I can, never felt like the Dame teams had the legs to maybe challenge for a championship down the line. The early Dame / LMA team was exciting but it was not clear how it would work with a young stud and an aging star, after that breakup these Dame teams were mostly questionable even as fans for future growth, CJ was Dame-light so it was clear there was duplication there, there was, for a minute there some excitement about the team with Nurk fever but that went away quickly when they tried to force feed Nurk and it was clear he was not that dude, later he broke his leg and while the team, through lucky matchups, crazy Dame performance in the first round and crazy CJ performance in the 2nd round made it to the WCF, they were exposed by the Warriors.
With this team, a couple of young complimentary high-upside players (Sharpe, DC and maybe Scoot) and the chance of another one in the upcoming draft... there is something there, especially when the FO has understood what NeO never did, you need size in this league, you need big bodies that can handle and create in this league. The Blazers can now have Sharpe, Deni - bigger bodies that can be playmakers, in addition to a good passing big which is also a great defensive anchor in DC and role players that can score and handle some TC, DB. There is certainly something brewing here.
