Game Thread 2022-23 Game #41 - BLAZERS VS CAVALIERS - JANUARY 12, 2023 - THURSDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

i will refrain from saying the disrespectful shit i want to say in response to this clueless post.

as you were.

dude literally killed himself to win this game for us and was getting trapped hard because the rest of his team let him down to close the game. legit question, are you watching the games?

 

I get the panic but we are a team that literally has no bench right now. Our bench is 2 rookies, a guy we signed on a 10 day last season and a guy just returning from injury. We have absolutely no depth and have been able to compete in games. It’s obvious the starters are running of out gas late in games. Once Winslow and Nas come back it will help. And we need to make some moves.

 

Everyone loves Dame but why is it so hard for people to admit that just maybe at his age and salary he has also handicapped our flexibility to improve the roster? “Go get another all star for Dame”, how the fuck are we supposed to do that? I love Dame, but we are currently the 11th worst team in the league, we can’t even win when he drops 50 lol. Our front office failed him a long time ago and then continued putting bandaids over the problem while Dame’s contracts grew. There isn’t ONE obtainable player that will make us contenders, what does that tell you? Some of you may care more about keeping Dame his entire career and are more of a Dame fan than a Blazers fan and that’s fine, I’m not.

 

I agree with you. My #1 concern going into the season with the lack of size at every starting position (minus Nurk) and we had no center depth if Nurk went down. Luckily Nurk hasn't been out for a long stretch, but being undersized 1-4 and off the bench has been and will continue to be problematic.

 

Yeah he had said after the last loss that he wasn't going to do that any more but I don't know if he was expecting to play 21 minutes of the second half.

 

You don’t get it. You’re a Dame fan not a Blazers fan. All good.

 

Would rather have Sharpe in.

 

Yes. He’s been out for a year.

 

Has Dame's $42m handicapped our flexibility more than Ant + Nurk's $38m handicaps our flexibility? Frankly, I'd much rather have $38 to try to replace the production of Ant/Nurk than I would have $42 and try to fill Dame's shoes.

 

Needed him to finish off the game though. Sadly, we needed 57 from him.

 

The real Blazer thing to do will to go on a tear in the second half, get to the 9 seed, win the playin game(s), lose the draft pick, get everyone excited, get swept in the first round. I actually fully expect this.

 

bro these cats who complain about dame's contract have no idea of this thing called the salary cap.

and they conveniently forget that his extension will only begin two years from now when we'll be deep in the tax regardless.

oh but wait, i was told he's gonna fall off two years from now and look like Love did tonight.

this place...

 

I think Nurk is here because of Dame, I hate Nurk. Nurk and GP2 were just more bandaids.

 

How 'bout them Mariners?!

 

so in summary, this is your narrative tonight:

1. dame is old and will fall off in two years.

2. dame is paid too much.

3. dame got his friends paid. i "hate" his friends, so i don't want dame here.

4. it's dame's fault.

thanks for the laughs.

 

You didn't answer my question.

 

They suck. Haven't won a game in months.

I blame the coach.

 

So the plan is to wait till Dame is 35 and we are deep in the tax to build around him? Thanks for explaining that, sounds genius. Go polish up ur Dame bobble heads and have a good night.