Skip Bayless at it again: LaMarcus "still has too much Portland Trail Blazers in him"

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  1. BBert

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    Skippy Bayless trolling the Blazers fans again.

    It's a living, I guess. Not an honorable one, but a living. :dunno:
     
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    Is he wrong?

    Portland is small time, and hasn't done anything since the JailBlazers to garnish anyones attention.

    As much as everyone in Portland wants to have a kumbaya moment, no one nationally really gives a shit
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Obviously Roy's menisci wilted under pressure.

    And Oden's knees.....

    Our lack of success since the early 2000's doesn't have anything to do with wilting under pressure.
     
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    The kumbaya movement starts in Eugene...just sayin'
     
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    Then why do we bother, MM? I personally am rather sick and tired of being patted on the head like a schoolchild and being told "there, there, young man, at least your team tried. They tried hard! They should be commended for that. But they can't compete with the big kids. Now go back to the corner.".

    I'm old enough to remember a Blazers title. It was magical. It was incredible. And the afterglow was savagely ripped from our chests, and the wound continues to fester 40 years later. Every time it seems the wound will heal, it's ripped open again. And then we are told that it's all we can expect in a world of haves and have-nots.
     
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    I wonder what Skippy's excuse is for Timmy/Tony/Manu all shitting the bed.
     
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    Duncan's age FINALLY caught up with him.
     
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    He caught Paul Pierce-itis
     
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    Lamarcus keeps wandering back out to the 20 ft line
     
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    Lol he may have to end up playing *gasp* center next season
     
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    How about Billy fucking Donovan outcoaching Pop?
     
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    The problem is that he is implying that Portland somehow makes a player worse.

    Did Rasheed have too much Portland in him when he won a championship with Detroit?

    Any struggles LMA may be having have nothing to do with him playing in Portland.
     
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    I'm going to laugh so hard when Duncan/Parker/Manu retire and it's up to LMA and Kawhi to carry on.
     
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    If anything playing in Portland should've readied him for these moments when he needed to be the man, 100% on LaMarcus.
     
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    If they get Durant and/or a Gasol I'll be pissed.
     
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    I took it as him referring to the series against the Pistons, when we beat them their to split, and the Lakers when we had a huge lead, and the series against the Rockets when we were a higher seed.

    This is what National guys see. Not saying it's right, just what they see
     
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    Obviously! Since being like a woman is the most degrading thing a man can be. Well, except maybe being gay.

    Funny, most of us LOVE a guy called "Dame".
     
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    One possible way to read this that would be true and wouldn't necessarily be an attempt to denigrate the Blazers completely, would be to assume that LaMarcus is still too inclined to shoot the mid-range shots instead of driving to the hole. We've all said it before, but that's been an issue with LA forever. He's happier taking a jumper, even a contested turn-around, than he is to work to drive it to the basket. Stotts, and Nate before him, both tailored their offenses to fit what LA likes to do, rather than what the team sometimes needs.
     
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    A lot of teams are like that though. OKC hears it. I know radio guys here talk about the Rockets as a have not franchise since Hakeem left. The difference to me is the bully effect. National guys say stuff about a lot of franchises, but Portlanders are so God damned sensitive about their team that it gets to them, so the writers and commentators keep doing it

    It's not ok to be ok in the NBA. You are either good, bad or in purgatory. Portland FINALLY got bad enough to get Aldridge, Roy and Oden, and it may have worked had our GM not ignored medicals. The we got bad enough again to get Lillard, the 11th pick and McCollum. Had we done better with that 11th pick we may be further along

    Winning 40 something games and getting that kumbaya moment is what Blazer fans want. Congrats, we are stuck in purgatory because no FA worth a damn will sign here. Stars win in the NBA, and Portland has 1 1/2 of them
     
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    Reminds me of a boy named Sue by Johnny Cash...I named him that just to toughen him up
     
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