Skip Bayless says Dame isn't a star

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  1. HomerLovesKoolAid

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    FTFY
     
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    Actually it's supposed to be puff, puff, pass.
     
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    Good point... I wonder what Skip would have to say about the MVP candidate/All Star James Harden if Dame isn't even a "star in this league".
     
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    I'm surprised Skip could be bothered to get his knees in front of the Dallas Cowboy's Alter to comment on Dame.
     
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    So you base everything off of stats then?
     
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    Better to base evert hinges on stats than rumors you heard from the voices in your head.
     
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    If Dame isn't a star, Why is this Bayless guy talking about him on national TV?
     
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    I think Dame is a star. However, I don't think he's a superstar. I think his lack of interest on the defensive end, and his inconsistency throughout many games is something keeping him from that next tier
     
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    You just described James Harden.
     
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    I know it sucks there's no stats for how much Dame drinks.
     
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    Yep. and Melo. Harden brings it a bit more consistently on offense, IMO. Maybe that's just size or whatever though
     
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    Fixed that for ya, buddy!
     
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    No need to ever "fix" my posts. I know exactly what I meant to say
     
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    James Harden hardly earns his points, as was evident for most of the playoffs (save game 5 when he scored 18 points in the first quarter, but the team was still down 20+)

    He is not someone you build a team around, that much is obvious.

    Dame can be.
     
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  15. Natebishop3

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    How exactly does he have a lack of interest? Sure seems like he's trying to me. He just isn't very good.
     
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    We'll the NBA is more about offense these days.
     
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    I personally don't think PG as a whole is a position to build a team around in 2016. The NBA is such a wing dominated league right now that someone like Dame is a piece you definitely want to have, unlike guys like Harden or Melo, who really aren't team players. If you look at the league as a whole though, and the best teams in the league, their best players are wing guys. Lebron, Durant, Leonard (the good one). Sure you have Steph, but look what the Warriors are doing with Thompson and Green.

    Dame is really, really good, and that's ok.
     
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    Dame has the foot speed and lateral quickness to stay in front of guys. If he was "trying", as you say, he'd be better than he is. Defense is effort, and Dame is a guy who just doesn't give all out effort on that end of the floor as much as he maybe could
     
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    As a Cowboys fan it has taught me to never give any credence to anything that comes out of that egotistical, toad-like, sorry excuse for an actual sports reporter/personality
     
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