+1
and... If you get rid of Aldridge then the double-teams switch over to DD then that's a wrap. At some point Teams may start double teaming DD which should unleash LA if he's smart. Leave the team the way it is.
Last edited by paperboy77; 11-04-2018 at 05:49 PM.
LOL Woj has been kind of the no respect for the Spurs guy for a while now it seems. It’s low key, but it’s there. This would be like saying SA is calling POR since Lillard and Dame don’t fit well.
SA is a better team than POR so if LMA/DeRozan don’t fit, then what does that say about Dame/CJ?
The Spurs have up until the trade deadline to see whats up anyways. They made the DeRozan trade very specifically because they wanted to win now and nothing has changed that mentality.
If they really suck going into ASB then maybe they can field calls but teams will have to offer something up as both LMA and DeRozan have LEGIT value and this is not a Kawhi situation.
Portland has a better record and killed us this season. Too soon to say SA is better than Portland.
Emmh, what?
Well...there is that.
Spurs are missing guys who change the picture and yes, I believe we will see SA be better than POR
No, we won't. At least not this season. Not even close.
This narrative needs to die... We were passing the ball better in 2016...LMA was the only one unhappy because he wasn't the focus
Anthony Davis
Woj planting now for BSPN to try and steal all the small market teams star players. Bet the next “rumor” he hears is that the Lakers want him
2/3 out of those players their team at best second round exit. And they are also better players. And LA is even worst than 2/3 of the players you mentioned. Why do you think he was selected last at All - Star game, no one wants to play with him. Kawhi had to run to Toronto to avoid him.
Nevermind, I don't think Portland would go for it.
Not the way LaMarcus is playing recently.
LaMarcus was terrible tonight but it's not exactly like our guards were doing him a favor. We seem off since Derrick White rejoined the team...it's like we had to readjust to him after the groove we were in Forbes is garbage and doesn't really have a high ceiling. This road trip is brutal and we're out of sync at the moment.
LMA getting double digit rebounds at 33 could be a positive sign that he did not decline but is just mentally not there. Or it could just mean that the entire team sucks at rebounding.
We are not good enough to get past round right now and yes at some point LaMarcus will get in shape, but we lack perimeter defense. There is nothing LA can do to fix that, so our offense will get better yes, but our defense will not. We could use some one like Aminou.
If you think about it, if we can use our cap space not having to pay LaMarcus and Pau, we can sign Gay and Aminu long term. I like what Gay brings to the team and Aminu could be the new Danny Green but a bit bigger and more athletic. And Nurkic is playing better than LaMarcus right now and is younger and does not need the ball to score and is a more willing passer. And if that's not enought, we will have cap space to sing a free agent next summer. Maybe bring back Danny Green to mentor kids and play off the bench at the two. A huge improvement over Patty and Bryn, and let's be honest, Danny was the one that had to take a step back to let LaMarcus do his thing. He was the one player that his game suffered sinse LaMarcus joined the spurs. And if not Danny Green, then Maybe some one better. Ok, KD will never sing with us, but there are others. And we will have Lonnie is his second year and Dejounte back.
If we trade LaMarcus, next season we can be contenders.
LaMarcus seemed to flourish last year when he was the focal point of the offense. That hasn't been quite the case this year with the offense not fully going through him. Hopefully he bounces back tomorrow night as the Spurs didn't shoot well tonight - but 6 points is garbage for 22 mil.
Rudy is very important for us this year, I believe we lost all (or most) of the games he did not play. He has been huge rebounding the ball for us this year. We miss him and of course we miss Dejounte in that regard. Let's Lonnie can play solid minutes, because Davis and Belli suck at rebounding.
LA is solid for us deffensively, and is one of our better defenders, but as we wintess this season; you can't be a good defensive team when LaMarcus is one of your better defenders. And offensively he plain sucks.
And even hmm, Nurkic, is a better players than him this year.
.6 Defensive Win Shares versus .5 DWS, and a much higher True Shooting Percentage, almost 10 points, and even better Total Rebound Percentage 21% to 15% !!!! Also, he has more steals and approximatelly the same assists.
Rk Player Season Age G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP 1 LaMarcus Aldridge 2018-19 33 12 425 17.6 .491 .025 .304 10.7 21.3 15.8 12.2 0.5 2.9 9.4 26.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 .086 -2.3 0.7 -1.6 0.0 2 Jusuf Nurkic 2018-19 24 13 324 24.6 .583 .102 .367 17.1 24.4 21.0 12.2 1.2 3.1 14.9 26.1 0.8 0.6 1.5 .220 2.6 2.6 5.2 0.6
Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/14/2018.
Yes it doesn't look good when Nurkic is putting 15+ in both points and rebounding recently!
Also, last year LaMarcus was in shapte. That's the main reason he missed shots that he usually makes. But man, that shows lack of commitment. And that's the main reason, I want him out of here.
Jusuf Nurkic is a very good 4th option. His stats wouldn't look so good if he was 1A 1B on offense.
Kyle was solid for us last year and the main reason we had the defense we had. Him and Dejounte. Speaking of Dejounte, that's another solid draft pick for us, same goes for Derrick White and especially for Lonnie White, he might be the best young player we have. I can easily see him being that type of defender, and even better than those two and can also make the three point shot.
You are delousinal if you think our draft picks are awful.
Much better deal in hind sight, lol
Which, the Toronto trade we made or my hypothetical one?
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