We're not a 5-seed caliber team rn. We're 2 games above .500 with an easy schedule. We're basically a .500 team. Would a firewall result in us being better than a. 500 team in 5 years? Probably.
And you said this after this post: You are emotional about simple question. Are players better without him? Is Harkless better when Lillard is out. Yes, he is. For whatever reason. Can you spot chemistry difference with/without Lillard? Is ball movement different? It was something that was really bad this season. And I'm not saying "trade Lillard". But something is terribly wrong with our team so everyone and everything has to be on the checklist. It's simple.
Then it's up to those guys to play UP to Dame. He shouldn't have to carry this fucking team over and over and over again. They need to start pulling their fucking weight, and if they can't do that, then hit the bricks. This guy is a top 5 PG in this league when he's healthy. And considering that he's rarely been hurt thus far in his career, I'd say we've been pretty lucky. This idea that we're somehow better of without him is the biggest bunch of bullshit I've read in a while. No offense, @BrunoSOC. We're a 30 win team without him. Our entire team plays better when he is banging on all cylinders. Obviously, an off night is going to throw everyone into disarray. That happens. But we are STILL a better team when he is playing like shit.
I'm starting to want to see Lillard traded for picks so people on this board can see just how bad portland is without him. Unfortunately if this were to happen. Certain posters would stop visiting this board, or never admit they were wrong about this roster being better without Lillard.
I really love dame and i hope he have his breakout perfomance just to shut up my mouth but that sad thing is this can actually true, he need's to controll his shoot selection he shoots 11 3pointers what he was thinking.
Probably something to the effect of: "I'm one of the greatest 3pt shooters alive right now, I'm getting open looks, me getting open 3pt looks on a bad day is still better than anyone on the team getting a contested one on a good day, so...yeah, I'm gonna shoot when open."
unfortunately he is not that great a 3 pt shooter, career avg of 36.8% and a subpar 34.8% this season. Entire league avg this yr is 36.3%, he IMO needs to be more selective and up that percentage
That's just this year. I'm talking about the team's record post-LMA with and without Dame. Chicago isn't an awful team. They've been one of the hotter teams in the league since Mirotic returned to the lineup. San Antonio tends to win no matter what lineup they trot out. And you just dismissed OKC for the same "awful effort" excuse that's exactly why we're questioning Dame's effect on his teammates of late?
Again, correlation doesn't equal causality. Our last two losses went from a lack of effort, and Dame didn't have an effect on Pat that caused him to play horribly when Dame wasn't in the game.
