Things you’ll miss; things you won’t.

Things I’ll Miss:
1. Those beautiful long bombs that can break an opponent’s heart.
2. The drive and dish to an open teammate. (Would have been nice if more teammates could hit an open shot).
3. The solid locker room presence and leadership.
4. The honesty even in losses.
5. The All-Star, All-NBA glitz he brought to this farthest corner of the NBA world.
6. The clutch, 0.9 and dagger 3 with mean face that you just can’t watch enough times.

Things I Won’t Miss:
1. The constant will he stay, will he go drama. Enough already (and FU to the Steven A’s and Shannon Sharpes of the NBA world who incessantly fed that narrative.)
2. The slow pace, iso offense. Bring me some Scoot.
3. Having to listen to his latest rap.
4. The Yoda-ish tweets.

 

I would add, the lack of team success. No matter how much of a part of that he was, and I place a much bigger blame on our garbage owner and Bert than anyone because Joe doesn't do anything without their permission or approval. But for all the individual success, his type of offensive greatness has been incredibly rare in leading a team to a title. So if we can get more ball movement, less ISO, a little faster pace, and growing as a team, I will welcome that.

....with a new owner would be the icing on the cake.

 

I’ll miss the three four five daggers in a row to put a team to bed for the night. I’ll miss feeling like that shot will go in way more than was reasonable. I’ll miss the mean mug and the quiet swagger.

I won’t miss the double teams, the ease at which defensive minded scrubs could shut him down, the way Westbrook laughed at how easy it was to blow past him.

 

I loved Dame mostly because he was different. He loved us, the City. I thought he was a lifer in a world where there aren't any lifers left.

I overlooked the defense as a result. Dame, by himself was never enough to win a Championship. His game is all offense. He's a bucket.

I'll miss the idea of him being different but have already come to terms with it.

Hopeful for a happy ending someday. One where he comes back and retires a Blazer. I don't really care if he wins a ship or not, esp if in Miami, their fans are atrocious.

 

I will miss the pride I had that the greatest leader in sports built his brand with my team. That the money he made was spent in my state and that he made Portland fun to watch.
I won't miss his social media trolling

 

THIS

 

I won't miss his defense, but I can't honestly say that will be missed, because I'm pretty sure Ant and Scoot are going to allow layups like no tomorrow just like Dame did, because by all measurable stats they're horrific defenders. Don't give me the potential bullshit.

But I'll pretty much miss everything else, starting with the fact that he can single-handedly win a game with (some) regularity -- which I don't see Scoot (or even Shaedon, but I could possibly see Shaedon doing it) being able to accomplish. And I doubt we'll ever see either of them put up 60+, much less 70+. Part of this is that his "logo range" is a legit cheat code (offensively).

I think we're going to be very, very surprised at how good Dame was in comparison to Shaedon and Scoot. This comes from one of the few people who didn't particularly like him getting that massive contract AND that thought he wasn't good enough to be a #1 on a championship team without significant injury luck on our side, btw.

 

Everything. Seeing him in another uniform.

 

I moved from Portland around the same time Dame joined the team, so I probably have less of an emotional tie to him than most.

2018-2019 was the last year I really tuned in to watch for Dame. Since that time, whenever he has the magical month when he goes crazy I tune to watch Blazers basketball because of him. Other times, not so much since the team was not great.

After that WCF year, tuned in to see how the Blazers look with all the changes and Nurk returning. That was not great. Last year I tuned in to watch Sharpe. A year before that, tuned in to see how Chauncy's team looks. Dame has been around for a while, the entrainment value for me was mostly elsewhere in recent years, so I frankly do not mind the new Era. It's exciting simply for the change.

I will miss that month he goes nuts and becomes a human torch. Otherwise, I am just excited for a different brand of basketball.

 

Will miss
1. Ultimate professional
2. Great teammate, person, leader
3. Amazing long distance shooter


Will not miss
1. ISO/hero ball
2. Shitty defense
3. 30 foot shots with 15 on the shot clock
4. Meddling in front office decisions

 

Pretty much everything on this list.

I'll add to the Things I Won't Miss list:

Those beautiful long bombs that can break our hearts too. His offense was absolutely amazing when it was on, but when he was off...... Dame could shoot you out of a game just as quick as he could shoot you in. It felt like we were along for the ride, for better or for worse.

I'm not sure if Chauncey is a good coach. My gut says he's not. But I don't think Dame ever bought in. He was resistant to any change that took the ball out of his hands. It's going to be super interesting to see how he does on another team, because Dame has been the undeniable king here in Portland. I think Stotts stayed as long as he did because he let Dame do whatever the hell he wanted.

 

I won’t miss rooting for a team solely dependent on hitting 30’ 3s to win games. I’ve wanted to push the ball, move the ball, play defense for awhile now.

 

Will be missed, the all-star stuff

Getting to see records broken, the opportunity of

To see how many he points he will score, the chance

Will not be missed, the ISO offense

 

It is not my intention to "bag" on them, as I was driving the Shaedon (and Sochan) bandwagon last year loooooooong before 99% of people.

The reality is that Dame, at times, was arguably a top 3-5 player. Saying that Scoot or Shaedon are unlikely to ever be that good is not "bagging" on them. It's the reality of the situation.

If I said it's unlikely that Brandon Miller is ever going to be as good as LeBron James, is that bagging on him?

It's certainly nice to have a clear path and our GM won't be lying out his teeth telling us how we're trying to win now, so that's refreshing.

 

Dame in another jersey is like seeing your beloved wearing someone else's wedding ring.

 

Only after you made that person multi generational wealth and bent over backwards to make them happy