Lillard calls out team after GSW loss

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    "I'm a soldier," he said. "I feel like if I die, I can come back to life and win."

    Lmao

    I saw Dames interview after the game. He looked calm as usual. And measured. Where did this rage come from? Haynes making up shit again?
     
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    To me, CJ looks like a worse defender than Dame. Dame gets caught up on screens a lot and doesn't get much help, but I think he does a decent job of keeping his man in front of him 1 on 1. But I think CJ has a bigger problem stopping penetration.
     
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    Exactly. That's part of why I think there is beginning to be an internal divide in the locker room
     
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    That's a really rough road in the OT section...trust me, I've tried
     
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    This is baffling. We are not even competitive

     
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    Therein is one of my biggest issues with this team. Last year with basically the same squad they were very competitive the last half of the season. We expected that to continue and get even better, not regress to something perhaps even worse. Last year when they lost, they weren't getting run out of the building nearly as often.

    Either Luis Montero was simply the best #15 guy in the league, or Kaman was the true coach.
     
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    This statistic indicates to me that it is not the coaching scheme (since it emphasizes stopping three point shots) or lack of athletic ability (since defending against 3 pt shooting is mostly about effort, focus and awareness, i.e. not leaving good 3 pt shooters wide open).
     
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    What a friggin' joke!

    I got run out of this forum for saying the team is fundamentally flawed and needed a complete tear down. This team sucks...and frankly, it is the team many Blazer fans deserve.
     
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    Some of us are not fair weather fans.....if you can't handle this roster, you must have loved the Felton era
     
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    Run out of this forum? When? come on now. Lets leave the drama for the daytime soaps. :)

    As for your last sentence... maybe if you feel that way you should move on....
     
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    What are you doing here?!? I thought we ran you out.

    Security! Security!
     
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    You were supposed to build a wall dude!
     
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    I tried but @oldmangrouch wouldn't pay for it.
     
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    Something to be said for this...I think Henderson was the assistant coach as well
     
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    Sly is still trying to get oldmangrouch to pay for it.

    Last time I believe one of his campaign promises.
     
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    Damn you!!! Do you ever take a frickin break?
     
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    I wholeheartedly disagree - defense is 90% about proper positioning. Positioning doesn't have anything to do with talent; it has to do with the scheme, practice, and intelligence. I don't think we have many stupid players on the team (just Aminu), so there's no reason these guys can't learn to be in proper position.
     
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    Or Aminu
     
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    I rarely see guys closing hard or fighting over screens. Until that gets corrected I don't even know how you start critiquing their positioning.
     
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