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Of these three semi-superstars who left their ty teams for greener pastures, which one has done the best job? I would say they have all adjusted to a beta role to some degree but for the good of the team so they are all successes, but which one has been the greatest success? Although Bosh has championships, he really dropped off severely from what he was in Toronto as did Love since his time in Minny (MVP candidate to non-all star status), so I actually think LMA has done the best job as he is rounding back into semi all-star form of late and has helped the Spurs move toward completion of a historic winning percentage.
Lma still alpha as
Easy. Aldridge. He went to the Spurs.
LMAlpha. Hate when the Spurs force him to wander around the 3pt line in first quarters though. He's a post up player who needs more touches.
Their situations aren't comparable, at all
Aldridge is the clear-cut #2 guy and is guaranteed a huge chunk of the offensive responsibility, every game..his touches aren't dramatically different..it's been the rest of the Spurs that have taken a backseat, for the most part..
Bosh was essentially asked to become a role player next to 2 ball-dominant players, and Love doesn't even have a role on his team..
Their situations aren't comparable, at all
Aldridge is the clear-cut #2 guy and is guaranteed a huge chunk of the offensive responsibility, every game..his touches aren't dramatically different..it's been the rest of the Spurs that have taken a backseat, for the most part..
Bosh was essentially asked to become a role player next to 2 ball-dominant players, and Love doesn't even have a role on his team..
Also helps that Aldridge is better than any of those guys.
Bosh, easily.
Lamarcus, but he will have to cap it off with performances in the postseason.
Bosh was barely making the playoffs in the EAST as the alpha.
What is that like 30 wins?
Love never made the playoffs as an alpha.
Bosh or Aldridge. If Aldridge continues at this rate he's been doing lately, then him easily. If he goes back to how it was at the beginning/middle of the season, then bosh.
Porker has not transitioned well
LMA, Bosh and Love in that order.
Until LMA brings us a few rings I have to say Bosh, but LMA could eventually take the le because while Bosh learned his role during the Heatles era, he also lost parts of his (Toronto) game seemingly forever. LMA might be able to fit in but still be just as good at everything he was good at in Portland, just less often because of the depth of talent on the team. There is nothing that LMAlpha used to do, that he can't do now. Love has been exposed as a stat padder on a very poor team. People used to say Love was top 10 in the league, now everyone knows waaaaaaaay better. LMA gets an incomplete so far because the transition isn't complete, gotta see it in the playoffs too, but he can easily be the best. He is also part of a one two punch instead of the third wheel.
LMA, Bosh, Love, though there's probably some bias in there.
There's only three types of people who give a ... heat fans, cav fans, and spurs fans... gross!
Carlos Bruiser?
other two were 3rd options...
Love's not even in the conversation. Also, Bosh and Love's situations are completely different from Aldridge. They play(ed) for super alpha LeBron, so their role was diminished before they even set foot on the court. So out of Bosh and Love, it's Bosh hands down. Out of a Aldridge and Bosh, even though I think their situations are different, it's Aldridge. Aldridge is more the player he was in Portland. I'd argue in the Spurs system he's even better.
Bosh adjusted the most, but LMA has settled into a better role. Raptor went from an Aldridge-like score in Toronto to a true stretch-five. And he uses those skills more now than he even did with Lebron there. LMA has just had to be himself offensively but with better touches. The end result is a stable scorer who's only going to get better while Bosh was pretty much the Heat version of Danny Green for their fans (they always wanted to trade him).
I'm not sure what what have happened had they somehow been able to trade places. LMA seems very suited to be a center, so I think he would have been fine in that regard. But he's regressed as a three-point shooter, and I don't know that he'd be on a five-year Bird max right now like Bosh is. It's very hard to say how Raptor would have adjusted to the Spurs had he come over from Toronto, but a healthy version of current Bosh would work very well on both sides of the court.
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