Game Thread GAME# 79: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - APRIL 5, 2019 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

[BonesJones]

Well that was the guy who also claimed that other posters "warned him" about other posters just like this one.

Same posting and writing style too.

 

[Chris Craig]

Well that was the guy who also claimed that other posters "warned him" about other posters just like this one.

I just saw that. Hm.

 

[Chris Craig]

And you say this why?

I thought it was maybe Cup back "undercover" to test the mods and rile people up as usual

 

[HailBlazers]

He's too articulate to be Tunchi, haha.

He's more like Mixum. Guy was good at toeing the line.

 

[Chris Craig]

Which part of my comment specifically was “ignorant bile”?

These are all facts:

- Dame has never led a team out of the first round (besides fluke clipper series)

- Dame doesn’t warm up much at all before games

- Dame doesn’t play as many minutes as other elite superstars

Facts don’t care about your feelings.

Are you there before every game watching him? How do you know?

 

[THE HCP]

I don't know who @Better Call Gasol ended up being but this is the same guy.

That was ME!

 

[Chris Craig]

That was ME!

So your not Nurkalicious then?

Dame would not be happy with you

 

[hoopsjock]

That was ME!

Okay, cool?

 

[THE HCP]

Hey @Nurkalicious I have some "insider" info about Dame and his "pregame" routine you are so upset about. Dame comes out and goes through an extensive routine from 5:15-5;45 EVERY game.
He is meticulous out there. If you want, I could get you in to see this.

 

[Better Call Gasol]

I don't know who @Better Call Gasol ended up being but this is the same guy.

Good evening gentleman. It's been awhile.

 

[julius]

Hey @Nurkalicious I have some "insider" info about Dame and his "pregame" routine you are so upset about. Dame comes out and goes through an extensive routine from 5:15-5;45 EVERY game.
He is meticulous out there. If you want, I could get you in to see this.

It's for only 30 minutes? What a lazy bum. It's no wonder the team has never made it past the 1st round with him (not counting the 2 years they did), or that he's never made All NBA, or the All Star Team, or that players who actually play against him never heap praise on him.

Trade him for (insert older, worse PG here)

 

[BonesJones]

It's for only 30 minutes? What a lazy bum. It's no wonder the team has never made it past the 1st round with him (not counting the 2 years they did), or that he's never made All NBA, or the All Star Team, or that players who actually play against him heap praise on him.

Trade him for Raymond Felton.

 

[Better Call Gasol]

Maybe @Nurkalicious has a point though.

 

[HailBlazers]

@hoopsjock nails it nothing but net. See you tomorrow boss!

 

[hoopsjock]

@hoopsjock nails it nothing but net. See you tomorrow boss!

You're coming? Sweeeeeeeet

 

[Nurkalicious]

And where are the stats to prove that players who average the 6th most minutes per game get swept in the first round?

Cousins was 6th in minutes per game last year. He got hurt so even if I ignore that his team didn't get swept in the 1st round and bump up 7th to 6th, Kevin Durant, his team won the championship.

So I had to go back one year to prove your fact wrong. Try again!

Yeah great point bro. Durant won with 7th in MPG, so if we just get 5 all stars like the warrior we will be good with Dame at his current mediocre-condition.

 

[Nurkalicious]

“And where are the stats to prove that players who average the 6th most minutes per game get swept in the first round?”

How about the fact that Lillard has never led us out of the first round?

 

[Nurkalicious]

It definitely is. Good catch.

Wish we could start cleaning up these types of guys.

Yeah dude everyone that doesn’t like you is the same person on a different account. It couldn’t just be that you’re rude

 

[Nurkalicious]

Well that was the guy who also claimed that other posters "warned him" about other posters just like this one.

That was CityofRoses. He said you guys take yourselves too seriously bc you’ve been in an Internet forum for a few years. He seems right.

 

[Nurkalicious]

Are you there before every game watching him? How do you know?

I’ve seen him do this at least a dozen times. I’ve never seen him do even a moderate pre-game warmup - at most he throws up a few threes. He sits on the bench and jokes around before the game. That’s not leadership. Our entire team is sloppy before the game: that’s why we often get off to slow starts in the first and third.

 

[Nurkalicious]

Hey @Nurkalicious I have some "insider" info about Dame and his "pregame" routine you are so upset about. Dame comes out and goes through an extensive routine from 5:15-5;45 EVERY game.
He is meticulous out there. If you want, I could get you in to see this.

You call 30 min of shooting around an extensive pre game? Steve Nash would spend hours. It showed.

Thanks for the offer, I would actually love to do that, but I don’t live in Portland anymore.

 

[Nurkalicious]

It's for only 30 minutes? What a lazy bum. It's no wonder the team has never made it past the 1st round with him (not counting the 2 years they did), or that he's never made All NBA, or the All Star Team, or that players who actually play against him never heap praise on him.

Trade him for (insert older, worse PG here)

One year was with Aldridge leading the team. The other year was when Blake Griffin and Chris Paul we’re injured.

These are the sort of feats you celebrate when you have nothing.

Notice how I never said trade Dame. He’s my second favorite player, I’m just not drinking kool aid and pretending he doesn’t need to go to another level to have any chance of winning a ring.

Interesting how you have a rule against “insults” but not passive-aggressive mockery like this.

 

[hoopsjock]

That was CityofRoses. He said you guys take yourselves too seriously bc you’ve been in an Internet forum for a few years. He seems right.

Nice, you just outed yourself.

 

[James lamphear]

I can’t imagine how sad you have to be to go to these lengths to twist my words.

He was 3-14. He played like shit for a game. Get over it. You seem like a failed author who thinks he’s a lot more clever than he actually is.

Give credit where credit is due they play great defense against him and the ones he made was earn it wasn't that he didn't try to make things happen he also had 8 assist so he was doing other things on offensive trying to help us win.

 

[hoopsjock]

“And where are the stats to prove that players who average the 6th most minutes per game get swept in the first round?”

How about the fact that Lillard has never led us out of the first round?

You can't even keep your own bullshit straight.

You claimed Dame doesn't play enough minutes to lead the team to anything other than a 1st round sweep. Where is the correlation between minutes played and playoff success?

Of course you can't answer that and will just switch your argument to something different.

 

[Nurkalicious]

Give credit where credit is due they play great defense against him and the ones he made was earn it wasn't that he didn't try to make things happen he also had 8 assist so he was doing other things on offensive trying to help us win.

Again, I didn’t say he was a bum.

The fact remains that his shooting was atrocious, and players that warm up more pre game tend to have far fewer atrocious-shooting nights.

Dame takes a lot of pre games off. He will spend a lot of time when he is playing in front of his home in Oakland, he will hardly spend any time prepping for games like this that he expects to lose.

 

[James lamphear]

If you think Dame plays hard every minute you’ve never watched a blazer game.

He still doesn’t even come close to other superstars in MPG. I’m not talking about all star scrubs.

Your right he does plays off I seen that but so does every other star in this league he just doesn't make habit doing it though.

 

[Nurkalicious]

You can't even keep your own bullshit straight.

You claimed Dame doesn't play enough minutes to lead the team to anything other than a 1st round sweep. Where is the correlation between minutes played and playoff success?

Of course you can't answer that and will just switch your argument to something different.

My argument is Dame needs to be in better condition.

He’s in good condition, he is not in elite condition. He’s not playing Rip Hamilton or Kobe Bryant minutes. He’s playing roughly average minutes, and in those minutes he takes a lot of plays off. He looks atrocious in virtually every back to back game.

I think he needs to improve his work ethic. Phil Jackson wouldn’t let Shaq rap. While I’m ok with Dame doing what he wants, I think rapping is at least somewhat of a sign of lack of focus. His songs are all about how much he has succeeded in life, yet he hasn’t led us out of the first round once (vs a non-injured team).

Dame needs to step it up, his attitude is WAY too laid back, this won’t change when people praise him over him scoring 9th in PPG then getting swept in the first round of the playoffs...

This is just my opinion. I’m sick of arguing with you. Relax.

 

[James lamphear]

Again, I didn’t say he was a bum.

The fact remains that his shooting was atrocious, and players that warm up more pre game tend to have far fewer atrocious-shooting nights.

Dame takes a lot of pre games off. He will spend a lot of time when he is playing in front of his home in Oakland, he will hardly spend any time prepping for games like this that he expects to lose.

That one you can't say it fact due that you haven't seen every star player in this league due there pre game.

 

[Nurkalicious]

That one you can't say it fact due that you haven't seen every star player in this league due there pre game.

No but I’ve seen Kobe and Nash warm up pre game, and they warm up more for regular season games than Dame does in the playoffs.

The only time I’ve seen Dame warm up extensively is at Oakland... I wonder why