I feel what your saying about LMA and the stats you provide but how come we had so much success with him the last couple years then? I mean we had back to back 50 plus win seasons when we finally had a squad assembled for him and a second round appearence when we were fully healthy. I hope your right don't get me wrong but I don't know your making LMA sound as a total scrub. For god sakes he's damn near all NBA every year and an all star every year as well.
LAs best performance of his career was the Rockets series, he was unstoppable on the low block. Don't know what happen to that guy.
I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall during the Spurs practice when Pop has enough of LMA's lazy-ass routine. It may have already happened......
I think Lillard and Matthews were the big difference makers. Remember we had some terrible teams with LA leading the way before Damian arrived. And we got to the 2nd round once in his career here, not sure that is such a feather in his hat. In his playoff appearances, he only had one good series vs Houston.
Exactly. The frustration for me was that I know deep down LA there is an awesome player that is unstoppable. If anyone can bring that out of him on a consistent basis its Pop. I still have my doubts though. I just don't think it's in his DNA.
You really can't change a player unless he wants to be changed. Derrick Coleman. Darius Miles Michael Beasley etc Obviously LA has had a much better career than any of those guys, but my point is that you can't change what's inside a player. Hell, it sucks but Sheed really is a great example of Aldridge. Can you imagine how good Sheed would have been if he had really cared? Can you imagine if he actually worked out? If he wanted to be the man? I see so many similarities between Sheed and LA, it's sickening.
I see your points and agree for the most part. Not me. I wanted him to re-sign, but I wanted to keep the whole team together and try to find one more "core 3". However, I have never felt he was a number 1 option type guy. Mainly its the mentality, not the physicality or skill set. Its all in his head...
Well yeah, they've seen the highest quality team in the last 20 years. Doesn't take a genius to know if someone isn't that kind of material once you've been soaking in it for 20 years.
Usually they attract guys that fit their culture, but Aldridge seems to be everything they don't look for in a player. He's selfish. He's mentally soft. He has an ego that needs to be stroked constantly.
They have a history of giving guys a chance to conform. They just don't give the 'selfish guys' a long rope. They either get with the program, or are cycled through fairly quickly.
Not on a max contract, they don't. This was a last gasp move to try to win one or two titles before Timmy and Parker retire.
That would actually be hilarious. He thinks he's going home and they deal him to Detroit for Drummond or something like that.
OMG I would love that. Well, not THAT specifically - I don't want the Spurs getting Drummond, and I don't want LMA to be a Piston. But maybe trade him to MIN - that would be awesome! Then we could whoop him 4x a season!
