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Congrats to Dame and Team USA on the Gold!

France played hard. Their silver is well deserved. Congrats to them
 
Ripcity4life77 said:
Dame missing what 3 FT's in the game --- Dame is either so rattled by the fact he might have to leave the Blazers and this has gotten into his head cause he has been very avg in the Olympics or he decided to LET Durant be the man and be Robin or maybe it's both. Maybe I am reading to much into it but at least he made it out of the Olympics without getting injured so now he can come home and focus on making this Blazer team a champion and get in NeO's ear some more.
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He was stone cold from barely shooting all Olympics. I wish he was Robin, but he wasn’t even that.

To be clear, I’m not angry, I’m disappointed. And not with Dame, just with the situation. But Dame’s got gold, so I’m sure it won’t be bothering him.
 
DUB said:
He was stone cold from barely shooting all Olympics. I wish he was Robin, but he wasn’t even that.

To be clear, I’m not angry, I’m disappointed. And not with Dame, just with the situation. But Dame’s got gold, so I’m sure it won’t be bothering him.
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I have been wondering if all this shit from Abbot and Co he has been dealing with has gotten to him and affected his game in the Olympics
 
Have to admit i wondered if the Gold was gonna come home this year? Glad they tightened up the ship.
 
Happy for the USA, happy for Dame. But damn that was an ugly finish after being up 14 with a couple of minutes left in the 3rd. After that point, there was not one player who didn't make some mental mistakes. Maybe next time they will prepare the team to take missed shots off the rim. It seemed like only Draymond knew the rule existed.
 
Atleast Damian was able to stay in the game this 4th quarter. He played his best game here imo but those two missed free throws were brutal.
 
As soon as Dame started moving with purpose off the ball, he got touches and the shots dropped. That's the most important lesson for him to take away from Tokyo, more so even than defense.
 
FlashWad said:
Atleast Damian was able to stay in the game this 4th quarter. He played his best game here imo but those two missed free throws were brutal.
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He's such a great freethrow shooter, and almost never misses clutch time ft's. I've got to believe that the FIBA ball with it's extra seems bothers his form. If he plays in another Olympics, i could see him doing better, and focusing more on shooting that weird Fiba Basketball.
 
tykendo said:
He's such a great freethrow shooter, and almost never misses clutch time ft's. I've got to believe that the FIBA ball with it's extra seems bothers his form. If he plays in another Olympics, i could see him doing better, and focusing more on shooting that weird Fiba Basketball.
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Yeah, it's not just extra seams it rubberized material instead of leather so it's grippy instead of slick. I don't think he got the hang of it exactly but he did have one good shooting game against Iran. I also think he was just trying to be one of the great players on the team instead of playing his game like Durant, Tatum and even Holiday did.
 
Congratulations on the gold medal, Dame. Now get your butt home and tell all the leaches like Morey that you’re committed to being with the Blazers this season, then push Olshey to make a big deal.
 
OneSport3 said:
My apologies to Dame for the slander…

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Dame’s role as a spot up shooter now makes total sense. Just having him on the floor made other teams devote a massive amount of attention to stopping him from getting the ball, thus giving other players easier looks.

Dame putting his body on the line for the good of the team.

Damian Lillard, Olympic Hero.
 
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