Lamarcus talks about Dame

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dviss1 said:
If you think that's true, that If he and Dame had had better communication he'd have stayed....

Why did he QUIT on us in the playoffs???

Riiiiiiight....
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I'm not saying it. It seems he may be saying it. Without actually saying it.
 
dviss1 said:
If you think that's true, that If he and Dame had had better communication he'd have stayed....

Why did he QUIT on us in the playoffs???

Riiiiiiight....
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It's inexcusable, but that doesn't make it not understandable. (Is that a triple negative?) We're dealing with emotions here, and that often doesn't lead to rational outcomes. Most people have been in a work or social situation that snowballed on them to the point that they basically stopped functioning.

Also, only two good things came out of that Memphis series:

1) CJ's breakout.

2) Meyers' breakout. Actually, that turned out to be a bad thing when it led to re-signing him. So, CJ was the only good thing about that Memphis series. Sure, LMA was part of things going poorly, but that's as much egg as it is chicken.
 
handiman said:
It's inexcusable, but that doesn't make it not understandable. (Is that a triple negative?) We're dealing with emotions here, and that often doesn't lead to rational outcomes. Most people have been in a work or social situation that snowballed on them to the point that they basically stopped functioning.

Also, only two good things came out of that Memphis series:

1) CJ's breakout.

2) Meyers' breakout. Actually, that turned out to be a bad thing when it led to re-signing him. So, CJ was the only good thing about that Memphis series. Sure, LMA was part of things going poorly, but that's as much egg as it is chicken.
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Sorry. He doesn't get a pass for being a soft minded quitter.

You can give him one. I won't.
 
HCP said:
Hate him all you want. Him as our starting PF right now, we win the championship this season!
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Or if someone woulda had the foresight to just trade CJ for PG, draft Mitchel over Zack and Kuzma over biggie. I mean why are these guys paid if they didn’t see all that?
 
HCP said:
I have always been a strong LA supporter. He was a quite, keeps to himself kinda’ guy. That would sometimes come off as him not wanting to talk to anybody or seeming smug.
That said, didn’t he say the same things about B-Roy?
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I was a huge Aldridge supporter.
The first Portland team I ever became emotionally invested in was the Lillard/Matthews/Batum/Aldridge/Rolo team.
But before that I was one of the few calling Aldridge the best big in the league before he actually got the recognition as such.
However for everything Aldridge was. He doesn't come across as a good teammate.
I don't think he can mentally handle his peers going at him like Lillard has done to Nurk so publicly.
Heck he couldn't handle the best coach in the NBA going at him. Who deserves nothing but yes sir responses for how good he is at his job.

HCP said:
Hate him all you want. Him as our starting PF right now, we win the championship this season!
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You'd have to pick between Nurk or Aldridge at the 5. Portland couldn't run two 6"11+ players at the 4/5 against GSW.
 
honkicracker said:
I was a huge Aldridge supporter.
The first Portland team I ever became emotionally invested in was the Lillard/Matthews/Batum/Aldridge/Rolo team.
But before that I was one of the few calling Aldridge the best big in the league before he actually got the recognition as such.
However for everything Aldridge was. He doesn't come across as a good teammate.
I don't think he can mentally handle his peers going at him like Lillard has done to Nurk so publicly.
Heck he couldn't handle the best coach in the NBA going at him. Who deserves nothing but yes sir responses for how good he is at his job.



You'd have to pick between Nurk or Aldridge at the 5. Portland couldn't run two 6"11+ players at the 4/5 against GSW.
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The only NBA Jersey I've ever cared to purchase (and I'm ancient enough to have witnessed them win the championship) and he "thanked" the blazer fans as an after thought. I don't want him to have any part in Dame and CJ and Nurk's future championship. I AM that bitter. :cheers:
 
LayneStaley said:
Or if someone woulda had the foresight to just trade CJ for PG, draft Mitchel over Zack and Kuzma over biggie. I mean why are these guys paid if they didn’t see all that?
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Hindsight is 20/20.
 
Spud147 said:
The only NBA Jersey I've ever cared to purchase (and I'm ancient enough to have witnessed them win the championship) and he "thanked" the blazer fans as an after thought. I don't want him to have any part in Dame and CJ and Nurk's future championship. I AM that bitter. :cheers:
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Uhhhhh, I'd prefer he didn't but I wouldn't care who was on the team if it came down to it. If we could trade our whole team and end up with Westbrook, Harden, Griffin etcetera I'll be fine if they win the championship.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Uhhhhh, I'd prefer he didn't but I wouldn't care who was on the team if it came down to it. If we could trade our whole team and end up with Westbrook, Harden, Griffin etcetera I'll be fine if they win the championship.
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I don't care if he was a Blazer or not. It's physically impossible for me to cheer for a team with Blake Griffin on it.
 
honkicracker said:
I don't care if he was a Blazer or not. It's physically impossible for me to cheer for a team with Blake Griffin on it.
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I'll go to his comedy shows and laugh at every joke if he wins Portland a title fair and square.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know how much you love your Lakers.

I always hated it when Aldridge was referred to LA. No wonder he left. He probably got tired of hearing 20,000 rabid Blazermaniacs chanting "BEAT LA, BEAT LA, BEAT LA...".

BNM
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For as much as I hated LA, whenever I'd write about him I'd write "LMA". It's nice to be able to refer to him as LA now that he's not on the team. :)
 
I remember watching him consistently turn into a double team and lazily throwing up shots at the rim in the Memphis series refusing to use his patented fadeaway, not being invloved in team huddles, not speaking to anyone on the court, and then listening to him in the exit interview sarcastically saying “man that was a tough loss, I wish we coulda won” then laughing like it was a joke.

After that point I knew he was as good as gone and that it was probably for the better because that ‘bitch-ass-ness’ can’t be in the leader of your basketball team if you want to win a championship.

I’m also glad that everyone here on the forum seemingly saw that as well, I wasn’t a member then, but I remember being so frustrated nobody was calling him out on that shit or even seeing it on social media. It was painfully obvious he quit and was as good as gone yet the following months the majority of the fan base seemed to think he was returning.

I don’t care much for his revisionist history of things because I saw it often up close and personal for nine years and he left a lot to be desired in the leadership and ‘buy-in’ department. Never came close to fully embracing the city, fan base, organization, or his teammates. For 9 fuckin years. That’s bitch made.

The last thing I want to get off my chest on this subject is I hate when people act like him playing with that thumb injury was some heroic thing. His team was a legit contender in the western conference and he essentially had what was a badly jammed thumb. I remember Antonio Harvey saying as much. There was no chance for further damage and it was all about pain tolerance he wasn’t willing to bare for a full week until he saw we couldn’t win without him and played the hero role. That’s bull shit. Dame wouldn’t have missed a fuckin game with that injury.

I wish him luck and happiness in life outside of basketball but I couldn’t care less for his success on the court. He’s the opposite of what Blazer fans love and for that reason I’m glad he’s on another team.
 
Someone should photoshop a Lil' Penny version of LMA. "12" is begging to become "1/2". Caption it something like, "you're not half the man we needed."
 
Spud147 said:
Wait, did KingSpeed just high jack @HCP account or is this some kind of truce/pay off over a $100 bet? And also, why can't I see this post?
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Will somebody please tell me why I can’t see this reply to my post?
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Uhhhhh, I'd prefer he didn't but I wouldn't care who was on the team if it came down to it. If we could trade our whole team and end up with Westbrook, Harden, Griffin etcetera I'll be fine if they win the championship.
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Good Lord I never thought I'd see a day where @bodyman5000 and 1 was more emotionally mature than me. I AM SHOOK!
 
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