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TBpup said:
Perhaps like Kevin Love, it's tough to get up for every game when you are getting hammered. Remind anyone of this years' Blazer roster?

Now that Cleveland is a Top-4 team, miraculously, Love is healed an contributing in a big manner again for the Cavs.
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Wood has a history of being a diva. even in college i believe. not that i would necessarily mind that, especially given how nurk was before he found dame. but something to consider
 
illmatic99 said:
Wood has a history of being a diva. even in college i believe. not that i would necessarily mind that, especially given how nurk was before he found dame. but something to consider
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Of course, but this team needs talent and he has it. I trust Dame to be the leader everyone says he is and be able to lead players like Wood or Simmons to a better version of themselves.
 
TBpup said:
Of course, but this team needs talent and he has it. I trust Dame to be the leader everyone says he is and be able to lead players like Wood or Simmons to a better version of themselves.
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Attitude problems are able to be minimized by good leadership.

Mental issues like not wanting to touch the ball in the 4th quarter are tough to help someone through because you can tell them all the right things but if Simmons has pressure free throws late in a playoff game he's got to overcome that himself.
 
hoopsjock said:
Attitude problems are able to be minimized by good leadership.

Mental issues like not wanting to touch the ball in the 4th quarter are tough to help someone through because you can tell them all the right things but if Simmons has pressure free throws late in a playoff game he's got to overcome that himself.
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Here, Simmons wouldn't have to be the PG....very different than his role in Philly. Also, it was a small sample size compared to the rest of his career, so I'll take the much bigger sample size to work with, especially in a role where he isn't the guy with the ball in his hands as the primary ball handler.
 
meyersleonard NBA career update:

My left shoulder surgery in February 2021 was successful (my 2nd left shoulder surgery) It is 100% normal and strong now.

However.. my right ankle surgery in April of 2021 was not.. Without getting into too many details..I now need more rest and another right ankle surgery sometime early this year (2022)

While I’m extremely thankful for all the teams reaching out over the last few months, I’m simply not healthy enough to play. Believe me, I would do anything to play right now if I could. But.. my long term health is also very important to me and need to do what’s right for me first.

Similar to the caption in my post.. I greatly appreciate everyone who continues to believe in me and my health & performance team that will get me back to 100% when the time is right.

God is good and life will always work out the way it’s supposed to.

HAMMER DOWN
 
10 of the 12 teams playing today are under 500.
 
Josh Giddey with his first NBA triple double!

17 pts @ 43.8% (60% 3P%), 13 reb, 14 ast, 4 stl

Game high in each of those categories for either team.
 
DUB said:
Josh Giddey with his first NBA triple double!

17 pts @ 43.8% (60% 3P%), 13 reb, 14 ast, 4 stl

Game high in each of those categories for either team.
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Love that team right now. Jealous of the potential and number of picks they have. Rooting for them to turn it all into something
 
@DUB Josh Giddey is a UK player, right? :thinking:
 
DUB said:
Youngest player in NBA history to achieve a triple double.

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Still huge growing pains, but they can be fun to watch. Giddey, Poku and SGA.....so much more entertaining and a lot more of a future than what we currently have here.
 
TBpup said:
Still huge growing pains, but they can be fun to watch. Giddey, Poku and SGA.....so much more entertaining and a lot more of a future than what we currently have here.
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Poku is super young, and has occasional highlights, but has otherwise been simply awful by all measures.
 
TBpup said:
Still huge growing pains, but they can be fun to watch. Giddey, Poku and SGA.....so much more entertaining and a lot more of a future than what we currently have here.
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See. Can’t wait to start this path. Been telling ya for awhile now
 
RR7 said:
Poku is super young, and has occasional highlights, but has otherwise been simply awful by all measures.
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....as has been most of the Blazers roster/season. They have youth and potential.....with all the warts and inexperience that comes with it. That is miles ahead of where we are.
 
I thought triple doubles were bad.
 
Cugel said:
Seems like Wood is just a mess, emotionally that is. No wonder he is being traded every year. It's shocking to think you can't just go with the flow when tens of millions are at stake. Horrible attitudes.
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Last year some might have though Siakam had a bad attitude, when he got into it with his coach. And his stats were down and then he got injured. But don't I wish we had got him when the price would have been lower. The guy is balling this year.
 


I'll be interested to see how he looks after the long layoff. The players scrimmaging with him say he looks like the old Klay. If that's true, and he just needs to get his conditioning up--this season is a wrap.
 
Minstrel said:


I'll be interested to see how he looks after the long layoff. The players scrimmaging with him say he looks like the old Klay. If that's true, and he just needs to get his conditioning up--this season is a wrap.
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I think he'll be close to what we've seen offensively. Defensively is where I'm most interested. He's been a pretty important defender for them in the past as a versatile on ball guy. Wiggs has picked up some of that slack though.
 
Ja Morrant is now better than Dame. Definitely an All-Star
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Yes it does. Way better stats, way better team record.
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Lol. I didn't think I needed to explain something so simple.

Dame is a better player than Ja. Not right now. But he is.

It is cute how people have waited years to bump dame down a peg though. (Not you).

Seems some people have waited the entire time to say dame sucks and finally get it.

And here I am like "yeah it's been 10 years and you got a guy whose been in the league for just a few years and you wait until dame finally has a significant enough of an injury to hopefully shut him down for the season to better the team" (again, not you. Just replying to you).

Just all very very convienent, isnt it?

Thats literally what my post meant, but ah well. It's out there now.
 
Strenuus said:
Lol. I didn't think I needed to explain something so simple.

Dame is a better player than Ja. Not right now. But he is.

It is cute how people have waited years to bump dame down a peg though. (Not you).

Seems some people have waited the entire time to say dame sucks and finally get it.

And here I am like "yeah it's been 10 years and you got a guy whose been in the league for just a few years and you wait until dame finally has a significant enough of an injury to hopefully shut him down for the season to better the team" (again, not you. Just replying to you).

Just all very very convienent, isnt it?

Thats literally what my post meant, but ah well. It's out there now.
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Got it
 
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