That's incorrect. You said Portland ran "pick and roll after pick and roll". A PnR is when a player receives a screen while in possession of the ball. Guys receiving a pass after going off a flare screen away from the ball is not the same as a PnR. Your decription of what Dame was doing is not a "roll/pop". Also there was action happening on a lot of plays show in those clips. It should be noted that 5 people moving at all times isn't always a good thing. Sometimes people standing in the proper spaces, waiting for the defense to show their hand, then reacting accordingly is the most dangerous thing.
In this game Portland ran multiple actions in a 5 out set based on the players they had available. Kanter had already been ineffective so basing their offense by putting him at 15ft in the high post (as you were suggesting) would've been playing into his weaknesses and exactly what Golden St would've been wanting.
Answer me this: If Portland was running such an awful scheme, from an awful coach, with a roster of players that were mostly out of the league shortly after, why was Portland able to compete with a team filled with 3 HOFers? Because after we stopped running than awful scheme, with that awful coach, things didn't get better, they got worse.
You can repeat the same narrative about the schemes that the vocal minority has been saying for years, but it is still inaccurate.
