LMA - Parting ways was mutually beneficial

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  1. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    Can we change baby mommas to Californians and people from the NorthEast?
     
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    That's ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. First of all, he and Lillard are nothing alike. Dame is an extrovert, and Aldridge is an introvert, so I don't buy that for a second. Aldridge was the old veteran. He's 30 years old. Dame was the young guy. It's not Dame's job to go out of his way to create a relationship with Aldridge. That's just silly. If you listen to what guys like Barkley say, when they came into the league it was guys like Moses Malone who took him under their wing and made him feel welcome. Not the other way around. LA is a child.

    Second, it wasn't so much the Blazers who promoted Lillard. It was Adidas and it was Lilllard who promoted himself. He's a networker. He posts on twitter. He put himself out there. It wasn't the Blazers who put him on national ad campaigns. It was Lillard himself who got those endorsements and got himself out there. He's the more marketable of the two players. Period. LA was just a jealous douche who looked at his crappy local endorsements and looked at Dame with Adidas and NBA Live and thought..... what's so great about him?
     
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    I don't care who you are, that was funny as fuck.
     
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    More and more these articles and comments come out, the more I realize how blinded I was to his stupidity and weak mind. I suppose the signs were there-- how many bricks did we see him throw up in fourth quarters and late in games over his time here?

    Can't wait to see him miss crucial FTs in a playoff game and lose big.
     
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    I'm sure this has been asked before, but has anyone else on the Blazers had such a "great" career and then instantly turned into a villan overnight as much as LA has? I mean, he had his detractors from the start, but still.

    The only one I can think of remotely is Clyde... but even his was gradual.
     
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    Reading between the lines summery...

    LA: I like to have my ass kissed and my balls fondled, ya know. Lillard comes in here and refuses to do either, ya know. He's like, lets just play basketball and win games, but my ass and balls have needs, ya know. He won't even discuss it, ya know. My ass and balls, refuses to talk about them or touch them, ya know. Terrible communication, ya know. Should I have pushed my ass to his mouth? Should I have just dropped my balls in his hands? I guess I could have, ya know. But neither of us took the time to talk about my ass and balls and their needs, ya know. We texted, I sent him a couple of videos of people kissing my ass and fondling my balls but he never really replied to them, ya know. It was more about playing, winning, team stuff, ya know. But my ass and balls are the team, ya know.

    That's why I decided to sign with San Antonio. In talking with Coach Pops he said he liked to play balls out, ya know. That said a lot to me, ya know. While I've never played with my balls out I'm sure Pops wouldn't have suggested it if he didn't want to make it easier for him to fondle them, ya know. And the ass stuff? Well he did take me to dinner twice and said lots of nice things to me, ya know. When people do that it means they really want to kiss my ass, ya know. Even Timmy was there, ya know! It just seemed like they were all really eager to kiss my ass, ya know.
     
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    The ISOs... They're gone... Thank god
     
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    It's interesting... when McMuffin was here... he Iso'ed so damn much.

    With Stotts... LMA forced isos to him...
     
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    I had a very strong feeling that he was gonna leave...... but I never thought he was this selfish. This fragile. The Blazers did a REALLY good job of hiding this from the media. Although, it was pretty clear from some of the things that Casey said before LA left.
     
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    ...which leads me to believe their is some suspicious editing going on here!
     
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    ...that's what I am thinking as well, anti clutch LMA!
     
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    That's why I don't hate on him, and try not to judge him. No offense to anybody who grew up without a father figure, but I can't help but think how it could of impacted his life, self confidence. Vs a guy like Dame who grew up with two solid parents.
     
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    Correction.....LA keeps to himself. Dame is a very outgoing person.
     
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    So, so, This.
     
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    We got the guy with balls. Pop will need to figure out how to install some on LMA.
     
    HomerLovesKoolAid, Oct 22, 2015
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    Post of the year.
     
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    In the words of Mike Tirico.

    He's the guy with the big...... guts.
     
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    What more can be said? You guys pretty much covered it all already. All I can say is that I finally feel vindicated after all these years. This shit is McDonalds - I'm Lovin' It!
     
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  19. bodyman5000 and 1

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    As others have made clear it's ridiculous to compare the two. If Aldridge had a tenth of the competitive drive Dame has he would be dunking on fools left and right. Ya know?

    How can someone be so wrong about themselves?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The guy just really can't stand to feel disliked though. How many articles have we seen now where he tries to explain why he left? Just let it go and move on. He left. It's done. I feel like the organization has clearly moved on. The fans are still bitter to an extent, but I don't think anyone is pining over him. We just tend to hold a grudge here, as proven by our reaction towards freakin Hedo Turkoglu.
     
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