LMAO......I've been in SA since Sunday morning and have heard a great deal of what they say about Aldridge in person. These folks have been spoiled rotten and it's fun to watch them struggle with the reality. This is not a happy town this morning and they act like Portland somehow suckered them. Loving it........
I think he's pouting. Reminds me of the Memphis series. I don't think he has magically gotten worse. His game was never really predicated on any kind of athleticism. I think it's mental.
He thought he was going to go back to Texas, become the second coming of Tim Duncan, win a bunch of rings, and go down as the savior of the Spurs who kept them on top. Instead he's widely hated now. He has been a huge disappointment. the team is floundering against the fucking Rockets. I don't think I would ever want to play for my hometown if I was an athlete. Not worth it.
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To be fair, I don't think it's Aldridge's fault that the Spurs are sinking. He is who we thought he was. Their team is due for a rebuild. Their roster is fairly devoid of talent overall, and when you stack them up against the Warriors or Cavs, they're pretty far short. They still have some guys that are way past their prime. I think LMA is catching all of the blame for the eventual dropoff that was doomed to happen at some point, and their spoiled fans can't accept that it was going to happen. They thought plugging LMA into their lineup would just keep them rolling along, but teams simply can't sit atop the NBA for that long without an infusion of young talent. You can find diamonds in the rough only so many times. And in a league where guards are dominating, they have Zombie Tony Parker and Patty Mills. The Cavs have Kyrie. The Warriors have Curry. The Wizards have Wall. The Celtics have IT. The Rockets have Harden. The Spurs have........ Tony Parker. One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn't the same!
Not that it would happen... but Aldridge has one, possibly two fewer years left on his contract that Crabbe. Plus it's well established that Aldridge is at his best when playing next to a 7' "true center". He was pretty damn effective next to RoLo. I imagine he'd love playing with Nurk to free him up from all that physical stuff he hates. BNM
LMA is a cancer. I don't want him back. I don't think he wants to come back. It's like your wife leaves you for another man, gets pregnant, he leaves her and now she wants to come back home...... no thanks.
Oh, I know he's not coming back. This is not LeBron returning to Cleveland. My initial question was facetious, but as bad as Aldridge has become, his production and contract are both still better than Crabbe's. BNM
Not if he's a cancer. Production means very little if the the producer is a cancerous diva piece of shit. If I had to pick between Crabbe and LMA, and I had to have one of them on the roster, I'm going with Crabbe. He's younger, he's a good shooter, and I haven't heard anything about him causing problems in the locker room. At some point you have to factor in chemistry, personality, leadership, etc. I look at Dame and I see a guy who is worth every penny of his contract, and then some. The amount of capital that we get from him, not just from what he does on the court, but what he does off the court.... the guy is invaluable. Aldridge was the anti-Dame. He was a horrible leader, he was introverted, he was two-faced..... I'm so glad we got rid of that guy. My only wish was that we got rid of him on our terms and actually got something in return. That's really the only negative about how the whole thing went down.
