Portland has done everything right since drafting Dame??? For starters, Basketball Jesus would have had to shield his eyes from the brilliance if Portland had drafted Draymond Green instead of Meyers Leonard later in that same 2012 draft. Then in 2013 they took CJ over this year's MVP Giannis. Gobert would have been a much better talent to pair with Lillard as well. I like the potential of Zach Collins, but who wouldn't prefer Donovan Mitchell? Same draft we took Swanigan over Kuzma... just think about how much better the current lineup would be with an athletic forward with a jumper. Pretty much every offseason since Dame was acquired I've been banging my head against the wall that they don't get a SF who can shoot... doesn't management watch how teams defend & eliminate PDX every year in the playoffs?
Golden state is being underrated, they swept us without Durant and added an all star in his place.
If they waited until RJ Barrett was tradeable in about 4 weeks I believe they'd still be a few million short of being able to if they included all the players they currently have under contract. It's way closer than the Lakers can get but just doing the math in my head I don't think they get there even if they included RJ, Frank, DSJ, Mitchell Robinson, Daymean Dotson, Knox, and Trier. That is everyone on their team that is even eligible for trades.
The problem with GS is that Klay will be out most of the regular season. Curry will have a lot more on his plate and we'll see if he holds up. Green was fairly pedestrian during the regular season last year.
They will still be celebrating in 40 years ... like the Blazers are celebrating 1977 ... lol HELL kids will still be partying ...
You don't have a problem with it while also not including Portland in your top-5 in the West. You can't see why that would bother people?
If PG13 wanted away from Westbrook maybe Kawhi had the same feelings.
I kind of do, but as a Blazer fan it kind of makes me excited for the season should be crazy competitive.
