Game Thread GAME# 15: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

Blazer games are not only unwatchable they are unrecordable.

 

Because 1) I don't have anything to record it with, and 2) I'm not paying attention to Blazers scheduling right now with football season in full tilt.

 

I don't see any point in firing Stotts. But yeah, at this point I'm starting to feel like we should just shut it down.

I don't know that I can stomach Melo pointing at guys who he's supposed to defend for a full season.

 

Aminu was trash so was harkless. Still glad they are gone

 

Welcome to Portland Melo, we don't get fouls here sorry

 

This is what I call denialism. The factual reality is that he bears a ton of responsibility for the direction of the franchise as a max player and as a player who plays the most important role on the court.

 

Everytime we get our ass kicked by players i never heard of

 

you mean if we were winning then I wouldn’t be pointing out that dame is partly to blame for losing? Duh

the proof is common sense. The team asks Dame about every move and he has veto power - as do most stars of his caliber. There’s no chance that Olshey would have done these moves if Lillard protested.

 

The guy in the middle seems familiar

 

“A bit better defensively”

lol. Aminu is leading the league in defensive efficiency.

 

that's an interesting progression of posts

the first thing to remember is that Blazer1977 is a giant CJ honk who can't stand any criticism at all of CJ. Apparently, he's decided the best way to defend CJ is to consistently trash Dame and blame him for everything. It's crazy town

accordingly, Dame is now responsible for the roster construction; I guess because he toed the party line after all the changes. Which by the way he's done every time there has been a roster change. He'll tout the virtues and his affection for the players leaving, then express optimism for the players coming in. That Dame...what an ass

but obviously, in the CJ-centric mind of Blazer1977 that means that Dame was calling the shots for the team this summer. It was Dame's idea that trading Turner for Bazemore was going to work out great. Dame was on the phone to Miami and designed the Whiteside trade and brought it to the front office. It was Dame that identified Tolliver as the big get and got it done 3 days before the moratorium ended...hey Dame, what was the big rush? It was Dame that wanted Hezonja and when Olshey spent about 10 minutes telling everybody how "incredibly talented" Hezonja was, he was reading Dame's press release. And of course, it was Dame who went for Gasol less than 2 months after the 39 year old C had surgery for a stress fracture of the foot. For chrissakes Dame, didn't you learn a lesson from when you signed Ezeli? guess not

pretty soon we'll find out that Dame was the one who dislocated Zach's shoulder. He's a voodoo child

 

I think that is why we signed Melo.

 

ad hominem.

Strawman.

never said Dame “constructed our roster,” I said he didn’t go to bat for his teammates from last year, and that if he had done so, Olshey would have kept more of last years roster. You can’t counter this obvious fact, so you’re resorting to insults and putting words in my mouth.

I never said dame should have gone to bat for his old teammates, but to act like he didn’t endorse the roster moves is absurd.

 

How do you know this?

 

I don't think Dame has any decision making power. I also don't think there are many, if any, situations in the league where a player has veto power or even gets a heads up on every move. I think Dame finds out from the front office once a deal is done and Dame is the type of player that then praises the new additions.

 

Do you honestly think the blazers would have traded/not-signed aminu if Dame told them not to?

 

It was just reported that Dame had to approve of whether Carmelo signed or not. Pretty sure he’d have veto power over more consequential decisions to.

 

Whiteside sucked from the opening tip. As did Melo.

 

Yes. Also crows, ravens, and red tailed hawks.