How to tell when you’re really bad

[damianlillard]

I think Deni Avdija would be the best fit for the blazers out of all those guys. His shooting form is great. His passing is actually pretty good with 5 assists a game. His defense is decent at worse. I think him being with Little would be a very scary duo on the wing especially as little continue to develop himself. Then we include Ant and Collins, we got the big 4 of the future who all can contribute off the bench now. A lot of people compare Deni to Doncic, and I do agree with that comparison in a way that Deni can do a lot of what Luka do, but Deni may not necessarily be making a mvp type season in year 2 haha but he will be very scary good in the future

 

[TBpup]

How to Tell When you are Really Bad?:

Losing to 2 of the worst teams in the league with the following players as starters.

Kyle Bowman
Jordan Poole
Willy Cauley-Stein
G. Robinson III
Cedi Osman
Colin Sexton
Darius Garland

My goodness those are head scratchers....

 

[BonesJones]

Let’s all ignore that well over half our our team is struggling with significant to severe injuries and yell at the sky!

DAMN YOU STOTTS!

I HOPE YOU DIE NEIL!

PASS THE DAMN BALL CJ! DAME WAS LIMPING TO THE CORNER AND YOU HAD 40 YO CARMELO OPEN FOR AN ALLY OOP.

THIS IS ALL TRUMPS FAULT!

.....

 

[BonesJones]

How to Tell When you are Really Bad?:

Losing to 2 of the worst teams in the league with the following players as starters.

Kyle Bowman
Jordan Poole
Willy Cauley-Stein
G. Robinson III
Cedi Osman
Colin Sexton
Darius Garland

My goodness those are head scratchers....

But, but, but, we had a couple players out!!!

 

[TBpup]

But, but, but, we had a couple players out!!!

As opposed to the Warriors who had every single starter from the year before out. Some don't see the other side of what an opponent is dealing with. That might be the least talented starting 5's in NBA history.

 

[Natebishop3]

While Bowie had injury issues, he was never remotely as talented as Jordan. Even coming into that draft, no one thought Bowie was as talented as Jordan--those who agreed with Portland's pick did so on the basis that big men were much more important than perimeter players and the Blazers already had Drexler.

That kind of talent disparity didn't exist with Oden and Durant. Everything about Oden's play when healthy spoke to a generational talent. He was both big and athletic, a smart and instinctive defender with a developing offensive game that already looked good at Ohio State. He profiled as a dominant defender who could also be a hub on offense. A bigger, more explosive Tim Duncan potentially. He was the Olajuwon of that draft, not the Bowie, in terms of talent. But he couldn't stay healthy--if it was clear that he had career-altering injury issues (and whether that was clear going into the draft has been argued ad nauseam) then it was a bad pick. If that wasn't clear, then it was a perfectly justifiable pick even if the result proved disastrous.

I would also like to point out that Durant would still be ringless if he hadn't bailed on OKC and joined the super friends in Golden State.