LMA agrees to Sign With Spurs

[Malta]

You lost best defensive center in splitter , baynes, Joseph and neli. Those are huge losses. Joseph and splitter going to hurt. I'm sure the spurs will be fine though

Those aren't huge losses, especially when you consider the fact they have a young guy they can consistently run offense through which had been a problem for them. Aldridge can carry them offensively if need be.


If he went anywhere else this wouldn't be that big of a deal, but going to the Spurs is massive.

 

[Loose]

Those aren't huge losses, especially when you consider the fact they have a young guy they can consistently run offense through which had been a problem for them. Aldridge can carry them offensively if need be.


If he went anywhere else this wouldn't be that big of a deal, but going to the Spurs is massive.

Considering depth at center those are huge losses. You're banking (no pun) on Duncan's production to remain the same at 39. Long term it's good they have two great assets kawhi and Aldridge. Tony parker is finished, rated 2nd worst pg defensively in many metrics with a great defensive center in splitter helping him. Manus done as well. Corey would be great taking parkers minutes. But that's now done.

 

[Da King]

Considering depth at center those are huge losses. You're banking (no pun) on Duncan's production to remain the same at 39. Long term it's good they have two great assets kawhi and Aldridge. Tony parker is finished, rated 2nd worst pg defensively in many metrics with a great defensive center in splitter helping him. Manus done as well. Corey would be great taking parkers minutes. But that's now done.

I know this signing must have been painful for you

 

[MikelArteta]

Those aren't huge losses, especially when you consider the fact they have a young guy they can consistently run offense through which had been a problem for them. Aldridge can carry them offensively if need be.


If he went anywhere else this wouldn't be that big of a deal, but going to the Spurs is massive.

dudes are talking about scrubs and system players as huge losses
but but spurs lost francisco elton a starting center
but but spurs lost rasho nesterovic

 

[Malta]

@Loose


Regular season opponent % allowed at rim -

Aldridge - 45.1%
Splitter - 50%



Playoffs

Aldridge - 39.6%
Splitter - 60%


HUGE LOSS!

 

[aceboon]

This is a classic #lifecomesatyoufast moment, everyone knew what the deal was but dude should have offered up a "no comment"

Trail Blazers fire Kim Hughes, assistant coach who said LaMarcus Aldridge is leaving the franchise


Trail Blazers assistant coach Kim Hughes has been fired by the team, The Oregonian/Oregonlive has learned, days after his comments to an Indiana television station about the future of free agent LaMarcus Aldridge went viral.

NBA.com was the first with knowledge of the move and The Oregonian confirmed it.

"We can confirm Mr. Hughes is no longer with the team,'' Neil Olshey, Blazers president of basketball operations, said on Saturday. "It is our policy to otherwise refrain from commenting on personnel matters.''

Hughes, who has been the Blazers' big man coach for the past three seasons, told WTHI television that Aldridge was leaving the Blazers in free agency, which enraged team officials, who said Hughes had no knowledge of the team's free agent proceedings.

The Terre Haute, Ind., station was interviewing Hughes while he was at a camp held by Blazers forward Meyers Leonard in Leonard's hometown of Robinson, Ill.

"Well, people don't realize we just went young,'' Hughes said in the interview. "We didn't publicize it, but we lost LaMarcus Aldridge. It hasn't been declared yet, but I'm sure he won't come back. We will go young.''

The interview was taped on June 27, the day after the NBA Draft and the day after Blazers' president of basketball operations Neil Olshey made a spirited denial of national reports that Aldridge had told the team he was leaving.

Hughes, 63, has spent 25 years in the NBA as a player, coach and scout. He came to the Blazers after serving as an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers from 2003-2010. He was the interim head coach of the Clippers for the final 33 games of the 2009-2010 season, when he went 8-25.

 

[Loose]

That's not a huge loss, no matter how hard you try to frame it as one getting Aldridge and losing Splitter is not some massive loss. Baynes played 16mpg on the season last year, Joseph didn't get off the bench during the playoffs and Splitter was hot garbage in the series vs the Clippers.

Your repeating the same thing over and over we are just going to have to disagree

 

[MikelArteta]

That's not a huge loss, no matter how hard you try to frame it as one getting Aldridge and losing Splitter is not some massive loss. Baynes played 16mpg on the season last year, Joseph didn't get off the bench during the playoffs and Splitter was hot garbage in the series vs the Clippers.

yup
plus no offense to aaron baynes give 95% of big men in the nba 16 minutes a game and your getting that same input

 

[Malta]

Your repeating the same thing over and over we are just going to have to disagree

You're only saying it's a massive loss cause that's your bias and hope speaking, it's not and you'll find out soon enough

 

[Liquid]

Your repeating the same thing over and over we are just going to have to disagree

You are dead wrong here though.

 

[MikelArteta]

You're only saying it's a massive loss cause that's your bias and hope speaking, it's not and you'll find out soon enough

but but the spurs lost
dejuan blair
rasho nesterovic
stephen jackson,, gary neal
richard jefferson
antonio mcdyess
ime udoka
george hill

 

[Loose]

yup
plus no offense to aaron baynes give 95% of big men in the nba 16 minutes a game and your getting that same input

Wish I could find that 95% of big who shoots 61ts and 20 drb%

You're only saying it's a massive loss cause that's your bias and hope speaking, it's not and you'll find out soon enough

Your projecting "concern" on me, I'm talking objectively as a fan of basketball. Spurs were already one of the best offensive teams , losing your best big defender is a huge loss your OK to disagree.

 

[Pesci]

Splitter does some good things but talking about missing him and Baynes like it's going to be a fatal flaw is weird

 

[Loose]

You are dead wrong here though.

Explain how I'm wrong ?

 

[Loose]

Spurs should have kept splitter dumped diaw imo