Golly, you're so fucking wise. My knuckle-dragging Neanderthal ways just can't comprehend your brilliance. You can read minds...it's amazing!
Sorry for trying to inject a little reality into why the Blazers are sub .500 over the last several months. Wasn't anything personal. Who needs to read minds when you can watch the team on the TV... What I've been watching the last several weeks isn't a team with a chip on their shoulder. Anyways, I've made my point and will bow out.
"Reality" is just a fancy word for "pessimistic". It's a bullshit term to pretend that you can somehow see what others cannot; somehow you see what's "real" and everyone else is deluding themselves. And it's not personal; I'm simply mocking you for your complete misunderstanding of how this team works. Aldridge is everything to this team. He is the one player that cannot be matched. He's either too big or too quick. He alters the way teams play defense. It's no accident that our swoon began with his groin injury. This team playing with a chip on its shoulder without LA is just an average team. Clearly, they lack confidence without him. Was that your insightful "news"? Because all I have to say in response is "No shit, Sherlock".
Dude - you are like the Smiths song that voices my adolescent angst way more melodramatically than I could.
The downslide started well before LMA got hurt. Even with him on the court, Dame and Wes had lost their shooting consistency.
No, it's not. I don't think I'm pessimistic at all. This isn't in my mind, pretty sure it's happening here in reality. I think what I'm saying is fairly obvious, so when you say it's "to pretend that you can somehow see what others cannot; somehow you see what's "real" and everyone else is deluding themselves", I think you're just a tad too defensive. Simmer down. If I had lost all hope for the season I wouldn't be wasting my time on here. Thanks for mocking me in such an impersonal way... Your grasp of what 'personal' means is as impressive as your grasp of 'reality'.
That 6 game stretch was brutal bro. We played all but one playoff team and played all 6 games in a 8 day stretch, with 2 back to backs. I don't see many other teams with that same grueling stretch.
Okay, so your position is if the Blazers REALLY cared, they could win any game they chose? My position is they are playing to their talent level right now, because they don't have their best player. And even when they did recently, he wasn't himself. As a result we field a team that is average and somewhat mercurial based on whether their shots are falling. My advice is to grow a thicker skin.
No... I understand that. I disagree. Do you understand that? So you're assuming I'm actually mad about you mocking me? I just thought it was funny you think mocking someone isn't personal... :MARIS61:
So, because you disagree, you're just bringing a little "reality"? Hilarious. And yes, grow a thicker skin if you somehow think losing LA and then bitching about how we're not winning isn't worthy of mockery.
This. But generally they haven't been getting the same looks. LA's hot start spread the floor perfectly. If he wasn't scoring, the ball was whipping around the perimeter for open shooters. Before LA hurt his groin teams started to defend us differently though, forcing LA off that left block. When he pops out & faces up now, there's always help when he takes a dribble and goes to the middle (only way he goes). Most nights he's able to get all of the 18'ers he wants, but everything else has become more difficult. If he's one dimensional, floor balance = hosed. Shots are contested, passing lanes close down. Forces us to play more "one on one". Shooting % naturally declines.
You're pretty confrontational on here aren't you? Is it not reality the Blazer are 14-17 in their last 31 games? Aldridge played in many of those games. So I was "trying to inject a little reality into why the Blazers are sub .500 over the last several months." It's still just my opinion, obviously, and I think it's pretty obviously correct, again just my opinion. Somehow you think that statement means I'm questioning your manhood, otherwise I have no idea why you're getting so bent out of shape over it. Maybe you need some fresh air?
And the Blazers are getting smashed by Orlando tonight. 19-52 Orlando. It sure looks like they've given up to me.
I don't think they've given up. I think that (a) they weren't really as good as they looked at the beginning of the year, and (b) they've lost confidence. "Given up" implies that if they tried, they'd fix everything. I don't think they're that talented.
Joel Freeland was a big part of keeping a lead when the bench came in..he's never discussed but he's missed and he was a big part of early season success. It's the 3pt shot that's hurting the team recently
Boy someone sure is all hot and bothered that someone is disagreeing with them. And you're pretty sure what "reality" is aren't you? I guess what happened before was all fake? Yay for cherry picking facts! If you think the Aldridge that played in those games was the same as the one we had earlier in the season, then I question your basketball knowledge. You are under the impression I think you're questioning my manhood? What a bizarre conclusion And don't mistake rebuttal for getting bent out of shape. Which one of us is sensitive? Like I said, grow a thicker skin. Yay for cherry picking facts!
