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Portland TrailBlazers Championship Thread.
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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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Has Dame played his last game with Portland?
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NoTequilla said:Has Dame played his last game with Portland?
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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.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.
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.
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Would Dame actually want to go to LA? He doesn't seem like that kind of guy.
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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.BleachedAnusDawg said:Would Dame actually want to go to LA? He doesn't seem like that kind of guy.
If Dame wants a ring there are a lot of better options
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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.RaceBannon said: -
They can have ADKaepsknee 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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If he’s smartTequilla said:Has Dame played his last game with Portland?
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He talked to Allen a year before he died.MikeDamone said:
If he’s smart
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 -
if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again
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Stotts was running Hollis-Jefferson out there instead of Nurk for the last part of the blazers season.ntxduck said:if the zers hire Jason kidd I’ll never watch them again
Consistently relied on Carmelo throughout the season and playoffs.
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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 lefthaie said:
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.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/damian-lillard-on-portlands-head-coach-opening-jason-kidd-is-the-guy-i-want-043651102.htmlntxduck said:
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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Nice to see shitty Black coaches get recycled just like the white ones
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AD is made of glass. He seems like the type of guy to never be the same.RaceBannon said: -
Today it was reported that Kidd has no interest in the jerb
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I’d like to see Chauncey billups
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They need a coach that at least pretends to care about stopping someone.greenblood said:I’d like to see Chauncey billups
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Hawt fire talk has Playoff P headed to Pdx for McCollum.RaceBannon said: -
Kidd stopped his wife cold on a couple occassions, if I recall correctly. That should count for something.Kaepsknee said:
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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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It's embarrassing, but the real issue is the GM and the players and ultimately what the players want.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
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.
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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
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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.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 -
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@BrettKavanaughDawg, true?RoadDawg55 said:
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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I think Billups was the best hire available.haie said:
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.
But Portland doesn’t deserve Dame Lillard.
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