We might get one some day Aminu is a good defender and Davis seemed like he was good then again the Lakers were giving up like 120 a night so hard to tell.
Damn you moderate, spellcheck and fix punctuation. That is one hell of a resume, I am sure it will be useful when you apply to join the Spurs forum after LA signs.
So you start a thread talking about going all in on "defense", and in the same thread you criticize Neil for going after a good defender in Davis? I would have thought the thread was based on Neil getting Davis.
For the record, the spurs forum is one of the worst places on the internet, I would never post there. second, I am not an LA fan. I am a fan of letting a man make a decision, and only accepting verification of said decision by the person himself, not some other entity or news program. That should just be common knowledge and logic at this point.
Great idea. I think if/when LMA leaves, it would be the perfect opportunity to let Terry Stotts go and get Thibodeau. It would be a built-in excuse to gently fire Stotts, as the personnel on this team has changed drastically. It doesn't make the Blazers look as bad as we would if we were outright canning Stotts, and it doesn't make Stotts look bad because our whole roster has been revamped and will not fit Stotts' current system.
From a defensive standpoint (you know, the topic of this thread that you created), We've quite certainly upgraded our frontcourt. And while overall offensive production will be less with this frontcourt, offensive efficiency will likely improve, as LA is really not a very efficient offensive player, while Davis really is.
This whole FA has been one social media clusterfuck after another. Incorrect and contradicting reports everywhere.
Davis is fine in a bubble was just hoping he was aiming a little higher up the FA market. Some like DeAndre Jordan who lead the league in rebounding and was among the leaders in Defensive Rating, Defensive Wins Shares, Blocks etc. Davis is gave up around a PER of 20 and his DWS put him like 150 in the league and his defensive rating of 107 puts him in the solid 250 range. Some of that can be attributed to the Lakers being just dreadful but some of it suggests he is not a focal point on defense that we need to go all in on defense.
That was just not going to happen. Almost all top players re-signed with their previous team. Jordan is not moving unless he goes home to Texas. (Or down the hall)
I don't imagine Stotts can either, therefore getting Jordan who already learned to defend from someone like Rivers is more valuable than adding someone like Davis who has potential but not the coach to maximize it.
That is all good but we have not gotten any indication that Olshey has even tried to contact him. Considering their history and our need for a center you would hope that there would be some speculation that we were at least interested.
