James Harden has added the Blazers to his list

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  1. TBpup

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    Wait, how is it possible the Nets are good early? They didn't have many practices, had a short pre-season, have a new coach, a completely new system and a major new player to get used to. This sounds impossible.
     
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    I didn't know I could love Yang any more than I already did.

    Yang said challenge accepted because goddamnit did he prove me wrong.
     
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    I argue that. That team had played mediocre basketball for awhile before Wes got hurt. Even without Wes, if we were so good, we should’ve won more than 1 playoff game. Meanwhile, 2018-19 team lost Nurkic and still made the WCF. That was without a doubt our best team since 2000.
     
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    I guess there are fans in here that know more about basketball than Andrew Yang.
     
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    Whoa...back to the Kingspeed moniker?
     
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    Well let's see some ideas of how a trade package(s) would affect the depth chart. What say you? Nothin better to do.
     
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    He did say arguably, rather than indisputably. Even if you disagree, the argument in favor of the 2015 team is not unreasonable.
     
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    After Feb. 5th when Jones can be dealt
    CJ, Zack, Simon's, Little and Jones Jr. or Hood for Harden.
     
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    that team was playing it’s best ball when wes went down. Afflalo was just getting comfortable with his role. The team was on a win streak. Their overall record was 41-19.
     
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    Wes's injury definitely took the wind out of their sails.
     
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    Wes before that injury was the only guy that season that could stifle James Harden....he was having a career year...really think that team would've made some serious playoff noise
     
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    A 5 game win streak. Very small sample. And we had been 30-8. So including the streak, we were 11-11 before he went down. It was a flawed team. One playoff win?
     
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    I see what you did there
     
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    Under that scenario I'm imagining me not watching the Blazers for a while.
     
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    They were 5-1 after the Afflalo trade, until Wes went down. That was the most balanced starting five Portland has had this decade. And who cares what happened in the playoffs, it’s basketball, one injury makes a big difference, especially when it’s a starter. Aldridge was mentally checked out.
     
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    Pretty sure there's only been 2 small market franchises to win it all the last couple decades.

    Spurs had 3 HOF players.
    Detroit had 5 players who were currently or recently all-stars or all-nba defensive players.

    Both their coaches have struggled in situations where they didn't have that type of talent.
     
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    Dame had a messed up hand and couldn't buy a basket and Aldridge had that shoulder surgery that he was putting off. I realize that most teams are banged up but we were extremely depleted and due to Wes being out, you're right LMA didn't think we had a chance and he'd already decided that he was gone.
     
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    I don’t know. I don’t think we get past Grizzlies.
     
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