OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: MARCH 2023

F that, he's done. He lacks the passion to be great.

 

He'd be our 2nd best player right now....

 

@SlyPokerDog please delete this post....I'm having flashbacks.

 

If Clyde would have had Dame's work ethic, he would have fixed that busted jump shot, and won us a trophy. Clyde relied a lot on natural gifts. Clyde was great, but should have been greater. Plus he had WAYYYYY better supporting players. It's not even close. When Dwight talks about Dame's accomplishments or abilities, there's always a but after it. I think Jaynes lives too much in the past. I'm guilty of that too, sometimes . But i also know special when i see it. And Dame is Very Special.

 

Charmin.

 

I don't see any significant difference. I could have done CJ with Grant too, but why bother

what I see are 3 guys at the level of 3rd options on offense. None are close to being worthy 2nd options on a good team

 

You could flip the argument in terms of defense, though. Shooting mechanics and defense are equally indicative of putting in the effort. It's difficult to check all the boxes.

No doubt, Clyde's teammates were way better than what Dame has had around him, but Clyde's teams also came way closer to the top of the mountain. Aside from Dame's one outlier of a trip to the WCF (through a near-ideal first two rounds of match-ups), which ended in a humiliating sweep which was a better indication of how good the team actually was, his teams have basically been first round flame-outs every year. That concept didn't exist with Clyde's teams.

 

Load Management is for the Weak

 

Leaving this one here just in case you want to read some Greg Oden news

 

that's not true at all. In 5 of Clyde's first 6 seasons in Portland the Blazers were "first round flame-outs". In the one year they made it to the 2nd round they won 1 game. Then the Blazers traded for Buck Williams and drafted Cliff Robinson and had their 3 year run of playoff success. After that, two more first round flame-outs before Clyde was traded

in other words, Clyde was in Portland for 11 full seasons. He had 7 first round flame-outs and over 8 of those seasons the Blazers won a grand total of 1 game past the 1st round. Clyde led Blazer teams had a 9-20 record in the playoffs before Buck & Cliff arrived. And outside of that 3 year run in the playoffs, Clyde led Blazer teams had an 11-26 record

Buck Williams was actually the magic ingredient for Portland, not Clyde

 

Lakers retired Pau Gasol's jersey. WTF. Doesn't seem to me like he's worthy of that.

 

I knew I should have specified during the team's peak run. (Edit, because in my mind it was obvious that was the period being referred to. Pre-Buck, that team arguably wasn't much more talented than Dame's best teams.) But, I also forgot about the post-Finals drop-off, to be fair.

 

Should we retire BRoy jersey?

 

No, but the Lakers should.

 

He was the second best player on a team that won two rings.

If he had done that for Portland we would have renamed a city after him.

 

He sat aside for our training camp team once. We should rename the city after him anyway. Pauland.

 

Could we name it after all the players who cam here after winning rings?

PipKerrPauland

 

Meyers Leonard got kick out of Miami without a real gun while Ja Morrant suspended for 3-5 games? Thanks NBA