>2015, ditches Portland during his prime after 9 seasons
>joins Spurs who just won championship in 2014 with a dominant Finals performance
>nobody gives the slightest fuck
He got off easy. Its not nearly as bad as KD to the Golden State. But there should've at least been some complaint, besides a couple salty Blazers
>>69273944
He did for sure. However, KD still deserves this.
Nobody gives a fuck about Trailblazers
>Portland had no shot to win
>OKC did
OKC was one of the best int he league. Portland was simply good.
That timeline is wrong you retard, do you even watch basketball
Aldridge signed with the Spurs the year GSW won the championship and Spurs got eliminated first round by the Clops
What he did wasn't good, but leaving a very good championship contention team in OKC to join an already stacked team that JUST BEAT your team in the conference finals AND set the wins record in a season looks worse.
>>69273944
They all got off easy
Howard
Melo
Durant
All of them
It wasn't never about leaving, it wasn't how they left, it was about Lebron
People got scared Lebron would overtake Kobe/MJ and so they used it as an excuse to hate him the same way socialists vote for their economic interest since they have low sexual market value but claim they "care"
>>69275239
KEK
Melo went and joined an eternal Steve Nash babby on a bad team.
Howard went and joined a 6th man on a bad team.
LeBron went and joined a former Finals MVP and perennial all star and brought in the best young big man at the time on a playoff team.
Later he leaves to join the ROTY and the best young big man at the time.
What Howard and Melo did was nothing like what LeBron did. Worse part is LeBron did it twice.
When an NBA player gets old, that gives him license to start chasing rings. If you know you only have a few years left before your body disintegrates, you don't want to be part of a rebuilding effort. And you definitely don't want to be part of a mediocre eighth seed team. You want to win championships.
>>69275425
Nice response fagtron
He's a new age big man who hates contact and loves the worst shot in basketball
He will get your team to the second round but no further; KD is a bonafide MVP candidate every year
>>69275239
>Melo got off easy
>>69275377
The Thunder we're not an 8th seed, they weren't mediocre, and they were not rebuilding.
Aldrige was never considered a top 5 player in the league
>>69273944
Kind of looks like a black Brendan Schaub
>>69275377
The Thunder were a top team that was a win away from the Finals, though. Durant probably would have won a championship with that team within the next 2-3 years.
Portland still ended up going as far as the Spurs without him which is the funniest part.
>>69273944
How could anyone be mad at based godrich
>>69275811
>>69278585
he's excusing LMA, not durant i think
Aldridge was stuck in a dirk nowitzki situation, they had decent players but they got injured(roy/oden) or didnt perform well enough.
Couldve stuck it out like dirk or take the easy route out. Why not these days, these guys make enough money. Better to be on a winning team than to lose each year in the first round like dirk.
>>69275239
Melo killed the Knicks playoff chances for a decade
>>69273944
Lamarcus wasn't a top 3 player like Durant.
He wasn't even a top 15 player.
>>69273944
Nobody likes the Blazers but most people like the spurs. Also most people like(d) the thunder and dislike the warriors.
>>69273944
It's definitely different, LA was added after the Spurs got dropped in the first round and their team's rock, their PF, was getting just too old and needed replacing. The whole team, in fact, was getting old apart from one up and comer. Steph, Klay and Draymond are in their primes. There's no need for fresh meat.
>>69275143
This
>>69275364
Kevin Love was never the best young big man or best big man at all retard.
>inb4 muh 30 30
His stats were inflated playing on the shit Wolves teams and he is a meme player with no defense. Also he has no left hand
>>69275143
you stupid fuck read my green text again.
2015 is the first thing. Same year GSW won. 2014 is when Spurs won
>>69273944
Spuds aren't a meme team like the Warriors.
>>69273944
The spurs didn't win 73, the spurs were expected to decline and they still are, Aldridge was never a top 3 player in the league. Warriors and Durant issue is completely different.
Trailblazers were never ever close to getting to the finals.
