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    I’m not looking forward to it. Not sure if we should focus our defence on Doncic, and make the others beat us. Or if we should focus on stopping the others, knowing that Doncic can’t score 80. In the end I don’t think we’ll do either, we’ll probably just focus on our own game, and back ourselves to be good enough to win.
     
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    Have Exum spend all his energy on nothing but simply blanketing Luka all game long.
     
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    Unfortunately I think the Australian coach went to the Terry Stotts school of rotation adjustments.
     
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    Remind me again why we want to trade CJ for Simmons?
     
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    Because he is a 25 year old 3 time all star, 2 time all NBA first team defensive player, who would be a huge upgrade over me-j, as well as a great starting point to a rebuild WHEN Dame asks to be traded
     
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    I'm not saying that because I don't like Simmons - I'm saying that because we should just trade Dame for Simmons. Simmons and CJ works better than Simmons and Dame.
     
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    Gotta say, it was very un-Luka-like to offload the ball like that. I mean, it was a smart play, given that he'd just attracted France's best two defenders, leaving the paint open, but...
     
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    So he is unplayable at the end of games and in the playoffs and not really what could be considered a franchise player for Philly but would be a great starting point to rebuild here in Portland?
     
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    Funny how Doc Rivers manages to lose from 2-0 up everywhere he goes but THIS time it was all Simmons' fault...

    Plus-minus for this year's playoffs (Fuck - WHY couldn't we get Batum?):
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    Bear in mind that Philly only played two rounds, in contrast to the other teams on this list.
     
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    I know a couple of years ago Ben Simmons had the highest field goal % in clutch time. But whatever
     
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    Doncic got his triple double by the end. 16/10/18
     
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    Make sure that that's ALL he gets - no medal!
     
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    I tried FAMS!
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    Batum-shakalaka!
     
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    He said that as a French person he just couldn't go back and have to pretend that CJ makes good wine.
     
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    In the NBA that is not a block that is a dunk. That Slovenia guy blew right by Nic. Batum was lucky he decided to lay it up.
     
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    OR.....maybe it was a clutch ass defensive play in crunch time?
     
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