Game Thread GAME# 59: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - APRIL 23, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

Meh he’s like this every year. Feast or famine. Early in the year he was feasting, now he’s in a major drought. Every year it’s like that with his annual long slump

 

God this guy sucks now

 

his on-floor game hasn't been 'right' since that player (forget who?) crushed Dame's knee about 3 weeks ago.

but more than that is he can see the team is foundering consistently, and the things that have worked well for years, aren't working now. And he doesn't know how to correct the problems...which really isn't all on him anyway. I think deep-down he knows this team is going nowhere without major changes, especially at the top of the rotation, coaching, and management. His loyalty is being tested at the ame time his confidence is taking on water

the team is a fucking mess. He's accountable for a little of it, but there is too much of the mess beyond his control

(edit: I wrote that while you were posting the numbers since that Dallas game, which was actually a month ago. Was it Josh Richardon that dove on Dame's knee?)

certainly shows that RoCo is an integral glue guy that plays both ends of the floor and fits well with just about any combo.

 

Stop making excuses for Lillard. He’s on his annual slump. Every year ya blame mystery injuries, him even having kids, god

 

They're not really mystery injuries. Last year he hurt his knee against the Lakers. This year he hurt his knee against the Mavs. If he doesn't give it a chance to heal, he won't get better.

 

by the way, remember over the all-star break when Stotts challenged the team to finish in the top-half of the league in defense? At the time their defensive rating was 16.4. Entering last night's game it was 16.6. After the game it is 16.8 because the Blazers gave up a defensive rating of 125.6 in a critical game to the 2nd youngest team in the league who was missing their starting C

I wonder what Terry will challenge the team to do next

 

that doesn't matter to Aldo. When Dame is playing poorly he'll make 20 posts a day trashing Lillard. When Dame is playing well, he'll make 20 posts a day saying 'trade Lillard so he can win a championship, as he deserves'

it's simply Trolling-101

 

The team runs Dame into the ground to try to stay afloat, he inevitably gets hurt, and then we wonder why he isn't playing well.

 

He gone in spells but not this.

 

If he's smart he'll challenge them to get worse

 

Hes 31 this summer man. He’s getting old. We need a new direction

 

Maybe if he challenged them to lose more convincingly it would be just what we need to turn things around.

 

His injuries haven’t been because he was playing too much.