LMA - Parting ways was mutually beneficial

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  1. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Yay! Another LMA thread.

    Five Questions with ... LaMarcus Aldridge

    SI.com: In 2014, you said you wanted to re-sign with Portland. When you put off thumb surgery in January, people saw that as a sign of your loyalty to Portland. What changed?

    LaMarcus Aldridge: You know I think just weighing my options and just going through the process really kind of helped me see what I valued. It wasn’t easy leaving. I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy. When I put off [thumb surgery] I definitely didn’t think I was leaving. I wanted to maximize that moment. I didn’t want to waste that. I wanted to be in the moment, I wanted to help finish the season out well and to play in the playoffs. So in that moment I was in the mind-set that I was coming back.

    But I think as I went through the process more I just value being closer to home, I value seeing my kids more. I feel like, of course, Portland didn’t want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it’s good to have a fresh start. You know we had first round [exits] for so many years, and then we finally got to the second round, but I think for both sides it’s actually really good. It’s better to get a fresh start and now they have no battle with who’s the face of the team. Damian [Lillard] is a very high talent so he’s going to be good for years to come. So I think in a way it actually made it easier on them too.

    SI.com: Could Portland have done anything different?

    LA: No, I think they did everything that they could. I thought they were trying to see what I wanted, what I needed. They were trying to keep me involved every step of the process. I thought that they definitely made me feel like they wanted me back. They were very interested in having me back, they wanted me to still be the focal point of the offense, so I don’t think there was much they could have done. I think it was just that time, where we had tried and tried and tried and I feel like San Antonio, and being home, it was just a lot of positives. Like I said being home was one of my goals and to be there and to just see my family was key.
     
    HailBlazers, Oct 22, 2015
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    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    This must be the truncated version.

    I only see a couple you knows.
     
    Strenuus, Oct 22, 2015
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I like how he says he missed his kids. I guess I forgot when the state of Oregon banned kids moving here.
     
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    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    "It's good to have a fresh start"

    Or a bigger start...
     
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    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    "Leave no child behind" (unless you want them to move to Oregon, then you're fucked.)
     
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    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    "There's only two things that come from Texas: Steers, and fathers who convienetly cant have their kids move to Oregon."
     
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    In other words, "I left because of all of the attention Lillard was getting, ya know."
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 22, 2015
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    He's not married to either mother. He probably has a lot less control of moving his kids. Especially since he's gone almost half of the year.
     
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    I know I've already posted a bunch in here. But did he really have no relationship with Dame? "He is a very high talent." lol. How... dull.
     
    Strenuus, Oct 22, 2015
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    GriLtCheeZ "Well, I'm not lookin' for trouble."

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    Oregon banned baby mommas from moving here.
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    You forgot the third thing that comes from Texas.....steaming piles of bullshit....
     
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    This is telling:

    "and now they have no battle with who’s the face of the team."

    Fuck you LA. You caused the "battle".
     
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    SI.com: Your relationship with Lillard was believed to be one of the reasons you decided to leave. How would you characterize that relationship?

    LA: I thought that stuff was blown out of proportion. I feel like the organization blew it out of proportion and I felt like the media blew it out of proportion. Of course him and I could’ve talked more and been closer. You know we’re both ... the issue you have when you have two guys that are very similar as far as competitiveness and drive and kind of being brought up the same way is that they’re both the same way so you don’t have one person that really goes out of his way to make a relationship.

    So we didn’t have a bad relationship at all. I enjoyed playing with him. I feel like he learned as time went along to incorporate me and how to give me shots how I like my shot, and of course everyone knows he’s a big-time player so I didn’t have any issues. We both texted and said we both could have probably done better at communicating. I thought that was one thing that we both agreed on, that we both kind of saw each other as “don’t mess with him” because we’re both so to ourselves in a way that we both didn’t want to overstep our boundaries trying to get to know each other. But then we texted and said we both probably should have done more. But I never had an issue playing with him or anything like that or with him being the face or them promoting him or anything like that. If I had an issue like that then why go to the Spurs? They don’t promote anybody.”
     
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    Yeah, I'm sure his lawyer is letting him know about that quote.

    He'll probably say "Watch what you say"...

    he'll write it out in icing on a cake.

    That LA will eat.

    But only about 40% of it.
     
    Strenuus, Oct 22, 2015
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Funny thing is, he isn't and won't be the face of the Spurs. Even after Duncan, Parker and Ginobili retire.
     
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    Okay. FUCK HIM. If he wasnt on my shit list before...
     
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    Lamarcus is so full of shit. It's you lamarcus. Dame seems to include everybody just fine.
     
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    LA, you went to the spurs so YOU COULD get that.

    We're not stupid.
     
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    Good riddens. He comes off as a headcase.

    Yes because the only battle that existed was because of you. If your dumbass was more engaging and personable, this would never be an issue, but it's clear that petty shit like this is important for you. Hope you find what you're looking for in SA. GTFO
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    corrected quote:

    SI.com:     Your relationship with Lillard was believed to be one of the reasons you decided to leave. How would you characterize that relationship?

    LA: I thought, ya'know, that stuff was, ya'know, blown out of proportion. I feel like, ya'know, the organization blew it out of, ya'know, ya'know, proportion, ya'know, and I felt like the media blew it out of proportion. Ya'know. Of course him and I could’ve talked more ya'know and been closer ya'know . Ya'know we’re both ... the issue you have ya'know, when you have two guys that are very similar ya'know, as far as competitiveness ya'know, and drive and kind of being brought up ya'know, the same way is that they’re both the same way ya'know, so you don’t have one person that really goes out ya'know, of his way to make a relationship. Ya'know.

    So we didn’t have a bad relationship at all ya'know. I enjoyed playing ya'know, with him. I feel like he learned as time went along, ya'know, to incorporate ya'know, me and how to give me, ya'know, shots how I like my shot, and of course everyone knows he’s a big-time player ya'know, ya'know, so I didn’t have ya'know, any issues. We both texted and said we both ya'know, could have probably done better ya'know, at communicating ya'know. I thought that was one thing that we both agreed on, ya'know, that we both kind of saw each other as ya'know, “don’t mess, ya'know, with him” because we’re both so ya'know, to ourselves in a way that we both didn’t want to overstep our ya'know, boundaries trying to get to know each other. But then we texted and ya'know, said we both probably should have ya'know, done more. But I never had ya'know, an issue playing with ya'know, him or anything like ya'know, that or with him being the face or them ya'know, promoting him ya'know,or anything like that ya'know. If I had an issue like that ya'know, then why go to the Spurs ya'know,? They don’t promote anybody ya'know,ya'know,ya'know,ya'know,ya'know.”
     
    julius, Oct 22, 2015
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