Has the team quit?

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  1. handiman

    handiman Well-Known Member

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    Game 1 on line 1...
     
    handiman, Dec 23, 2017
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    We should have just ended the season then.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 23, 2017
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    I keep telling you guys...celebrate winning quarters of games to pass the time....only thing is...we lost all 4 quarters last night
     
    riverman, Dec 23, 2017
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    We made more layups than them during warmups.
     
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    I don't remember a single time Lillard or CJ saying trade x player because he sucks or they don't want them here.
    Worst I remember them saying is it's time for players on this team to show why they're in the league.
    Unless you can provide evidence of quotes. I don't believe this.
     
    H.C., Dec 23, 2017
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    It would have been the greatest season in NBA history!
     
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    No you're right that they didn't specifically throw specific players under the bus. But they insinuated very strongly that our current iteration of the team was not strong enough to compete in the West. By saying and openly campaigning for players like Melo where Harkless was the main "key player" to be traded to NY for Melo meant that Dame and CJ were okay losing Harkless. When that never happened now you see the current form of Harkless that we have gotten this year. Harkless looked up to Dame and Dame was the guy that got Moe going in years past. Now Moe is going through the motions wishing he had been traded home to NY.
     
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    Any player on the team who truly believes that this team could contend is delusional. Moe could play hard for the people that defended him vs. Melo and wanted to see him stay. He could turn it into a chip in his shoulder and play well enough to show Dame that he's a better option than Melo, however he fucking folded. He's mentally soft.
     
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    Harkless sure has.

    Awesome way to spend $10m/per on.
     
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    Now you sound like dude who started a thread ripping aminu for playing 30 minutes after he had a great performance.

    Just saying that yes, he didn’t seem engaged at all when he started the season but when you get a dnp, you can’t show you have changed. Not saying he has changed yet but he was one of he few that really seemed to be hustling last night when he finally got some burn again.
     
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    They are rattled and dumbfounded more than anything. Basketball is the one sport where talent "seperates the wheat from the chaff" better than any. On Any Given Sunday any NFL team can beat the other. In baseball, you have two ace pitchers in a seven games series, you have a chance.... But in basketball, the Blazers are giving their best night after night and to no avail. There are no easy wins and Terry doesn't have an answer for it. The talent gap is becoming painfully clear to anybody who knows Olshey is full of shit.
     
    ripcityboy, Dec 23, 2017
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    Make some trades yo.
     
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    There is at least 37 million dollars that Olshey signed, that has been absolute trash.
     
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    It was seen before the DNP.
     
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    During the Denver game, I saw probably the best entry pass into the post this season by a Blazer.
    Guess who made it..... Collins.
    Sad statement that its a rookie big that can do it best
     
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    Agreed.
    IMO, most of that comes back to coaching.
    Attack the weaknesses of the opponant.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    He really has a good eye for passes, and doesn't try to be fancy like Nurkic does at times.
     
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    Maybe you missed this part? ;)

    “he didn’t seem engaged at all when he started the season”

    I said that right before I mentioned the dnp???
    Are you selectively reading me now? Lol
     
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    Wheres Andre Miller? Get him on our coaching staff and have the team practice entry passes and cutting for the next 2 weeks traight.
     
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