The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Nah bosh is still dope. His numbers went down because he sacrificed for his team, something Aldridge would never even think about doing.
     
    Scalma, Nov 6, 2015
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    Well let's not make it a thing....


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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    What? "LamarCooch" is averaging 10 RPG?
     
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    LaMarcus was half the player in Portland that he is now. Literally.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Nov 6, 2015
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    I know its only 6 games but god I hope LMA continues to have numbers like this
     
    Tunchi, Nov 6, 2015
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    Most kids at Christmas like to start playing with their new toy about four milliseconds after ripping apart the wrapping paper.

    That is not the approach Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has opted to take with LaMarcus Aldridge.

    “We still haven’t coached him much,” Popovich said. “We just watch him.”

    It is the same approach Popovich took the last time the Spurs added a player in Aldridge’s league.

    That would be 1997, when the team drafted Tim Duncan first overall.

    “Coaching him didn’t seem too smart to me,” Popovich said. “If there’s something you might add to his game, you do it after you’ve seen what he does naturally.”

    After nine seasons in Portland, Aldridge already has his hands full finding a new comfort zone in San Antonio.

    The last thing Popovich wants to do is give the four-time All-Star too much more to think about.

    Five games into his Spurs career, Aldridge is averaging 14.8 points and shooting 41.1 percent.

    He is hitting 26 percent from mid-range, typically his bread and butter.

    SPURS

    Aldridge says he appreciates Popovich’s hands-off approach.

    “He said he could tell I’m overthinking things at times,” Aldridge said. “He said just go play basketball, and we’ll figure it out as we go along.”

    In that department, Wednesday’s 102-99 loss in Washington — which Aldridge finished 4 of 14 with five turnovers — felt like a step back.

    Aldridge said afterward he still finds himself second-guessing things on the court. Even so, Popovich plans to give Aldridge time and space to work out the kinks.

    “We will figure out if there is a weakness here or there, but we’ll let him show us,” Popovich said. “We won’t act like we’re real coaches and say, ‘We’re going to work on Jack Sikma stuff today.’ He doesn’t need that stuff.”
     
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    "Aldridge is a mental cupcake with frosting and extra sprinkles. Duncan is a bran muffin. Cupcakes are making me think about retiring soon."

    - Popovich
     
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    Thanks!
    Smart of Pops. If he tried doing that now LMA would probably implode. But I still wonder if Pops will actually be able to turn him into a useful player.
     
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    Pops is the master of the mind fuck. He's coaching LMA, he's just making LMA think he's not coaching him. LMA will be the player Pops wants him to be by the time the playoffs start.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Nov 6, 2015
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    Here's some exclusive footage of Pops "not coaching"

     
    BlazerCaravan, Nov 6, 2015
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    That was a good movie.

    I can't get @HomerLovesKoolAid to watch it. Bastard.
     
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  16. illmatic99

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    All prolly true.

    It's just funny to see a hard ass like Pop coddle LaSoftie. The whole mentally weak thing definitely is coming to the surface. So glad we have Dame leading the way instead.
     
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    As long as LMA stays healthy, he will fit in with the Spurs. It may take a few months, but they will figure it out. He will end up being what I was hoping he could be here.......the third option.
     
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    I'm thinking Aldridge is more like the eaten cupcake "reemerging" after about 4hours:smiley-yell:
     
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  19. magnifier661

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    Looks like we dodged a major bullet here.
     
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    1st... HAHAHA!:rotfl:

    2nd, I'm not sure if things are up to Khloe BUT IF they were... EVEN a Car-crashian IS more capable of making better decisions for LMA vs. LMA!:smiley-yikes:
     
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