Dame all but demanding vet roster

Yeah that stat might be extremely skewed due to the fact that the kid obviously had an adjustment period at the beginning of the season.

 

His game log is public, so there is no ambiguity as to when he excelled which was down the stretch when he was the lead scoring option (Dame out) in 48 minutes of garbage time. In those 8 glorious games down the stretch when he started, Portland was 2-6 and averaged losing by 17 each game which includes those two victories.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sharpsh01/gamelog/2023

You are kidding yourself (not me) if you think he showed he's ready. Dude is really promising, but has a looooooong way to go.

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you get GRIP pal, I was just voicing my opinion.

 

just base it in something tethered to reality, thats not too much to ask. Good grief this place is ridiculous in the offseason

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Dont be such as know it all ass! Seadog

 

I don't know it all by any means, but expecting/expressing this roster might be getting 6-8 studs this offseason is lotto odds/not going to happen nonsense. Outside the #3 and future firsts their assets are not much. In my most optimistic moments forecasting the Blazer's future I hope to add 2 viable pieces to the mix next season without dealing Dame... okay 3 if you don't subtract for a viable piece going out. Your 6-8 post reads like looney tunes.

I want the best for the Trailblazers. ChampionshipS. But please for the love of Jebus, lets stay reality based

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Dame never stops and if he gets contender level teammates he’ll lead them to a championship.

 

They most certainly could have 6 or so new players on the team and yes ones that have great skills. When you consider, potential trades, FA signings (and there will be a few vets signed) and possible draft picks you could have a very different looking team. Try and have some vision if you want to follow sports. If you dont know where you're going you'll end up somewhere else. Geez Louise...

 

Marang says Shaedon has been working with Dame…

 

I agree and I hope it's here in Portland

 

A year ago he was mad we didn't trade the pick for OG, now I think Dame sees why. I hope Shae gets the starting 2 or 6-man with healthy playing time nxt season

 

He's also suggesting he wanted Mitchell in 2017. God this guy is insufferable. How do people listen to him? Sounds like such a know it all.

 

A year ago, Marang was full of shit. And he still is today.

 

Do you remember when he used to post on here? Lol

 

Absolutely Special.

 

Buying a lotto ticket is not a good path to success.

We have a much better path to a title with Dame than with a lotto ticket.

We are almost certainly far closer to a title now with Dame than we'd be 5 years after trading Dame.

We can buy lotto tickets any time.

 

Are we? 3 out of the last 4 years sub .500 and the last 2 years, we were so bad we chose to tank. Nurk/Grant/Hart/Ant/Dame was so bad they had to tank. Yes....injuries, traded Hart, things that happen to every team every year. That is a lineup you wouldn't expect to be that unproductive. If they were that bad, how much better are they going to be with adding a player or 2 while subtracting depth and potential generational talent?

 

Yes. We chose to tank because we weren't good enough to make a push for a title and needed an infusion of talent on our roster, and we had no roster flexibility.

So in tanking, Ant has far more value now than he did prior to tanking. We now have Sharpe and the #3 pick. That is talent that we COULD NOT have gotten with the roster Olshey had built. Tanking sucked, but it didn't cost us Dame, and now we have the opportunity to put a more talented, experienced, and balanced team around him than he has ever had.

There is simply not a more direct path to competing than this available by trading Dame.

 

A lot of different lines up during those 3 years. As you mentioned every team deals with injuries but not everyone
decides to tank on purpose. Two new players and another two who could be a lot better.......I would not base how far off we are
on our play last year. Just like I would not base it on our good start last year before the injuries. It all comes down to which player or two that we add IMO.