Sabonis went for paul George. Plus Kanter could not play with Gasol or Bertans
Probably not realistic, but how about a trade of LMA for a Orlando Magic rookie draftee Johnathan Issac. The kid is very good in the summer league. A former PG he had a spurt in school to 6"10 and has huge wingspan. May still grow and certainly will put on some weight. He still had some PG skills, seeing the court and passing. Shoots a nice 3.
If we are going to retool, a kid like this might be a good play.
L.A. + (Danny Green or Derek Anderson) to Utah for Derrick Favors, Alec Burks, and a 1st round pick?
I thought we already traded Derek Anderson for Steve Smith.
Derek Anderson? What the ?
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HITA lol
Melo would say no. He is not going to TOR if you believe anything you've heard about him only waiving his no trade clause for HOU or CLE.
-dolan is an idiot, maybe he trades a disgruntled porzingis for a disgrunted la... carroll hustles more than melo... knicks get a PG on the cheap
-melo has a no trade clause, maybe he gets on sold on the idea because the raptors are better than the knicks + the fans, media in toronto would treat him a lot better than new york's
Beyond that, NY says no because that is not enough return for losing Melo let alone Porzingis whom they said they want to keep (a big reason Phil was let go). SA would definitely do the deal, TOR would do the deal, but NY would absolutely not and neither would Melo even if NY said yes.
It sucks the Spurs would have to settle for Plum. She has struggled in the WNBA. We all know the Stars would never trade Kayla McBride for LMA.
Buy low, sell high.
Keep Aldridge -- he's still the best rebounding and defense big the Spurs have.
So he can't carry the team when Kawhi is out. Heck, if Kawhi is out, what else really matters?
Why do people think LA was a good rebounder?
Aldridge was actually terrible rebounding last year. Out of the bigs, he was last on the team in contested rebound % -- most of the boards he did grab were uncontested.
One more reason to hope and pray that PATFO moves LMA. Although he was much better at rim protection than I expected, his rebounding is laughable. Combined with the tree named Gasol, the Spurs have an unacceptably poor rebounding pair of bigs (or rebounding bigs with an unacceptable pair).
I really do think he could excel if he makes a few changes. I mentioned this somewhere else on the site the other day, he needs to make a few changes.
1. Get in the best shape possible and lose weight so he can be quicker and take some pressure off his knees.
2. Move to Center full-time.
3. Add a 3 point shot to his offensive arsenal.
Basically, in today's NBA he needs to be a Center. If he wants to be more effective and maximize his game, then I think his days as a PF need to be over and he has to switch to Center full-time. He needs to get over wanting to have someone else play Center and embrace doing it himself. I think it could open up his game to another level.
1. Hes shown no desire/discipline to lose any weight. He's come back out of shape every year thus far.
2. He can't even hit his mid range jumper, what makes you think he can be consistent from 3 pt range? His shot has completely abandoned him. Actually, he has been most effective in a Spurs uniform when putting his shoulder down and backing his opponent down to the rim (something he would lose if losing significant weight). Unfortunately we only saw that type of play from him 1 out of every 10 times he caught the ball.
I think if he loses weight his shooting will come back. He'll feel quicker on his feet and be more nimble out there. I think his balance would be better and he can regain his shooting form.
I don't think he's ever been good at rebounding. At 7ft tall he should be at least a career 9-10 RPG without trying.
No he has not. When a player uses weight to try to back up their opponent, that's the worst kind of offense you want. The player is exerting a lot of stamina and half the time they are off balanced. Unless the player backing up his opponent is prime Shaq, it is the easy to defend as it doesn't induce any help. The result is usually a 30-35% hook over the opponent which is inefficient as you can ask for. The only time it can induce doubles or get defenders one pass away to turn their heads, is if Spurs are playing a dumbass team like the Kings -- but at the end of the day those games are irrelevant.
He does need to lose weight and get leaner so he can have the footspeed to incorporate foot work in situations where he's getting crowded facing up. Getting lighter will help him gain a step and he'll be able to create the needed small, yet effective separation to execute counters from when he receives the ball in Pick N pops or when he receives the ball in PnRs when he's diving. Then again, his counters disappeared last year because he spent the summer again lounging around. Getting lighter will actually help him more physically as he'll be able to aggressively and physically get around his man putting pressure towards the basket. If he's staying the same weight or comes into camp out of shape again, he won't be effective with the ball. He simply won't.
I never said that's the type of offense and/or type of player I want. I agree its inefficient offense, and it's an extremely outdated way of playing by todays standards. Just said that I saw him having the most success putting the ball in the hole (when it mattered) when he put his shoulder down and went to the rim. Has more to do with his jumpshot being complete all season and playoff (so not sure why someone would have confidence that he could extend his range to the three with consistency).
I agree he needs to lose weight... you could probably say that about a lot of bigs in todays game tbh. My point was I have seen nothing to indicate that he cares enough to all of a sudden go through some Tim Duncan style summer regiment in order to come back 15 pounds lighter. In fact, I expect him to come back just as fat and lazy to start camp as he has the last two seasons.
Wonder when ST will start with the "LaPorcus" monicker
Aldridge was 3rd out of the six bigs on the Spurs in contested rebound percentage.
http://stats.nba.com/players/rebound...mID=1610612759
1. Anthony: 51.6%
2. Lee: 41.3%
3. Aldridge: 39.5%
4. Dedmon: 37.3%
5. Bertans: 36.7%
6. Gasol: 34.2%
Spurs send LMA to Utah.
Utah sends Diaw and Favors to Spurs.
David lee....
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