The reality of that situation is gonna bring up some stuff for sure. At this point, were at the "let's numb ourselves by thinking about anything else" phase lol. (Obviously we are talking about it, but this is an analogy damnit).
Will miss.... Winning when we should not be able to. Sniper 3's with someone 6" taller in his face Cold blooded confidence Small market support and belief will not miss Lack of "Uh oh..." by the other defense because we rarely fast break with Dame at the helm Inability to defend the same play over and over, because of defensive libilities The rap shit Joining the social media circus ......
I absolutely won't miss seeing Dame jack up a long bomb (for absolutely NO good reason) when he's 2 steps over mid court and the rest of the team hasn't even gotten that far up the floor.........and then missing the shot and having the opposing team rebound it, run it back and shove it up our asses because we haven't had a chance to get set up on either end of the floor. The guy could hit the daggers in the clutch but that still doesn't mean he didn't take a boatload of shitty shots along the way......leaving the rest of the team flat footed........
Makes sense. We all love to watch the NBA because we are not as good basketball players as these guys are... Aspirations and such...
I think that as long as we’re good, he’d love to come back eventually. I guess it would all depend on if his entire family to Miami, sells dealership, etc. I’m kind of hopeful he doesn’t if I’m being honest, not winning there would increase the chances of a homecoming if we have a good team. Trade Dame for ‘27-‘30 1sts, Scoot and Sharpe enter their prime in ‘26-‘27, Dame comes back to mentor the ‘27-‘30 rookies. I must admit, that would be a dream scenario.
both teams in the NBA finals this year had a slower pace than Portland; 3 of 4 teams in the conference finals had a slower pace. 6 of 8 teams in the conference semi-finals had a slower pace of course, those slower paces led to success. Not so much for Portland faster pace can be more fun to watch, but it's not always winning basketball
Slower pace is a natural consequence of the better scouting and tougher defenses of playoff-level teams. You definitely have to be able to play that brand of basketball too if you want to compete at that level. During the regular season though, fire up Showtime.
The slower pace for these teams could also be because their defense held the opposing team for bad shots and long possessions in the half-court. This was specifically about offense pace. The teams in the conference finals, only the Heat had a slower offensive pace (seconds per possession) than Portland. Actually, from all 30 teams in the league, Portland was ranked #22 in the league in possession time.
good point although when I look at the numbers, I'm not seeing big differences: GSW 13.8 LAL 14.1 DEN 14.6 BOS 14.6 PHX 14.6 POR 14.7 MIA 15.0 NYK 15.1 CLE 15.1 then there is the TOP after defensive rebounds: LAL 10.5 DEN 10.9 GSW 11.0 POR 11.1 BOS 11.2 PHI 11.6 PHX 11.6 MIA 11.8 and after turnovers: LAL 7.8 DEN 7.8 BOS 8.1 POR 8.1 NYK 8.2 GSW 8.4 PHI 8.7 PHX 9.0 MIA 9.2 I'm thinking this might be a case of familiarity-->contempt, because reality is the Blazers are generally in the middle in pace and TOP
