Slap in the face to our team and our coaches, not just to Dame

We were supposed to be one of the two or three worst teams in the league.

We were supposed to be contending for the #1 draft pick. Nobody gave us a shot because we lost four out of five starters. Nobody gave us a shot because we lost Aldridge.

If the coaches value wins while picking the All-Stars, then they clearly didn't take into consideration that this team is CURRENTLY IN THE PLAYOFF PICTURE.

What a crock of shit. Dame is not only one of the top scorers in the league (6th best), and one of the top assist men in the league, but our team has been playing above expectations and Dame is a big part of that. The coaches can shove it. I hope Dame torches them all.

 

We can always count on Nate to lead the Portland Soccer Moms into battle!

 

I thinks he still makes it. The stats everyone is throwing out are pretty hard to not acknowledge.
If there is an injury I bet he makes it regardless of position.

 

Couldn't agree more, spot on.

 

Ha! Naw, they probably will just go on about their business.

 

All-Star game: emphasis on individual glory over team success. A pox on the whole business.

 

Portland will always be a second class franchise to this league. I won't be watching the All Star game. They can honestly go
f-ck themselves. It's a popularity contest to see who gets the most bench interviews during the game. The old guard rules are more than ever.

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You should add your other posts to this thread:

 

Dame already said it's not about him. His job is to build up his teammates. He's a true All Star who doesn't have to flex his muscles to prove a point. He's bigger than that. In a year or two, we'll have 2 or 3 All Stars because of the leadership he's shown in turning our team into a winner.

 

orange slices for everyone!

STOMP

 

I think Dame deserves to be there but am happier with deserving to go and being snubbed than being an All-Star who don't deserve it. I think it symbolizes our entire season and I like it that also as a team we're better than people give us credit for

 

Hawaii is pretty nice this time of year

 

You know, it might actually help Dame's case, if somebody like Bill Simmons got off his elitist ass and at least wrote something about the situation. Us "soccer moms," would at least know we'd have the press support of his ex-Grantland buddies. But those ivy league educated, pop culture obsessed dick heads wouldn't be caught dead throwing their hat into "our ring." Besides, Bill can't be bothered to get up off his knees and remove his head from Larry Bird's lap, gentle bobbing up and down.

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I guess it all balances out. I thought he got in two years ago on the "team success" award.

Anyway, the west is loaded with guards, and with Kobe getting the victory lap treatment/lifetime achievement award we knew somebody deserving was going to get snubbed.

If Dame wanted in, then the Blazers needed to be above .500

 

Dame is a marketing whiz and has consistently throughout his career received more national press and praise than his play probably warranted. Continuing to bitch about these things just adds fuel to the fire of the people you so detest.

 

Yeah. But at some point, the lack of national attention will stick in his craw. Maybe not now, but in three or four years. He's hitched his wagon to Portland for the long hall. And he'll get his contract from Adidas regardless. But having the rest of the league look him over because he plays in the US equivalent of say Leeds or Newcastle, that will begin to hurt. Everybody wants to be recognized among the best at what they do. Let's hope he's encured enough favor with journalists to go to bat for him.


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