Hell, show it to the whole damn team Broussard, all of theme want Super Teams so bad. We've have a better roster for 26-27 than the Lakers or the Warriors. He's fn nuts
While I get the excitement of reattaining this all time Blazer great, could someone remind me of all the 30+ year old athletes who made it back to anything close to their former selves post torn Achilles? Do posters think Kobe didn't put his all into his rehab to explain why he wasn't close to the same? Temper expectations indeed. Also, does anyone know whether Dame suffered a partial or complete tear because that seems to make a difference. STOMP
He's not wrong. There is no way the Blazers play for a championship in the next three years. Now Dame might be part of a team that eventually wins a Championship if he decides to become part of a coaching staff somewhere.
Maybe? I have a hard time believing the lakers won't make moves to put Luka in a winning situation. Same goes for the Warriors.
from BE Hoping for a Breakout Shaedon Sharpe Scoot Henderson Kris Murray Rayan Rupert Duop Reath Donovan Clingan Yang Hansen Head Coach Chauncey Billups (not included in cost) Total Cost: $38.2 million Established Toumani Camara Deni Avdija Total Cost: $14.6 million Hoping for a Bounce-back/Recovery Robert Williams III Matisse Thybulle Jerami Grant Jrue Holiday Damian Lillard Total Cost: $103.3 million
First..to be on topic, I have zero expectations, only good feelings about this. (this comment not in reply to anyone) What does it mean to be realistic? Seriously. Does the idea of realistic.....pertain to group think? Is it an attraction to odds? I find the idea of fans warning other fans to be realistic....fascinating. Hey, we all get to choose how we enjoy/follow/root for our team. Is it me....or does it appear to others that folks who choose to be exuberant/colored glasses/fanboy....whatever, choose way more often to stand alone in their thinking...while the fans who choose to be realistic want to guide others to their thinking? I see words quite often like..."We can all see this"...or "We know how this is going to turn out". Why the we? If I'm just seeing what I want to see, tell me if I'm off on this. I have not seen anyone trying to turn other fans to liking and believing in the return of Dame. It seems that some, just like me, just want to enjoy this.
You are off on this. Not because what you say from your perspective isn't true, but people questioning any moves get equally shit on. We even had a post that said all posters that posted in the first 7 pages of the Yang Hansen draft thread (which was mostly shock at the value) should never post again.
Broussard is right when he said he could have chosen a contender where he was the 3rd or 4th option at best. But that would not change his legacy. Not after the injury. So he might as well come back to the Blazers and at least improve his legacy in Portland.
Complete tear. When has any NBA player had a partial torn Achilles that they had surgery on and was out a year? A partial tear is a sprain.
I mean of course they'll all try. Doesn't mean they'll succeed. The advantage we do have is better youth that those teams.
If he was the 9th best player on a Blazer team that won a title in 5 years it would do far more for his legacy than 3rd/4th option winning a title on someone else's team next season.
Box Score Kobe’s injury happened the game after that great match between him and Dame. That game (in my opinion) is iconic in Lillards career. Dame dropped a career high to cap off his rookie season, Lakers were looking at the playoffs with a fairly decent roster without injuries. Ended up being swept by the Kawhi/Duncan/Parker/Ginobili/Splitter Spurs, which lost to the Heat 4-3 in the finals. This was the year Ray Allen hit that infamous 3 pointer in game 6. Same age, and roughly the same time of the year as Dame. Kobe came back in December of 2013… Which is INSANE!!! I hope we don’t see people getting crazy with the timeline on his return. If he’s good he’s good but let’s all agree there’s absolutely no need to rush anything, or to need him to play heavy minutes when he returns. Kobe would come back and play 3 years before retiring 4/13/2016. Dropping 60 points in his final game.
