Dame is not expected to be at USA mini camp

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    blazers12, Jul 26, 2015
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    Good deal. He's been incredibly healthy to this point, why tempt fate? He's paid big bucks to represent Portland and he has enough other outside distractions as it is. Playing for France got Batum some nice attention (except for the nut sack smack episode) but it wore his ass out and cost the Blazers in the long run. Fuck the Olympics. It's about bringing a trophy to Portland. Or at least having a healthy team making the effort....how many gold medals does a country need anyway?
     
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    Agreed but i wanna see at least one blazer play for the national team as well. Maybe Plumlee can... #DukePolitics
     
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    No, it's if you sign a big contract, put the team who is paying first.
     
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    ...and Team USA is Nike, right?
     
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    It depends on priorities. The NBA is a business and he's paid to play for Portland. The whole purpose of the team is to try and win league championships. I guess I'm not much of a patriot because I don't see why playing in the Olympics (for free) is such a big deal. As a Blazer fan, I just don't have a dog in that fight, even if one of our players was on the team. As good as teams from other countries have become, we usually kick the shit out of them and where's the entertainment value in that? And the risk of injury and fatigue aren't worth the return. Lillard just got handed the keys to PA's Cadillac and I'm sure he understands that. That is priority one, two and three. I'd prefer that kind of leadership.....
     
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    Sounds like he's butthurt to me.
     
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    If i was Dame, i'd be annoyed too. Dame is way better than Irving 13-14 season, however Coach K and Colangelo select Irving over Dame. It was not fair.
     
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    It was more about Rose in my opinion. There is no way in hell Rose deserved to be on that team.
     
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    This.
     
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    He may be butthurt, but at least he isn't French.
     
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    I thought it was the Spanish we weren't supposed to lose to? Hell all the Europeans look the same, fuck em all. 'Merica!
     
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    I just assumed he was saying that the selections for the 2014 FIBA team basically telegraph the 2016 Olympic team selections, so he's holding off on any team USA stuff until after the Olympics, and he'll probably make another run at it in 2018.
     
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    while on one hand I'd enjoy watching him get the press and hopefully gleam some stuff from playing on the team, on the other hand I don't care if he goes or not.

    I want him to win a title for Portland, not the US.
     
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    So he didn't feel like he got better by competing in the camp?

    Don't like the attitude, but it's not a big deal.
     
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    Subliminaly I heard "if coach k begs and sucks my dick I might bless him with my greatness, otherwise why leave the greatest fans in the world to play for a bunch of chickenshit politicking d bags?"
     
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    Dame is not expected to be at USA mini camp

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    FWIW, Kyrie is expected to miss it because of surgery. Not sure if it makes a difference.
     
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    same feelings here, it was used as a test baby for rose's knees. pretty easy getting on the roster of an elite team when the coach is ... well, your coach
     
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