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pezsez1 wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 12:23 pm Cool pic. How many playoff games did Giannis, Dame and Middleton play together? Was either Dame or Giannis injured during either year of those playoffs? Was Middleton still an all-star, or had his production fallen off?

And how did the Blazers look in the playoffs this year with a healthy Jrue Holiday? (You don't have to answer, we all saw it.)

What did we all see again? The Blazers beat the Clippers twice in the last week of the season to pass them in the standings and then took out Phoenix with Jrue leading them back from a sizeable deficit? And then playing competitive ball vs the #2 team in the West and probably in the entire NBA? Did you see what the Spurs did to Minnesota last night? None of the four games Portland lost in the first round went like that, they were all close until the end, and the Blazers even had double digit leads in a few of them. The Blazers are clearly not talented enough at the starter level to hang with a team like the Spurs, but Jrue clearly still is, and his interest on the trade market proves that other teams saw something you apparently didn't.

You continue to cite injuries as though that is some excuse for a player not performing in the playoffs over an entire career. Somehow, LeBron won his playoff series without Reaves or Luka. Because he ups his game in the playoffs and knows how to lead a team. Lillard is not good in the playoffs. Getting injured at critical junctures is not an argument in his favor when assessing his career. The fact that you make these silly arguments year after year after year while he continues to suck in the playoffs should give you pause. You must be a really big fan of his rapping or something, because what he has done in the postseason in his career is clearly not worthy of this level of adoration.

None of the four games Portland lost in the first round went like that, they were all close until the end, and the Blazers even had double digit leads in a few of them.

The Spurs spanked us in Game 5, which we only reached because Wemby got hurt in Game 2. Weren't the Blazers down by like 30 at one point? They never quit playing, but they never made it close, either. Lost by 19. They got absolutely dog-walked in an elimination game. Deni had a decent game, but nobody else could get a bucket when it actually mattered.

Also let's not talk about Game 3, when the Blazers were up by like 20 in the third quarter and then farted it away and lost by 12. Oh, and we lost Game 4 by 21.

What's your definition of looking respectable?

Again, I'm not knocking Jrue Holiday. He's a solid player. But you can't have a one-man show (in this case, Deni is our star) and win in this league. Dame couldn't do it, and now Jrue can't do it, which isn't surprising because he's never been the best player on a team.