I don’t dislike LMA as a person. He’s not nephew. But his earlier trade demand I found to be annoying. He wanted to play his way and Pop went along. At first, it seemed like a cool thing of player and coach working it out, and LMA soldiered through the Kawhi drama season. At the time that was good. But I don’t think his style of play helps the overall team. We should be in rebuilding mode because that’s where we are, but Pop has been in denial. And playing the offense through LMA instead of letting the young players develop has been bad for the future and extremely awful to watch in present time.
To me the bubble showed the young players (excluding Forbes) getting some reign of the offense, finally. I would much rather continue in that direction in the hopes that White and Keldon continue to blossom. Could LMA take a backseat next season? I suppose. Do I want to find out? Not really.