number.

Make it happen RC

Bruce Bowen's RETIRED number! SMH!

[Chinook]

If the Spurs ship out LMA, is it possible the Spurs go back to the Beautiful Game model?

No. That wasn't LMA's fault. The Spurs chose to do that when the offense stopped being Parker-centric. The Spurs need better guards (as more than one) and more shooters/cutters to get back to the Beautiful Game. With Kawhiso and Paul doing whatever, we'd never see it again.

[313]

Thank God, he's for sure gone this offseason then.

[BatManu20]

[Spur|n|Austin]

lol at him blaming the Spurs when it's obvious he has the BBIQ of a wet towel. Bon Voyage!

How great would it be for the Spurs to ring without him

[BatManu20]

Stephen A. hits the nail on the head here.

[BatManu20]

[BatManu20]

[baseline bum]