Dame playing through separated ribs...

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  1. Road Ratt

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    Holy hell, the Blazers limped into the playoffs without Nurkic, Enes gets injured furthering our problems, and now Damian is playing through an injury as well?!? It clearly wasn't to be our year no matter how much we fans try to will it to be.

    Just sit our wounded, we need them to get better for next season, not further injure themselves.

    I am proud of this team, they have played with such heart in these playoffs. We haven't been treated to a playoff season like this one in quite some time. It has me looking forward to what will come next season. From what I see, this team is still on the rise. Go Blazers! :smiley-jumping:
     
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    Ok... If he's hurt he's hurt.
    The timing of this reeks of Blazers PR, "leaking" to the media hey, don't blame Dame!
    If they win either of the last two games this doesn't come out. Sorry but they killed PG13 and WB in the first round (the media), both guys are having off-season surgeries. If you're out there then you don't just get a "pass" for being hurt. If he can't play then he shouldn't actually play. Separated ribs are awful, and I admire him playing through it, but I don't like the timing of this coming out.

    Been an incredible ride and Dame is responsible for a lot of it, let's try again next year with a healthy squad.
     
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    So you don't like the timing of him getting landed on in game 2?
    When was this supposed to come out? Before it happened?
     
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    Half the forum on ignore?

    Ohhhh Snap!!1 ALmost too soon. Nah, not really. JUST in time.

    Great one.
     
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    At the end of the season, so monday night I guess. It didn't come out after game 2. It only came out now because they lost and the media was hammering him for poor play.
     
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    Timing is..well..timely no doubt, but Dame isn't one to typically offer up excuses.

    I don't think they would have ever let it out if he wasn't getting hammered, but since he was getting hammered, they were like, hold up. They need to know a couple things.

    Dame plays through stuff all the time. When he does get injured and does so, its much harder to tell because he doesn't go to the locker room during a game. He will have it checked out after instead. It takes something truly serious for everyone to know right away he is injured, and if it isn't clear from the outset, I don't think the Blazers like to let it be known because then it becomes the focus and a distraction.

    In this instance, I give them a pass.
     
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    I guarantee you that i was all over the game thread on Game one. Dame was nursing a Hamstring and was holding his ribs.
    I posted it at least five times. Anyone who has watched dame all season can see he is playing through various injuries.
    That is was not made public does not surprise me one bit.
     
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    Dame is ridiculously tough, no doubt. Just seems pretty "timely" like you said I guess.
     
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    I watched Dame all season and he probably is playing through injuries, but so is literally everyone else out there, it's the WCF's and a long season.
     
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    Ha Ha Ha! talking to Myself happens for sure but rarely on here. I don't even know how to ignore someone. Other than just to ignore them and not respond. I do that all the time.
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    Hmm? Did someone say something? I was thinking of something important.

     
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    He did hurt his ribs in the OKC series. Not sure if they were seperated, but I saw him grabbing for and rubbing his ribs in the OKC series.
     
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    They did, but not sure of our point? He wasn't getting hammered as bad as he is now, and now Portland sees the writing on the wall. I don't think they want the narrative going into the summer that Dame shit the bed. After game two, they probably still thought, "we hold serve and all this goes away" Now they aren't holding serve and are now providing full disclosure.

    Plus, when you reveal injuries early, it also informs the other team of the weakness fort them to focus on.. Remember a certain elbow right into Kanter's Shoulder?

    Just saying, I understand completely why they wouldn't want the cat out of the bag until the writing was on the wall that were not pulling this out.
     

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