Not gonna lie, this is some poetic justice right here

Basically all this says is that Durant, Westbrook, Adams and Kanter are better at this stage than Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, Aldridge and Leonard

You guys have to let the Aldridge hate go. He told the team years ago he was unhappy, and they chose not to trade him, so he left in free agency.

 

That's a reasonable take.

I'm going to choose to ignore it entirely because I like saying "LaMucus."

 

Texas Turncoat BBQ

Yummy

 

But why was he unhappy? The team tried to bend over to make him happy. Then he goes to the Spurs and decides to play a role for the team rather than be a diva and jack up low percentage shots.

LaMarcus has a really good skill set for a PF but he only used it properly a fraction of the time here. I don't hate him as a player anymore though, because he's not on our team.

 

LaMucus is one I haven't heard. I like it

 

I'm not condoning it, or saying he is right in any way, but he was unhappy here because the team continually pushed other stars in front of him, and he thought they should do a better job promoting him. There had been word that they told him they would and didn't

 

I think LaMarcus should have been the official spokesman of the Portland Trailblazers...ya know?

 

His full name is LaMucus Hairballdridge.

 

When your girlfriend dumps you because you don't make enough money, then starts dating a rich dude, who gets indicted for tax evasion and goes bankrupt, you kind of have to laugh. Also, fuck my ex.

 

Actually, he told the team and the fans he wanted to re-sign a long term extension here and to the greatest Blazer of all time.

 

Some of those Spur fans are crappying on Popovich....who is arguably the best coach of all time. Damn, we've never won a title in my lifetime and how many have they won? And they are bitching about losing. And they have a young top 3 player locked in for 3 more years no matter what happens.

 

Because he never liked Portland. He never felt at home here. He was a Texas boy at heart. That's pretty much the bottom line.

 

In public he did. Not what the Blazers were told.

 

Oh come ON..... First you are actively trying to keep people from feeling good about how the Warriors series went, and now you're trying to make us feel bad for reveling in aldridges failure? Some of us like to feel good MM. You should try it sometime.

 

Who's trying to make you feel bad? I think the Blazers played great. If you guys want to feel great about another person's failure, for doing nothing, that's great for you. It's just for me, Aldridge did nothing to this franchise. He told them he wanted out years ago. They chose not to move him, and he left when he could. I just don't get the hate? Hell, Erik started a thread proclaiming how much better we are this season, so shouldn't Aldridge be praised?

 

I am really not upset about Aldridge either, but if other people enjoy ragging on him, why should I care?

 

I am not gloating over the Spurs or Aldridge losing. I have no idea what was in his head or what was said between him and the Blazers behind closed doors, and I don't pretend to. What's done is done. He chose, or was pushed, to leave Portland and go to San Antonio with a huge deal. Presumably he realized this would put pressure on him to produce when it counted most. And he didn't. Whether it was some failure in him, (not the coach, please, Spurs fans!) or OKC defense, or maybe he was injured, again, I can't say.

I can say this. Aldridge played one more postseason game than the guy he left behind, Dame. But it's not just "one more game". The Spurs were expected to be championship contenders. They were supposed to be the one team that could challenge GSW's hopes for a repeat.

For the Blazers to go down fighting in the second round was inspirational and served to make the team hungrier to do more next year, everyone on the team from Paul Allen to benchwarmers and definitely fans. For the Spurs to be eliminated in the second round is colossal underachievement. The difference between the two fates, and how they are viewed, and how they feel, is not simply mathematical, five games vs. six. One team overachieved, one team fell on their asses. Not gloating, just fact.

 

And since one would surmise it is the public in this forum and not the Blazer front office, perhaps the dislike is understandable. You care more when someone lies to your face and not so much what they tell someone else.

 

I think I just get annoyed because there were several people, I believe, or thought you were one of them, that told everyone and anyone who would listen that this was happening.

 

That 'what' was happening?