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Spot on post. If he stays a Spur, hopefully the way he performed and the hit his rep has taken, will motivate him to have a "get fit" off season.
Screw old Melo trade him for Boogie!
Spot on post. If he stays a Spur, hopefully the way he performed and the hit his rep has taken, will motivate him to have a "get fit" off season.
Damn, I would have loved Boogie on this team. I know for sure if he saw Zaza put down Leonard like that, he'd step in immediately and have his teammates back.
Because LMA looks slower than I thought, and he will only get slower. Pick n Roll defence is his weakness, and teams will always exploit that. LMA post defence his pretty good. By having a hard worker guy like Gibson would mean you would have someone that will rotate quickly, bang with the bigs, block shots or contest, and if teams put Gibson in the pick n roll, it only benefits us because LMA is pretty good post defender and Gibson is pretty good pick n roll defender.That's not a bad take. Funny font, but a decent take.
Aldridge would benefit from having a junkyard dog on the floor with him. But when you talk about having a PF along with LMA, though I don't understand. LMA isn't playing C. It's just not happening. Everything that's wrong with him at PF would be that much worse at the center. He won't root for position, he won't fight to hold his position. When he gets pushed, he gives ground. I honestly can't remember if he's always been that bad about contact - I don't trust my memory, anyway, because I thought he was better than this. But Bertans sure as isn't a center, and the other two guys you mentioned are both (listed) 6'9" PF's. I think Gibson, at least, is probably fudging that height a little. Johnson is a combo-forward, not a F/C. I understand what you're saying about putting a tough player in the middle with LMA. But it's got to be a legit C, and I don't see either of those guys that way.
Ideally, yeah perhaps a legit center would be beneficial, however those guys are near max guys or have serious offensive liability issues. Dedmon is close but he will get paid and he still has issues in his game that will most likely never improve. Cheap guys like Splitter (injury prone and an injury liability, Bogut injury prone and slow, Hibbert now is useless.) Could we put on a package to inquire Drummond? I don’t think so.
Gasol signing was always a head scratcher defensively, and it just hasn’t worked offensively as we imagined. This was a desperate attempt from Pop to establish leadership with Duncan gone, and I really hope he doesn’t do the same with Parker possibly gone for most of the year also.
Back to LMA; LMA needs to know sooner rather than later that he is a center, as long as front office then addresses that, because I don’t see it possible to afford to get a legit starting center where a starting pf would be cheaper and almost as effective. Having a hardworking pf also means they can play Gasol with him if front office maturely choose to keep him.
We saw some glimpse from Lee and Dedmon what this would look like. However Lee is inconsistent in defence an Dedmon is inconsistent at both. And we also saw glimpse when LMA paired with Diaw and West that it does work with LMA at center. Overall, in two season, LMA playing center has been better, and we havent had a starting PF calibre player to go along with him.
There are other names Spurs could look to trade for. Arthur 8mil. Larry Nance rookie contract. Faried (12mil)
Spurs need to make a decision what way they are going to build around Leonard. Lock in with 3&D or surround him with shooters and scorers? Contrary to the belief, but I think our bigs are more of an issue than our wings. Green and Simmons are SG you want to have for now and the future. They are serviceable, should be well priced, and can both play together and with Leonard. Murray looks like our starting PG sooner rather than later. Leonard has our SF covered. And I do believe LMA can be our starter now and for the future, but the current make up on the team is disorganised, perhaps the least organised team for a long time, and that has nothing to do with LMA. Front office signed 2 defensive-less bigs in Lee and Gasol. And there is nothing wrong with Lee, for that contract he has given us more than we wanted. But then to sign Gasol and Dedmon, who each can’t play with each other is a poor move. Plus they are on the slow side, even Dedmon is little slower than I thought, and we should be running with Leonard and Green. Put LMA and center and put a PF who is willing to run up and down the court.
With Murray, Green, Simmons, and Leonard, we have a good athletic side and we really should double down with that and become a gritty side so LMA can thrive offensively and even defensively. With that being said, we are short in shooters. So front office need to work out what is required here.
Remember you only need 8 to 9 rotational players to form a championship team. Your starting 5, plus 1 backup point, 1 backup swing, 1 backup big, and 1 specialist. The rest are made up with vets, prospects, and specialist.
PS: I like this font.
Is there a way we can get Boogie?
I don't know the salary , how much space do we need?
going on the Boris Diaw diet after signing with an accomplished franchise.
Him coming into camp out of shape in 2015 was the first red flag. Even the fact that he was considering going to Phoenix was troubling enough.
He shows flashes here and there but he hasn't been a consistently reliable player. He's so one dimensional.
LMA is a stretch 4, and not even consistent at that.
And he had just "psychoanalyzed the team not 2 minutes earlier.
Could be playing in his last games in Spurs uniform, tbh..Pop exasperation with him might reach a tipping point if he curls up in the fetal position just when the team needs him.
And our president said Mexico wasn't sending us their best. robdiaz with the truth bombs.
I was hoping to keep LMA and swap Pau for Boogie, but if LMA wants out why wouldn't the Pels consider that trade? I think LMA and AD's games might mesh better than AD's and Boogie's. A straight up swap. Plus LMA has one more year on his deal than Boogie.
Pels don't even have a season with AD and DC under their belt yet. They're not making a move for LaSoftus.
Let's trade him to Golden State for Durant instead.
So much truth bombs in that post
Sigh.
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