Are we looking better without Lillard?

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  1. TBpup

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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Yes, Dame is carrying the team lately, but that doesn't disprove that the winning percentage has been better when he's out.

    The real question is, why did the team morale improve so markedly? That's the gist of the question of this thread. Whatever addressed it is the important answer.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Still desperately clinging to your small sample size argument.

    Simple, leaders lead, and Damian Lillard is one of the best leaders in the NBA. Which makes the original question in the subject line of this thread, and your stance on the issue, look even more ridiculous now than two months ago.

    BNM
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Yes, we would be much better at tanking without Lillard.
     
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    This is the GOAT thread
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I'm safe. My post only said that anyone should be available for the right price..... and right now my right price would probably be Giannis or Anthony Davis.
     
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    YeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhNO.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Times 100
     
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    It's nice not having a long history with most of you to read a thread like this and know instantly who the quality posters are.
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    Guys, thats was a jinx thread. Im a HUGE Damian Lillard fan. He's the reason why i starting like basketball He's my inspiration and he is the reason for me become a DieHard Blazer Fan. Im happy.

    BTW: Follow me on twitter: @LILLARDBR (Lillard Brasil)
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Haha Bruno I was just going to post it was either an epic reverse jinx, or you were just trying to motivate him.

    I got your back ;)

    :cheers:
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    Thats ok. I guess i make a bad statement. lol.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    You posed a question.

    There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers.

    :cheers:
     
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    @BrunoSOC This is the difference between being a good poster and being a bad poster. Owning when you're wrong and showing up on this thread with how it looks just two months later is respectable. The posters who disappear after posts like this and who will show back up when (if?) the Blazers lose again are the ones who are garbage.
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    You mean Giannis and Anthony Davis? :)
     
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    I don't know why people always say that, it's not true at all.
     
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    People say it because questions are an opportunity to learn, and everyone, if they're asking honest questions and not rhetorical ones (or troll questions like "Are the Sacramento Kings For Real?") then there's an opportunity to teach.

    "Why do the guys in robes have laser swords?" might sound like a dumb question for a Star Wars fan, but it's a golden opportunity to engage someone and bring them up to speed.

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