Does this guy cares about winning or losing? He got bullied by a midget all night, ed up defensive rotations and if his soft ass 20ft jumpers aren’t falling, he’s one of the most expensive paperweight this team has.
I guess his Halloween costume was a ghost, this dude was a no show on both ends. Will we ever see a LMA calling for the ball in the 4th, putting the team on his back, carrying this flawed team into a victory against a worthy opponent? Because if we do not, nothing else really matters. He takes a substantial amount of minutes, shots and money on this team, has shown zero leadership, will likely whine about being snubbed for an All Star spot...
Ugh, this guy is so disgusting tbh... hard to root for this team while this pansy ass is still around...
Things we already knew about LMA. He's being asked to be the best player/#1 option on a team when he's more suited as a 3rd option on a championship team. He will have flashes here and there when he shows he can lead the team, but especially when it comes to the playoffs, he will be a disappointment. As long as he's in the current role he's expected, the Spurs won't go far.
Take away the carrot of the money by guaranteeing his deal and unfortunately you run the risk of this happening. I’m not saying it’s something that is an issue, but it’s something to watch and SA can’t be happy with that level of performance after the insane goodwill gesture from them.
I think he would rather go somewhere else at this point and as long as he gets his touches, he’ll be happy. I’m also not sure if the Spurs shouldn’t look around while his stock is still relatively high.
I know, the next question is who would you trade him for? And I don’t have an answer for that at this moment. I just think his demeanor is actually toxic. Say what you will about DDRs flaws, but at least he’s out there in crunch time making plays and taking shots. The whole no-show act is really annoying.
By making plays do you mean turning it over, missing 2 FT’s last game and taking soft fade always? Because if so, DeRozan is your guy
Does LMA care about winning and losing? ABSOLUTELY NOT
Need I remind you this is a guy who when he had the most team success of his career...going to the western conference finals and about to be up 1 - 0 on the warriors until Kawhi got hurt...HE ASKED FOR A TRADE IN THE OFFSEASON...
Then the next year when Kawhi was out and we played the LMA offense and were never going to be anything other than first round cannon fodder...LMA was as happy as I ever seen him here...
I mean...this is a dude who postponed knee surgery so he could go to the all star game and shoot two shots...that is how important being an "all star" is to him and that is how little winning means to him...
At least he drives to the rack quite a bit and most importantly, doesn’t ing hide. Missing free throws or turning it over happens (and yeah, he’s a flawed player in many respects), but it also means he wasn’t afraid of the moment. He’s carried this team in scoring at times. Again, he’s far from perfect and his decision making leaves a lot to be desired at times, but he doesn’t disappear.By making plays do you mean turning it over, missing 2 FT’s last game and taking soft fade always? Because if so, DeRozan is your guy
No, I was just taking a shot. I am good with DeRozan. I don’t love his game, but he is present even if the results aren’t always there. LMA has been great the past couple seasons and anchored the Spurs to the playoffs so I will give him a pass. But you can’t have efforts like this one.
Not defending LMA at all for having the worst performance of any player in a big role tonight but the dude is 34 going on 35. His best days are behind him. That's why we need Murray and White to continue to improve ASAP.
Play White more than 20 minutes then.
I'm all for that. White starting with Forbes off the bench. And if that makes the bench defense worse, play Carroll to mitigate that.
You don’t even have to do that. Just give White all of Beli’s minutes.
Even more reason to trade him while you can still get something reasonable for him. This is big picture. The Spurs are not winning anything with this guy (even when he was 31-32 and had prime Kawhi next to him), so get a little younger, snatch a few picks.
I mean, is he even a fan favorite? His slow ass game is difficult to watch and everybody is already excited about the kids or the rare occasional Rudy Gay dunk.
The issue with this team is mentality. The stark contrast between home and away games is very telling. Away games they are just content with competing and don't necessarily think they can win. Home games they can beat absolutely any team on their day. Leadership of course comes into it and besides a bad game here and there for LMA, is the collective mindset of the players that just think they are not good enough the minute they put a step out of San Antonio. This Clippers is a good example where they were just content with staying close. A close defeat and never really in it.
He was terrible against the Clippers , if we had LMAlpha we win easily, instead we had Softridge.
Guess at his age he can’t bring it every night, he doesn’t look in a perfect shape either.
Funny how ive been saying this for YEARS and no one listened to me...Does LMA care about winning and losing? ABSOLUTELY NOT
Need I remind you this is a guy who when he had the most team success of his career...going to the western conference finals and about to be up 1 - 0 on the warriors until Kawhi got hurt...HE ASKED FOR A TRADE IN THE OFFSEASON...
Then the next year when Kawhi was out and we played the LMA offense and were never going to be anything other than first round cannon fodder...LMA was as happy as I ever seen him here...
I mean...this is a dude who postponed knee surgery so he could go to the all star game and shoot two shots...that is how important being an "all star" is to him and that is how little winning means to him...
How can he be aggressive when Derozan takes every shot on an iso
This.How can he be aggressive when Derozan takes every shot on an iso
One year ago he was the same, and I wanted him gone. Then he turned it on. Let's just give him time, he'll be all right I guess.
How about Kevin Love
LMA has always been a soft ass loser. I called it since day one. Folds like a lawn chair under any tiny amount of pressure. He's a clown and the Spurs won't ever win with his scrub ass on the roster.
He’s competed well for years now and helped drag overmatched talent-wise SA teams to the playoffs. Tonight was pathetic but he’s been a really good player for SA.
His compe ive edge comes and goes. I’m not worried as much as I’m annoyed
LMA is one of the reasons why the spurs are overmatched talent wise though...
It's hard to compete in todays nba when you are playing a big who doesn't shoot 3's...can't pass for ...can't play fast...pounds the ball forever to get the majority of his points...doesn't really generate open shots for others because of his awful...AWFUL passing and general basketball awareness...
Lamarcus is the number one reason why our 3 point attempts are so low...he plays so slow and is such a bad passer that it is virtually impossible to ever move the ball fast enough to get consistent open 3's with him on the floor.
If you really want to talk about it...LMA is the reason Danny Green became such a bad shooter...since Danny basically had to be in LMA lap to ever get a 3 point attempt with him on the floor...greatly limiting where Danny could actually get 3 point shots from...
disapeared like spurss competetiveness after kawhis trade
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