Lamarcus Aldridge " This is Kawhi's team"

[lefty]

PORKER

[skulls138]

Games like Phoenix is where he should really work on his game. I get the feeling he thought it would be easier and when it wasnt he didnt know what to do. Seemed nervous. Pops should run plays for him on nights like this and tell him to either score down low or go to the free throw line. Dont give up the dribble, dont cop out with a fadeaway.

And it is Kawhis team but theres definitely lots of room for him to improve and it still be Kawhis team. Actually though its still Duncans.

[SAGirl]

Games like Phoenix is where he should really work on his game. I get the feeling he thought it would be easier and when it wasnt he didnt know what to do. Seemed nervous. Pops should run plays for him on nights like this and tell him to either score down low or go to the free throw line. Dont give up the dribble, dont cop out with a fadeaway.

And it is Kawhis team but theres definitely lots of room for him to improve and it still be Kawhis team. Actually though its still Duncans.

I will be honest: 2 things I saw against Phoenix.
The starting lineup was focused on Kawhi.
A few people commented on his Kawhobe tendencies to chuck midrange shots. He was fed the ball, and the offense was ran through him. He shot poorly and settled for bad shots, wasn't necessarily playmaking his best to begin with. The focus was clearly on him. I saw him try to work on developing his tricks out of double teams and such. The SL wasn't really playing very well. So that comment aimed at the starters was not LMA and Green (who only played 12 minutes by the way, bc he was giving of his time to new wings Simmons/Anderson), but all of them as a unit.

The second thing evident in that game was that Pop is developing the next generation Spurs. Ray, Simmons, Boban, Anderson got a lot of time and were guided by Boris at times. The focus of the game was on their progression. Boban started slow and struggling, apparently they looked at video at half time and he was much much better the second half. Anderson got free in the 4th Q to make plays and we scored 38 pts and ran over the Suns. Just a lot of the game was focused on development.

[ceperez]

Games like Phoenix is where he should really work on his game. I get the feeling he thought it would be easier and when it wasnt he didnt know what to do. Seemed nervous. Pops should run plays for him on nights like this and tell him to either score down low or go to the free throw line. Dont give up the dribble, dont cop out with a fadeaway.

And it is Kawhis team but theres definitely lots of room for him to improve and it still be Kawhis team. Actually though its still Duncans.

Exactly, a very stupid remark... the Spurs is Duncan's team.

[will_spurs]

IMO, this why we have seen the sudden transformation of Parker. It just took Parker seeing a guy that very much has a similar character in that regards to come in here and just let it go. LMA signing help the Spurs in that regards as well.

So you're just posting here to fill the quota for comic relief?

[cjw]

Davis already reached it by being an All-Star or All-NBA in two separate years, I think. Lillard for sure, though. McCollum is already as good as Dame is on regular nights, though Dame does have that extra gear.

I thought so too that it was two of either ASG start / All-NBA, but have been reading otherwise in a few articles. From CapFAQ, it seems that you need either two ASG starts OR two All-NBA. Can't mix and match.

However, a player may receive up to the 7-9 year maximum, which is based on 30% of the cap, if he meets any of the following criteria (called the "5th Year 30% Max criteria"):

• Named to the All-NBA First, Second or Third team at least twice
• Voted as a starter in the All-Star game at least twice
• Named the NBA Most Valuable Player at least once

[will_spurs]

I thought so too that it was two of either ASG start / All-NBA, but have been reading otherwise in a few articles. From CapFAQ, it seems that you need either two ASG starts OR two All-NBA. Can't mix and match.

However, a player may receive up to the 7-9 year maximum, which is based on 30% of the cap, if he meets any of the following criteria (called the "5th Year 30% Max criteria"):

• Named to the All-NBA First, Second or Third team at least twice
• Voted as a starter in the All-Star game at least twice
• Named the NBA Most Valuable Player at least once

Even mixing and matching, both Davis and Lillard are 1x All-NBA and have never been voted as a starter to the ASG. They could get their 2nd All-NBA this year, but since they've both already signed their extension I don't know if that would change anything...

[ChumpDumper]

fish on

Calling it what it is.

[ChumpDumper]

You know this guy just gets mad for no ing reason.

lol you're the meltdown king tho.

[ceperez]

I will be honest: 2 things I saw against Phoenix.
The starting lineup was focused on Kawhi.
A few people commented on his Kawhobe tendencies to chuck midrange shots. He was fed the ball, and the offense was ran through him. He shot poorly and settled for bad shots, wasn't necessarily playmaking his best to begin with. The focus was clearly on him. I saw him try to work on developing his tricks out of double teams and such. The SL wasn't really playing very well. So that comment aimed at the starters was not LMA and Green (who only played 12 minutes by the way, bc he was giving of his time to new wings Simmons/Anderson), but all of them as a unit.

The second thing evident in that game was that Pop is developing the next generation Spurs. Ray, Simmons, Boban, Anderson got a lot of time and were guided by Boris at times. The focus of the game was on their progression. Boban started slow and struggling, apparently they looked at video at half time and he was much much better the second half. Anderson got free in the 4th Q to make plays and we scored 38 pts and ran over the Suns. Just a lot of the game was focused on development.

It looked to me that Kawhi was not involved in most of the offense in the first quarter. Aldridge and West were taking most of the shots. Lately, Leonard has been pacing himself and tends to defer offense to other players in the first quarter. He gets more involved usually in the second half.

Honestly, the "aren't enthused" remark of the starters can only be directed at LMA. Green played only 12 minutes. LMA played around the same number of minutes as West yet West fires at a 75% clip while Aldridge was at 33%. As far McCallum, Pop doesn't give a damn about him. He's just a poor orchestrator of the offense and has shown to be just an average shooter both in the NBA and the D-league.

Look at the averages for West this season and compare it to Aldridge. It is not even close. West is shooting 66%. Aldridge is shooting 52%. (numbers for January) If you watch the games, West shots always look like they might go in, but Aldridge shots tend to miss really badly. If you recall that play where Simmons catches an air-ball and dunks the ball? That air-ball was an Aldridge shot. He is a very streaky player where some games he's on a roll but other games he misses wide open shots.

So I was thinking that Aldridge would shoot well against bad teams, but based on his stats, that is 50/50. Same with good teams, half the time he is invisible.

[Stabula]

To be alpha..feels good tbh. I know that feeling of being Alpha, Kawhi.

It sucks that gots like you weren't stillborn

[skulls138]

West is playing free because hes into the team concept. He does whatever it takes and is rewarded for it. LA seems to have a need for things to be a certain way, like him being the guy. Not in a "Im going to secretly not try hard because Im not #1" kind of thing but he seems a bit confused that hes not the man and his game revolves around him being the man. Its a work in progress.