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  1. BigGameDamian

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    anyone hear if Dame had his summer team retreat?
    Or since he's a new pop prob doesnt feel like spending more time away form fam. Don't blame him.
    When you have kids one's life changes.
     
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    Is he kissing someone? What’s going on with his mouth...
     
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    Did he have it painted on a wall of his shoe shed?
     
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    I will now picture Lamarcus instead of "Sheryl" every time that "someone burned down my she-shed" insurance commercial comes on...
     
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    The team been at the practice facility working out. The pic I seen today it looks like only 3 players I didn't see was Dame Nurk and Aminu and we know both Nurk and Aminu is over seas.
     
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    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2795105-nba-teams-that-will-fall-below-expectations-in-2018-19

    NBA Teams That Will Fall Below Expectations in 2018-19

    Portland Trail Blazers






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        Regression has long threatened the Portland Trail Blazers.

        Their 49-win breakout in 2017-18 probably wasn't what it seemed. Even though they had the West's third-most victories, they ranked eighth among their conference foes in net efficiency (plus-1.9, 11th overall). They were the only squad swept out of the first round, and those four defeats pushed Portland's playoff losing streak to a whopping 10 games.

        They have one of the Association's premier scoring backcourts in Damian Lillard (26.9 points per game) and CJ McCollum (21.4). But other elite (or even near-elite) strengths are hard to find, which is troubling when several major weaknesses are glaring.

        Their forward rotation underwhelms at both ends. Their most expensive big man plays a throwback style and might be unusable against the West's best playoff lineups (Jusuf Nurkic). Their best big man might be a youngster blocked by the aforementioned expensive antique (Zach Collins). Even the Lillard-McCollum tandem could be fatally flawed, as it offers the resistance of a wet paper bag on defense.

        Portland had a mostly sleepy summer. Its biggest investment came in-house via a $48 million commitment to Nurkic. Its biggest subtraction was high-energy reserve Ed Davis, whose departure is probably notable only if it rubbed Lillard and/or McCollum the wrong way. The draft-night arrivals of Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr. potentially add more shooting but do nothing to correct the roster imbalance.

        Maybe this has all dimmed expectations for most regarding the Blazers, but that sentiment doesn't seem to be shared within the organization. If they aren't looking to build off last season's success, then why keep the Lillard-McCollum backcourt intact and sign off on a $131.6 million payroll
     
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    No Dame and no Chief nor Nurk. And of course no Ed Davis :smiley-sad:.
     
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    Chief is currently playing for Team Nigeria.

    Nurk is currently playing for Team Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    Dame was in the last set of pictures but I think he had some event in Oakland.

    So no, there wasn't any "conspicuous absences".
     
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    I know where they are. And that would be the actual definition of "conspicuous absences"...absences that are obvious, ie 3/5ths of our starting lineup.

    So yeah, those would be conspicuous. Wtf.
     
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    They Sleep episode 2?
     
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    It looks like Will Smith in Hitch after he ate shellfish.
     
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    It's easy to pick us as regression candidates. All the surface level stuff points to it.

    But if we can defend and rebound adequately when Zach as the only true big and CJ bounces back offensively, this team has top 10 on both ends type potential.
     
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