Game Thread GAME# 24: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - DECEMBER 4, 2018 - TUESDAY, 5:30 PM, NBCSNW

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Whom do you think will end up being the better player in the NBA?

Poll closed Dec 9, 2018.

  1. Dennis Smith Jr.

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  2. Luka Doncic

    40 vote(s)
    81.6%

  3. I have no clue

    9 vote(s)
    18.4%
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  1. LayneStaley

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    Chief/Moe together doesn’t work when our guards can’t hit anything.
     
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    Cippy91 Habitual Line Stepper

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    And as a die hard fan, why should I be so invested right now? Look at their body language, the effort. If they played hard and showed effort and still lost, that’s one thing but they don’t. I mean I still watching. However if something else was on that I wanted to watch or go do, I’m ditching the game. Past seasons I wouldn’t do that. I think a lot of us are tired of a mediocre team that gets bounced out of the first round with a mediocre coach and quite honestly a bad gm that has been able to fool some people into thinking he’s good.
     
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    We have no consistency at the 3 and 4 with either the first or second unit. Curry hasn't come back the way I hoped he would. Stauskas is either all-world or nothing. Lot of deficiencies out there right now.
     
    PCmor7, Dec 4, 2018
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    I agree with that. But we're all biased because we're blazers fans. It's a deeper topic than I'm willing to get into. I tried.
     
    Strenuus, Dec 4, 2018
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Uh? All the Blazers have their phones out on the bench. They all appear to be googling "countries without extradition." I wonder what that's about?
     
    oldmangrouch, Dec 4, 2018
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    5th highest payroll for this?!! How the f is Neil still employed???
     
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    needs a shakeup. everyone is too comfortable
     
    illmatic99, Dec 4, 2018
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    Neil still thinks they can be championship contenders though.
     
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    "Dallas has thrown the kitchen sink at Dame."

    Well, when you have two forwards who really are no threat to score or facilitate, you'll have this.
     
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    the thought just came to me that maybe this team thinks they are better than they are; so they think they don't have to work as hard as other teams?
     
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    Same shit. Dallas had the vision to pull it off
     
    Rozay, Dec 4, 2018
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    That would be some white house level arrogance right there!
     
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    SO CLOSE
     
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    lol.
     
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    Why not trade Dame and Cj for a bunch of picks and start fresh at this point
     
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    I don't think this team is better than they think they are. I think opposing teams have figured us out.

    You need another shooter out there with Dame and CJ and Nurk. You can't play Harkless and Aminu together right now. Might actually be worth considering starting Stauskas because there will be open shots to be had if you have someone who at least is a THREAT to knock them down.
     
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    PCmor7 Generational Poster

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    Boy, that was a bad call.
     
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    even the Mavs announcers say Aminu D looked good there.
     
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    Holy shit with that call. Atrocious.
     
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    Nah we just suck and don't care. Dallas is trash /s
     
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