Aldridge ball is not winning ball

[Dre_7]

I wonder since when LMA strengths were being a post-up big.

Anyway, with other healthy scoring options or not on the court, I doubt a bigman posting-up 45% is a winning formula in today NBA, esp against good playoffs teams.

When he was with Portland he scored most of his points on post ups I believe.

[Chinook]

I also don't think it's fair to act like the team is built around LMA, the way it would have been in the scenario DAF86 is proposing. It's one thing to argue the offense runs with him as the first options, but no post-centered roster is ideally going to be filled with underachieving shooters, old guards and bigs who can't rebound. Tony and Manu possibly could have led a consistent 50-win team with a roster tailored to their strengths. But getting a perimeter player even half as good as prime Tony or Manu to add to this roster, and you'd see Aldridge do the same.

[weeks]

I don't understand how a forum that watched Robinson and Timmy still criminally underrates bigs, but here we are.

rebounds, defense, difficulty to guard, anchoring a team. LMA is better than most people here realize, it's just he's no Duncan and he has diva tendencies

a talented big commands a lot of attention. If our ty roster could make their shots....those double teams would start to hurt a lot more.

[DAF86]

I don't understand how a forum that watched Robinson and Timmy still criminally underrates bigs, but here we are.

rebounds, defense, difficulty to guard, anchoring a team. LMA is better than most people here realize, it's just he's no Duncan and he has diva tendencies

a talented big commands a lot of attention. If our ty roster could make their shots....those double teams would start to hurt a lot more.

I don't understand how a forum that saw Robinson and Timmy can compare Aldridge to them, tbh.

[weeks]

I don't understand how a forum that saw Robinson and Timmy can compare Aldridge to them, tbh.

no one does that though

but everyone underrates LA

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I don't understand how a forum that watched Robinson and Timmy still criminally underrates bigs, but here we are.

rebounds, defense, difficulty to guard, anchoring a team. LMA is better than most people here realize, it's just he's no Duncan and he has diva tendencies

a talented big commands a lot of attention. If our ty roster could make their shots....those double teams would start to hurt a lot more.

I agree with you. Our 3 point shooting stinks when it matters. No one on this team can hit a pressure shot...we've got a 40 year old as our only closer...sad. Gay's injury better be healed because he's the only other guy on the roster with any ability to win games without Kawhi in there to carry the team.

[gambit1990]

i recommended the spurs not trade la over the summer. i said wait until the RS and his trade value will rise. spurs shoulda sold high.

[tbdog]

Cavs: 3rd East, 2 Allstars (Lebron & Love)
Wizards: 4th East, 2 Allstars (Wall & Beal)
Twolves: 4th West, 2 Allstars (Butler & Towns)
Thunder: 5th West, 2 Allstars (Westbrook & George)
Pelicans: 8th West, 2 Allstars (Davis & Cousins)

Spurs: 3rd West, 1 Allstar. (LMA). He is carrying us.

[duncan2k5]

They also had Amare Stoudemire you dumb but you ignore that fact to sell your ty argument.

Amaretto was injured for Nash's entire second MVP season... Their center was Marion

[dbestpro]

I don't understand how a forum that watched Robinson and Timmy still criminally underrates bigs, but here we are.

rebounds, defense, difficulty to guard, anchoring a team. LMA is better than most people here realize, it's just he's no Duncan and he has diva tendencies

a talented big commands a lot of attention. If our ty roster could make their shots....those double teams would start to hurt a lot more.

I think it has more to do with how the game is called today. Should just call it the under 7 foot league, and leave it at that.

[Hoops Czar]

Cavs: 3rd East, 2 Allstars (Lebron & Love)
Wizards: 4th East, 2 Allstars (Wall & Beal)
Twolves: 4th West, 2 Allstars (Butler & Towns)
Thunder: 5th West, 2 Allstars (Westbrook & George)
Pelicans: 8th West, 2 Allstars (Davis & Cousins)

Spurs: 3rd West, 1 Allstar. (LMA). He is carrying us.

Isn't Love and Cousins injured? The Spurs are 10-13 since Dec. 30th. Who exactly is he carrying?
But yeah, when the Spurs were playing the easiest schedule in the league, he had us afloat.

[tbdog]

Cousins and Love were both selected before the injuries. Both ahead of LMA. LMA is avg 21ppg on 56% shooting in the same 30 days. Forbes and Mills are exactly good players. What is sad that our second, third, and fourth best performing players are Gasol, Manu, and Kyle. Davis is not exactly carrying his team despite being known as the best pf in the game currently.

[spurraider21]

it's going to have to be, tbh

[weeks]

it's going to have to be, tbh

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Aldridge is the king of empty stats.

Spurs need to dump him in the offseason. He would be a good third option on another team.

[TimDunkem]

The Carmelo of bigs.

[tholdren]

The Carmelo of bigs.

Yes. Lma is a beast in the paint. Hes better than carmello

[TimDunkem]

Yes. Lma is a beast in the paint. Hes better than carmello

Too bad that's never gotten him anywhere. He'll never ring, tbh.

[tholdren]

Too bad that's never gotten him anywhere. He'll never ring, tbh.

Hope he does if hes a spur

[phxspurfan]

Add Parker to Manu's Argentina National Team squad and call them the Spurs... coached by Pop. NOW THAT would be an interesting hypothetical. Championship pretenders perhaps, but even they would've won more than 50 games.

They would have lost to the Virgin Islands national team

[Spurtacular]

Aldridge is great on the block when up by ten or more with under two minutes left, tbh.

[K...]

imagine if had shooters and drivers to pass to instead of the rogue's crew we got.

[spursistan]

He is been doing more than jacking up shots, tbh..

[SAGirl]

He is been doing more than jacking up shots, tbh..

. He wants to win. He's been a good leader this season playing with a lot of young players. Like KA said, no one works the hardest.

[Seventyniner]

He is been doing more than jacking up shots, tbh..

He busts his ass on D and rebounds. I don't think he has the personality to bang on both ends for a full game though. Even then he shoots over 75% at the rim.