Harrison Dang Diddily Do Damn Diddily Darn Barnes

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  1. ironcrotch

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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    What's funny is he is a star, or potentially on his way to be a serious one if he pans out. When has a Blazer gotten such crazy attention so early? Dame has all the NBA media talking about him, he gets talked about during other teams games. He's getting love on ESPN, getting tweeted about by national writers, getting twitter shoutouts by NFL players. We sometimes complain we don't get attention, now we have a guy that steam rolling himself to the top.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Fear.
    I've watched all 4 blazer summer league games, License to Lillard videos, Lillard Sac. video, and hear predraft and post draft comments about him. It is not simply a matter of looking at some box scores and saying "he's going to be great. " As others have said it's not just that he's doing well, it's how he's doing it. If you've seen all of the games and videos, the evidence is incontrovertible, but why are some people still hedging? FEAR.

    For some reason if you predict a player won't be great and he turns out great, there is no stigma to the error. However, if you predict someone will be great and they aren't, apparently one looks stupid. That combined with the fact that most of the players that "look great" don't actually end up great leads to prognosticators to "play it safe." People on this board (and around the world) want to feel like they are smart, so they say everyone is mediocre (except the obviously truly exceptional like Shaq, Duncan, ...). Indeed, they are smug about it. But, it isn't "smart" it's "ballless".

    Lillard will be great. Like Shaq for whom the NBA was easier than college because he no longer had to face triple teams, like Roy for whom the NBA was easier than college because he no longer had to face the box-and-1, the NBA will be easier for Lillard because he will finally have some teammates who are threats. The were no questions about Lillard predraft relating to the individual parts of his game. The real questions have been "is the Div. 1 college game to fast for him?", "what about the NBA?" He's answered those questions, again the only questions about his entire game predraft.

    As for Blaze, yes it is annoying when people throw their predictions in your face repeatedly, but at least he made a bold prediction. I haven't watched Harrison Barnes play, but I know Lillard is the real deal, and in a position of need. Time to move on.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    From Kerry Eggers article at the Trib:

    http://portlandtribune.com/pt-rss/1...e-about-damian-lillard?-how-about-everything?

    It's not just rabid fanboys on the internet that are hyping this kid.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Agree to disagree
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    I think I'm somewhere in the middle between you and Tlong. I definitely agree with the first two though. I would also add that I would like to see more of a mid-range game as well. Some pull-up jumpers and some floaters. I didn't notice an inability to finish at the rim though, and I thought his defense looked okay. He could use some work on it, but he's not bad by any means.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    I could make a similar list for LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and anyone else. However, you're plenty happy to throw not only the word star for them but "superstar."
     
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  7. julius

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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    where are these Harrison Fucking Barns anyways? Are they in Vegas?
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    horse fucking barns
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    LOL at saying he needs to work on going to his right. The reason he goes left is that the defense is playing his right hand.
     
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  10. julius

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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    I hear HCP has three of those
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    maybe he means, and I'm just guessing because it confused me too, he needs to work on going right more. Not as in improving his ability to go right, but just the frequency of it?
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    HCP does like horses.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    lillard is right handed, if they force him right he is going to kill everyone, gimme a break
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Maybe, but I don't know why you would want to increase the frequency when that's how they're playing you.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    He has had the opportunity to go right. Lillard is very good, don't get me wrong. He just needs to work on going right is all
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Nah. The fact that he's so good going left is one of the reasons he's so good.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Yes, we all know how shitty it is to have a right-handed player who can surprise people with his left hand.

    Oh, here is Dame splitting a double with his right hand and finishing with his right hand.

    [video=youtube;XJUVlPQZqVY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJUVlPQZqVY[/video]
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    You're such a contrarian. You already have invalidated your "expertise" with your Leonard/Big White Stiff nonsense. Welcome to my world.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Lillard needs to work on it. If you guys don't think so, then great. I am not here to argue about it.
     
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    Re: Harrison FUCKING Barnes

    Every player needs to work on something in their game, especially if they're a Blazer, and the "experts" here can pick apart their games on a daily basis. Thanks for the expertise. It's as valid as anyone else's here. :cheers:
     
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