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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    If you see Dame's deficiencies on D being a symptom of needing to give more effort, I'd wholeheartedly disagree.
     
    dviss1, Sep 29, 2017
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Wow, Embid is just NOW cleared for HALF court.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    His effort on the court isn't bad, it's his effort off the court in terms of focusing on bettering his technique and having that translate to the court.
     
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    OKC 140 million in tax! :smiley-eek2: Somebody want to get Willie Nelson to write a tie in diddy.
     
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    Stats, advanced or otherwise, do a poor job of capturing defensive contributions.

    It's a catch-22. By helping out on slashers, it makes those guys a bigger threat on the glass. At worst, they're neutral factors offensively, which is a lot more than can be said of a defender of Lillard's caliber.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Which is why offensive guards and defensive bigs are the best combination.
     
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    Link and context please. Did he follow that up with "but I do"?
     
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    You were always on my mind...you were always on my...mind.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Is this the song that Westbrook sings to himself before every game?
     
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    Probably just the Pet Shop Boys version.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    That's a damned good version.
     
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    ****n-A!
     
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    Championships cost money
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Going all in on a championship team is smart. Going all in on a team that can't beat the Warriors is another thing altogether .
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    True. However, if you give yourself a shot get to the Western Conference Finals, anything can happen. What if KD or Curry have to miss games?
     
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    I'm just not that sold on Carmelo being the right guy to make their big 3 work. Maybe he'll prove me wrong, but I wasn't sold on him for the Blazers either.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Their Big 3 is an awful lot like Damon / Sheed / Pippen circa 1999-00. I wouldn't mind seeing the same fate for them, because I hate Russ for no good reason.
     
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    Exactly at least OKC isn't wasting Westbrook's prime seasons like NO seems to be doing with Lillard.
     
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    You mean..... not again.

    I tell you one thing NO (and PA) would not have done and that was to waste both Westbrook and Durant's prime seasons by trading James Harden away after they made the finals the year before. They were set with those 3 plus Ibaka for the next decade.
     
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    I'm not so sure--okc would have kept them together if the cap was like it is now. My memory might be wrong but it was much harder paying for a big three in the old cba.
     
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