Pounding The Rock Aug 15, 2017
Report: Kyrie Irving would sign an extension for the Spurs
When will this Cleveland drama end? I want to make it clear that I think it’s unlikely that Kyrie Irving ends up in San Antonio. (Of course, I felt the same way about LaMarcus Aldridge in 2015, but that didn’t stop him from leaving Portland and signing with the Spurs.) But if we ignore everything cooking in Cleveland with LeBron James and company, and Irving ends up joining the club, I’m going to be useless in trying to recreate the path the clubs took to make it happen. So, here’s the latest, per Woj: The Spurs have interest in Irving, league sources say, and Irving's willingness...
Pounding The Rock Aug 13, 2017
Explaining LaMarcus Aldridge’s decline
Just two short years ago, LaMarcus Aldridge was a perennial All-Star and the crown jewel of the free agent market. What happened? I was scrolling through the proverbial rabbit hole that is Twitter the other day when I came across a Tweet that caught me by surprise. Biggest divide between a team's best player and second best player?— Josh Eberley (@JoshEberley) August 8, 2017 While the results of this poll are entirely subjective, it still speaks to the radical decline LaMarcus Aldridge experienced in his play last season. Some of this divide can be attributed to Kawhi Leonard’s...
Pounding The Rock Aug 11, 2017
Why LaMarcus Aldridge is still a Spur
The reasons the reportedly malcontent power forward wasn’t moved this summer. In the lead-up to the NBA Draft, the Spurs rumor mill whirred as loudly as ever as fans, against their own experience and better judgment, leaned into the possibility of the team taking a big off-season swing for the fences. Reports percolated that PATFO was pursuing a landing spot for the reputedly disappointing, allegedly malcontent LaMarcus Aldridge, with designs to net a top 5 pick in return and create enough cap space to chase a marquee free agent. And nothing happened. There are a number of reasons...
