However even though the Lakers got a second meeting with Aldridge, something that the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns have not gotten, they still didn't convince him that they are his best option.
Dude just had a playoff run where he shot like 30%. Look, I like LMA just fine, but he's not putting the Suns into anything but familiar get to the playoffs and lose territory.
I'm a bit surprised here. I was convinced he'd be with the Spurs right now, so it's interesting that he actually needs to think about it. The pros & cons are actually quite clear. SA has the pedigree, but lacks long term security outside of Kawhi. The Suns lack pedigree, but are built for the next 5 years.
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TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dude just had a playoff run where he shot like 30%. Look, I like LMA just fine, but he's not putting the Suns into anything but familiar get to the playoffs and lose territory.
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dude just had a playoff run where he shot like 30%. Look, I like LMA just fine, but he's not putting the Suns into anything but familiar get to the playoffs and lose territory.
With a broken hand, right?
30% regardless of how it happens isn't helping anyone.
I'm just tired of cutting the rebuilding short. To me, this is just another potential stop gap.
I'm not sure signing an all-star PF is a stop gap. What do you want to do? Go full sixers and hope we draft guys good enough to turn into LMA, Chandler, Bledsoe, and Knight? What if we whiff?
Aldridge isn't a stop-gap. If we got him, we'd probably be one sharpshooter away from being a contender. And maybe Booker could develop into that sharpshooter.
What kind of situation are we offering LMA? I assume Keef and Tucker will have to be traded for picks to make the salary room. That leaves us with Bledsoe, Knight, Chandler, and a bunch of unproven young talent.
Windhorst chimes in... I think Spurs lost a lot of their role players and were actually un-Spurs-like in their pursuit of LMA. I get they need him for the future, but they've lost Splitter, Baynes and Belinelli and might lose Joseph. That's 4 of their rotation guys. Yea, they're the spurs and they'll probably end up with a bunch of solid guys on minimum. I don't get when he says they didn't cut anything off because that's 4 guys they lost. We traded a bunch of crap we didn't want.
I also agree that this puts us on the map regardless. People have taken notice that we're serious about winning and even if we don't get LMA, we have the piece to just plug the right player in and make that jump. Durant maybe?
He also says there's a lot of interest and a strong market for Bledsoe.
From everything I've read it's OKC or Washington. Plus w/ the cap going up OKC can probably get another max guy there in the Summer. Depending on what they re-sign Kanter for. I think McDonough is pulling out all the stops because this is the only shot for the foreseeable future. Next year we're competing with everyone. Does that make sense? Idk.
