His offense is like the ugliest thing I have watched from a high usage player in Spurs uniform ever..
He is beyond done being a top 2 option on a playoff team..Sure, he can get his 20+ PPG on 20 shots with the Suns if he asks for it in the summer..
2014 series feels like an eternity ago..
Gotta love all the excuses for LMA but Splitter was repeatedly ted on when he was here
LMA guarding Beard (or other Rockets fast players) one on one at the top of the arc.
Ooohhhhh, it's a knee injury. Well that explains everything.
This dude is too much effort, like an insecure girlfriend. Just go ing play basketball.
Get this guy off the team ASAP.
I noticed.
this, though he used to be a better shooter...
At least he was somewhat of a factor offensively in Game 2, even though his shooting percentages obviously weren't great. If Aldridge is unplayable in this series, then who should be getting his minutes?
he had a ty game. Just because we won doesn't hide that
he scored 15 points but took 15 shots
in contrast Kawhi had 34 points on 16 shots
He's done for the season. Despite his advancing age, he might be able to return to form next season, given that he has the combination of size and game that should theoretically age well. He's going to have to drop 10-15 pounds and start shooting way more 3s and way less mid rangers. I can't think of any prominent jump shooting big from his generation that has resisted this as much. Off the top: Millsap, Horford, B. Lopez, Love, Griffin, M. Gasol, Bosh, Cousins, Ibaka, all made the adjustment.
Hopefully his embarrassment of a season, the increasingly loud chorus of negative attention it's drawing and the possibility of one final mammoth contract, motivate him to do so.
This is so sad... man, I was saying this last season that the guy was RJ 2.0.
I think he's worse than RJ. At least RJ kept in shape!
Spurs got bamboozled into signing him.
Now speaking about Gasol.... well, did he not play much better when he was the lone center on the court?
While it's true that Aldridge has been defensive about shooting mid-range Js, he has also repeatedly said that he would like to extend his range to the 3-point line..he even said it prior to joining the Spurs IIRC..I wonder if the reluctance is on him, or rather on Pop..
A larger problem is that he should be playing C, yet doesn't want to(part of the reason he was going to sign in Phoenix)..at his size and with his style of play, he's clearly a C in today's game..
is he not 100%?
la grimaced in a replay in game 2. marv commented as such.
Pop said there's nothing wrong with his knee IIRC..he was asked following game 2..
Aldridge just went on the Boris Diaw diet during the off-season and never looked back, tbh..
there was a moment when he reminded me of shaq last night. by the way he lumbered to the bench.
You think he is ineffective now, put him out there on the 3 point line instead of his mid range game, add in his mediocre rebounding and D, and see what you have. Jesus what a disaster that would be.. I wish he would work more on his low post game. He has the size and the touch, but lacks toughness and moves down low..
I think he said on media day or early in the season, that they said that they wanted him to shoot more 3's this season. While I doubt Pop wants him jacking them with the volume of most of the names I mentioned, he'd probably like to see a happy middle. The thing is, he's a capable 3-point shooter as is; he just has to alter his mindset.
People say this with so many PF's or hybrid's today. That partially explains the scarcity of wings, as so many SF's have morphed into PF's and PF's into C's. It's left all these expensive traditional C's in limited roles.
I still think he can be a hybrid, but he's clearly going to age into a C. Granted, he'll need to be paired a rim rolling, glass cleaning PF. In the meantime, if he wants to continue to play a good amount of it, he needs to do the two things I mentioned.
He'd be more effective shooting more 3's and less mid rangers. Post play doesn't age well. Obviously, he shouldn't completely abandoned it, but it should be more so when he has a should be advantage, than a consistent thing.
Last edited by TD 21; 05-04-2017 at 06:45 PM.
How would he be more effective shooting 3's? His shooting percentage would go down, and probably so would his touches. He would be less involved in the offense. He would probably go from averaging around 17 a game to 9 or 10. A max money role player..
I think I agree he needs to be transitioning to a center, if he stays in the Spurs past this contract..
How much more mold does he need?
It's the way of the league: Bigs who don't have guard skills are being minimized and turned into floor spacers for perimeter players. They can still put up significant counting stats though, as seen by the likes of Bosh and Love.
The team, in general, would be more effective because the spacing would be better. Percentage is somewhat irrelevant when the value is 50% greater and it's not like he takes the most efficient shots anyway.
The most interesting thing were his demands to join a team, like talking 3 pointers, the offensive system, all that crap that teams had to debate to get his approval, at the end of the day is like we got an Amare (washed up ver.).
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