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If Sharpe becomes a star player at any point with us the return on investment was worth it. Lillard got shut down because he had a lingering injury he should of taken care of years prior and we would’ve been bounced in the play-in game at the very least.

 

Morant is electric. But, Luka is a walking triple double that makes his teammates better and doesn’t really have a flaw in his game.

 

When healthy he was/is a Top 5 player in the NBA. Unfortunately his injuries have just derailed his career. True we might not see the same Kawhi that won championships in SA and TOR. But he is the reason the Clippers get respect, it’s not PG. People were high on the clippers because of the prospect of Kawhi returning.

If healthy, I think he helps them tremendously. Completely different team.

 

I can't disagree with any of that. Kawhi has been an amazing player. The two key words in the previous sentence though are "has" and "been".

 

There is that guy in Milwaukee who plays defense much better that's better than him overall, but luka is potentially the most skilled

 

That and their depth...right? You look at their roster and they should be able to absorb his occasional injury against an OKC. Their offense played great, but the starters all were all around a -14, except George who was a -25. My guess is they were overconfident and simply took the game for granted. Not a good idea in the NBA, no matter who you are playing. George has had a slow start from 3, I would expect him to get better.

 

I’d take Luka 10x out of 10!

 

Exactly. But we are biased because while others overvalue the Clippers, we are fine not relying on Norm and RoCo minutes to win games.

 

I know I can't speak for anybody but myself, but for the purposes of this post and the point I'm making, it might work if I did

* this act you're doing: nobody is enjoying it. This ridiculously exaggerated 'everybody sucks but us' drill is just painful nonsense you are selfishly dropping over and over in every single thread. It's a completely unfunny comedian showing up on the TV every 30 seconds screaming the same horseshit over and over like some deranged Mynah Bird that has been chugging a fool's mixture of red bull, espresso, and meth.

a little of it would go a damn long ways, but that happened months ago. I see over and over that 2 or 3 or 4 people here are having a substantive discussion about this or that and you butt in with this pathological crap. It would be better if you just abandoned this pointless act, but for chrissakes, at least take a break every now and then. You're just trolling, and eventually everybody hates a troll

...with all due respect of course

 

Soooo much of this.
Thank you. Very well put.
Much more respectful that i would have been at this point.
Its sad he doesn't seem to get it turns people off from listening to his podcast. So it actually affects the things he is doing in real life. Maybe he just doesn't care…

 

what did we go thru last season? honestly?

Portland was 13 games under .500 before the tank even started. That was 55 games into the season. At that rate, the Blazers were going to win 31 games. They ended up winning 27, so you're somehow seeing ordeal in losing an extra 4 games out of 82? Mountain meet molehill

and what was the alternative that was so fucking attractive that some of you are ridiculously acting like Portland sacrificed something by changing the course of the team. They did not. The 7th reboot of olshey's busted vision was going nowhere. The record 55 games into the season was proof enough of that even if the previous 6 seasons weren't...but they were the proof of course

I mean, the alternative was to keep olshey, CJ, RoCo (and let him walk), Powell at SF, and Nance (on the IR). What the fuck was lost in abandoning all that lunacy?

olshey fired your boy Stotts as a cover for his own failed tenure as GM. When Seattle finally had enough of olshey and fired his ass (6 long years too late), CJ, Powell, and RoCo were as good as gone. It was over. That team was kaput. That brand of boring pointless mediocrity was shit-canned the second olshey got his walking papers. Yeah, there may be a new brand of mediocrity directly on the horizon, but at least it's something different. And just maybe there's a path out of the mediocrity. There sure the fuck wasn't when olshey was in charge

 

My HO is the Clippers are load/effort managing to the extreme. Make the playoffs then get serious. Against shitty tankning teams they dont care. Work enough for a middle seed while staying healthy. I dont like it, if true, and hope it fails in the playoffs.

 

and they'll both be looking up at Giannis when they say it

 

Sounds weird but I think I take Luka over Giannis.

 

I guess it depends on what you want. I think Doncic is very much like Brandon Roy in that there can be no other ball-dominant player on the team. I think it will be extremely difficult to build a contender around Doncic. Giannis already has a ring

I mean, without making it about olshey, if only the Blazers had drafted Giannis when they had the chance I think Dame/Giannis would have 2 or 3 rings right now. Dame/Doncic wouldn't.

 

I think Luka musta had a redbull or an espresso before that OT. Just an insane performance. Then that behind the back pass... Aren't those reserved for 20pt leads? Guess not. It was just a great slap in the face to BKN; "your efforts are futile." Thank fucking jesus Bullock make it.