This is LMAlpha's team PERIOD. With the beta males and 40 y/o corpse dead weight now gone, the big texan is about to put the team on his back in a deep playoff run, you heard it here first.
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It appears to be true now, hopefully we can do well enough this year that we can lure a SF worth something next year (like Jimmy Butler) in FA and then the new era begins in earnest. A starting lineup of Dijon, Demar, Jimmy, LMAlpha and Jacob could easily be a #2 seed in the West.
He has to get that mean streak in him... but nevertheless I'll support him
LMA is a good player, but I don't think he can carry the Spurs to a top 6 spot in the West. I hope he can, but I just don't trust this roster to get it done.
cd I say he can because of all the talk of toughness in the west I don't know of 3 teams in the West that are definately better than the Spurs right now, in fact I can only think of one. the rest have just as many if not more flaws that the Spurs do.
Heart and soul of a 4-11 seed team; sounds like his M.O.
He had nice words for Manu, he was a beast last year.
33 years old. Hopefully he takes the TD approach and comes in trim, lean and mean in order to stay relevant.
Good OP
A lot of manu s are jumping off the edge and quitting on the team, meanwhile REAL fans are looking forward to the boys bringing #6 home
That may help but he was starting to be a great go to low post player too. LaMarcus really is one of the best centers/forward combos in the game next to AD. Can trim and play more perimeter or gain strength and continue to kill em in the low post. I do worry about his shelf life playing too so I too would choose he comes in slimmer between the two.
I gained a lot of respect for LA last year. He carried that pile of garbage to the playoffs.
Aldridge better be ready to shoulder that burden because it's his team now, through and through.
At least, as far as the players are concerned. Obviously Pop is still the centerpiece, Keith Bogans notwithstanding.
Well, he carried us to top 7. With DD alone, I think anything less than top 6 is a disappointment on a team scale.
LMA is no Tim Duncan, but if Pop can get these guys playing defense and buying into the system, it’s not outrageous to expect a 4th seed ceiling.
Saying LMA is the heart and soul of the Spurs is not anywhere close to accurate. He’s the team leader by default due to Manu’s retirement and Tony’s departure, but he’ll have to earn Manu’s place as the heart and soul of the team. I hope he has it in him, but I haven’t seen it yet, in fact, there’s evidence to the contrary. Kawitter didn’t have it in him either.
There are several young guns on the squad that could rise to leadership level, but only time will tell.
LMA reported for No Limit duty last season uncharasterically lean and hungy for basketball. Hope he doubles down on that strategery this year
I do agree with the premise for two things. The words he had for Manu show a big understanding of what Manu role really was in our culture. Secondly the for ude shown last year fits exactly into the shut up and win at ude TD always tried to embrace.
A clear jump from the at ude shown by nephew, and something that I feel he would be able to pass to DeRozan.
If this is true then we are in trouble.
we're finishing top 3 or 4 in the west. Maybe even 2nd place. The rockets adding Melo got worse. Okc still has westbrooke padding his stats instead of wanting to win games, and Lebron aint leading the lakers to a le or top 3 seed so I'm not concerned with our seeding
Golden State is winning this year anyway so whatever
basically. Unless Klay gets injured, they're winning it all. He's really the nucleus of that team. They can win with Curry having bad games or not even playing at all. They can't win a series without Klay playing.
Klay is a beast. One of the best shooters ever. Quickest release, constantly moving, plays good defense.
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