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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Dame was loyal to a fault. And the dipshits maxed out McCollum when they should have traded him. It’s a shitty organization through and through.

    The Blazers have no defensive fundamentals whatsoever. Be it guarding or rebounding. And somehow Nurk is regarded as a good player. Portland gonna Portland.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    Has Dame played his last game with Portland?
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Tequilla said:

    Has Dame played his last game with Portland?

    No
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,696 Founders Club
    Kaepsknee said:

    Dame was loyal to a fault. And the dipshits maxed out McCollum when they should have traded him. It’s a shitty organization through and through.

    The Blazers have no defensive fundamentals whatsoever. Be it guarding or rebounding. And somehow Nurk is regarded as a good player. Portland gonna Portland.

    Dame is partially to blame. He signed off on the core including CJ and Nurk. He had plenty of time to get rid of GMBro and/or Stotts, at least before Allen died.

    They just don't have enough size and defense. Stotts defers to veterans too much and has never put together a top 15 defense.

    I didn't need to see this series to know that, it's been obvious since the spectacular New Orleans sweep a handful of years ago.

    Mediocre GM and front office for sure.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,184 Standard Supporter
    Would Dame actually want to go to LA? He doesn't seem like that kind of guy.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Would Dame actually want to go to LA? He doesn't seem like that kind of guy.

    Laker fans think everyone wants to play there. If this is the end for Lebron and it looks like with 2 of the last three years injury plagued and a vacation in the middle of the last title run the Lakers are years from contention.

    If Dame wants a ring there are a lot of better options

    A couple weeks ago it was Steph Curry coming to LA
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    RaceBannon said:

    The Lakers already tried to get Dame 2 years ago before He signed the Super Max extension. The Lakers don’t have anyone that Portland wants.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
    Kaepsknee said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The Lakers already tried to get Dame 2 years ago before He signed the Super Max extension. The Lakers don’t have anyone that Portland wants.
    They can have AD

    Please
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    Tequilla said:

    Has Dame played his last game with Portland?

    If he’s smart
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,696 Founders Club
    edited June 2021
    MikeDamone said:

    Tequilla said:

    Has Dame played his last game with Portland?

    If he’s smart
    He talked to Allen a year before he died.

    He stood up for Stotts after the New Orleans series. He approved Olshey, he approved this core.

    He most likely gets consulted on draft picks.

    It's his franchise. Yes, he could go be the last piece on a semi-contender, but he's also on a max deal.

    He's been way too loyal to CJ too.

    Edit: yes, he's a fucking player. But it's a player's league, way moreso than any other sport. Like, him and GMBro thought Covington and Powell were the missing pieces to this roster? Jesus
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  • ntxduck
    ntxduck Member Posts: 6,122
    if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,696 Founders Club
    ntxduck said:

    if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again

    Stotts was running Hollis-Jefferson out there instead of Nurk for the last part of the blazers season.

    Consistently relied on Carmelo throughout the season and playoffs.

    I doubt Kidd is any worse than that wrt matchups.
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  • ntxduck
    ntxduck Member Posts: 6,122
    haie said:

    ntxduck said:

    if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again

    Stotts was running Hollis-Jefferson out there instead of Nurk for the last part of the blazers season.

    Consistently relied on Carmelo throughout the season and playoffs.

    I doubt Kidd is any worse than that wrt matchups.
    Ehhh. Stotts was def mediocre but kidd is one of the worst nba coaches ive ever seen. Look at the jump the bucks took as soon as he left
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,696 Founders Club
    ntxduck said:

    haie said:

    ntxduck said:

    if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again

    Stotts was running Hollis-Jefferson out there instead of Nurk for the last part of the blazers season.

    Consistently relied on Carmelo throughout the season and playoffs.

    I doubt Kidd is any worse than that wrt matchups.
    Ehhh. Stotts was def mediocre but kidd is one of the worst nba coaches ive ever seen. Look at the jump the bucks took as soon as he left
    https://sports.yahoo.com/damian-lillard-on-portlands-head-coach-opening-jason-kidd-is-the-guy-i-want-043651102.html

    Lillard and the Lakers seem to think otherwise.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
    Nice to see shitty Black coaches get recycled just like the white ones

    Progress
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,129
    RaceBannon said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The Lakers already tried to get Dame 2 years ago before He signed the Super Max extension. The Lakers don’t have anyone that Portland wants.
    They can have AD

    Please
    AD is made of glass. He seems like the type of guy to never be the same.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Today it was reported that Kidd has no interest in the jerb
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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,559
    I’d like to see Chauncey billups
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    greenblood said:

    I’d like to see Chauncey billups

    They need a coach that at least pretends to care about stopping someone.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    RaceBannon said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The Lakers already tried to get Dame 2 years ago before He signed the Super Max extension. The Lakers don’t have anyone that Portland wants.
    They can have AD

    Please
    Hawt fire talk has Playoff P headed to Pdx for McCollum.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    edited June 2021
    My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.

    Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.

    What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.

    This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
    https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,696 Founders Club
    Kaepsknee said:

    My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.

    Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.

    What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.

    This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
    https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8

    It's embarrassing, but the real issue is the GM and the players and ultimately what the players want.

    Dame is selling shoes so he can't just come out and say, 'I dgaf about that. We're going to respect and play for this dude because he's won rings and I want a ring'

    Sounds like as of now they're going to take a another shot.

    I don't really blame them. Just get better role players and sacrifice what you can to get that.

    See what happens. There's a lot more chaos now that the Dub frabchise is over.

    Maybe there's still a significant trade in the works to upgrade at PF and sacrifice a bit elsewhere.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
    https://si.com/nba/2021/06/30/trail-blazers-arrogance-billups


    The Trail Blazers had two options for handling Chauncey Billups’s candidacy for their head-coaching position. One was to hire somebody else. The second was to hire Billups, then explain that while they feel secure in their vetting of the 1997 sexual assault allegation against Billups, they understand that some fans have questions and concerns and might not want Billups, and they respect that. The Blazers created and then chose a third option: hire Billups and tell everybody to shut up.

    The Blazers did not say those exact words, of course. But they came shamefully close. Billups said the incident shaped his life, but when somebody asked him how, the Blazers’ PR staff shut down the question. Longtime general manager Neil Olshey, who should know better, said the team’s investigation was “proprietary. … You're just going to have to take our word that we hired an experienced firm that led us to the results we already discussed."

    What a disgraceful reply. It’s 2021. “Take our word” is not a remotely satisfactory answer. It’s insulting to fans who have legitimate questions, and it makes the whole investigation look like a sham, whether it is or not. Billups looked ready to answer that perfectly legitimate follow-up question, too. The Blazers should have let him speak.

    This is a broad outline of what we know about the allegation: A woman said Billups, then Celtics teammate Ron Mercer and a third man forced her into sex acts. She went to a hospital and showed signs of being assaulted. The players said the acts involving them were consensual. No charges were filed. They settled a civil suit.

    Quite honestly Softy I have no recall of this event

    I don't see why Billups doesn't get the same pass any other democrat would get

    Non issue
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,129
    Kaepsknee said:

    My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.

    Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.

    What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.

    This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
    https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8

    Asking Billups about whatever happened in 1997 is stupid. That’s 25 years ago. He played a full career and has been an exec and assistant before any of this came up at all.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club
    @RuffaloSoldier
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,034
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.

    Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.

    What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.

    This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
    https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8

    Asking Billups about whatever happened in 1997 is stupid. That’s 25 years ago. He played a full career and has been an exec and assistant before any of this came up at all.
    @BrettKavanaughDawg, true?
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    haie said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.

    Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.

    What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.

    This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
    https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8

    It's embarrassing, but the real issue is the GM and the players and ultimately what the players want.

    Dame is selling shoes so he can't just come out and say, 'I dgaf about that. We're going to respect and play for this dude because he's won rings and I want a ring'

    Sounds like as of now they're going to take a another shot.

    I don't really blame them. Just get better role players and sacrifice what you can to get that.

    See what happens. There's a lot more chaos now that the Dub frabchise is over.

    Maybe there's still a significant trade in the works to upgrade at PF and sacrifice a bit elsewhere.
    I think Billups was the best hire available.

    But Portland doesn’t deserve Dame Lillard.


    Portland deserves to be the Timberwolves.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,798 Founders Club


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