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He was a game changer imo. OKCs defense had to focus on stopping him, it was the other role players that didn't step up.
His game 5 no-show was costly, tbh..At anyone who wants to say Aldridge disappeared. LA and Kawhi were the only dudes that showed up
Otherwise, i think it is an overall good 1st year for LMA..Hopefully he keeps improving his own game (3 point range etc..) and chemistry level with his teammates..Not gonna rag on him..he was still worth it despite him not being a game-changer..
He was a game changer imo. OKCs defense had to focus on stopping him, it was the other role players that didn't step up.
I disagree to some extent. LMA advanced stats wise were the best on SA. But WHEN IT COUNTED, When SA needed a bucket or a stop, Those two were not there. LMA and 1'd Westbrook to lose the game....
It's just not in their DNA. They can't lead because they don't have the killer instinct. Great basketball players it's just frustrating to watch, much like david robinson. All the physical tools and skills, but wanted to be nice instead of ripping out hearts. Spurs need an energy player, and edge. It's the thing that made manu a HOF player.
Like it or not the issue with the Spurs are that their big 3 are too ing old and crippled. You cannot build an historically great team on the fly on command. It's ludicrous to pretend you can. When your historically great core fades out, you're left with chefs in the kitchen trying to recreate a recipe when there's no ingredients to add to get there. It's not a matter of adding this PG or that center. To think it is that easy is to give Pop credit for being the only guy in the league who's capable of doing that. You need talent and time. Spurs found some talent, but there's not been enough time. Moving mediocre players around between teams is like moving mediocre coaches around. They aren't going to be great suddenly because they went to a mediocre team, but many mediocre coaches can look good when they have a great team to work with.
Spurs need to move their entire focus on the future while paying respect to the past, but trying to drag out "one more season" from these corpses, even if they are better together than many other younger squads, is just asking for another good RS, early playoff exit. Maybe they choose that over having LMA and KL as the actual faces of the franchise, and if so they are making a business decision, not a compe ion decision.
That play on WB is all on the refs imo
Hopefully, PATFO don't sign Hibbert who is an even tier rebounder.
Spurs needed a 3rd consistent scorer this year. Tony, Danny and patty just didn't cut it in that sense.
Not Wests fault that we don't have legitimate centers who can play against Kanter/Adams. Dude is getting $1.2mil and he played beyond that level, regardless of how bad it was overall. Good value, hope we move some pieces and get some strength at Center so that we can start playing West at his natural position. Dude just looked out of rhythm because he's trying to bang with dudes 50lbs heavier and taller than he is, so everything he does is taxing 1.5x the amount of energy it normally does playing PF.
Yeah he missed shots but where do you focus the blame? We have fundamental problems at multiple positions on our roster, are we going to blame the guy making $1.2mil playing awkwardly out of position for that? Need to change our roster so that we aren't mismatched at 2 positions at a time constantly.
no. you have to knock him on his ass there. its the end of the game, in a huge playoff game. LMA has to have the iq to make westbrook think about contact when in the lane.
Well put. Someone mentioned ticket sales. Manu and Tim certainly will d that, not so exuberant as Kobe but they will attract farewell visitor fans. The team in reality needs to move on to find a new recipe with the ones core.
Team as a whole was straight hore aside of game 1.
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