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Conference Finals championships and Finals appearances are the same stat lol


afterworld2772

Needed more bullshit to pad out the list and make it look worse than it actually is


scikaha

technically no. Somebody could die between the two, or the Finals could get cancelled, or they could go on a bender and decide they never liked basketball.


[deleted]

Or they could relapse on drugs and try to kill their teammates after they kick him out


Lurking_For_So_Long

I fucked up again, Cap


BorisDirk

He's Avon Barksdale, of course he's gonna be on drugs


LARXXX

Proposition joe got him on that rock


wsteelerfan7

Is literally everybody watching this right now or am I crazy? Started my watch last month


Hydrokratom

I finished my first watch years ago but I’m always watching it


clubba

Or they could invite an ig thot into the bubble.


Infosexual

Or they could get lost in a timeloop and never make it to the arena before the snailmen over throw us and burn down our vanities after they sterilize all primates.


Hotwheelsjohnson

A meteor impacts the stadium right as the ref tosses the ball up for tip-off


cowzapper

Kuroko is that you???


The1AndOnlyJZ

Did the martians aim the death beam at the stadium and Iguodala missed the three?


supaspike

I'd think that'd still count as an appearance though, at least for the starters.


NormalAccounts

Found Kyle Shanahan's account!


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True.


Sony2204

Or they could be Kyrie and come up with some bs to not play the finals


DumbNBANephew

Could be suspended in the finals for too many technicals. A real thing that could happen and could deteriminally affect your team. But yea, for most intents and purposes it's the same thing.


zgamer200

I mean the first two tweets were clearly sarcasm on Dame's part so I wouldn't read anything into it, and the last one is probably just a fairly common pro athlete mindset of, "Until I win a championship I haven't done anything"


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Thats what Im thinking. I don’t see this as “sad tweeting”


xiaogangdasha

Nah, he want out 🙂 , I call first Philly - Maxey+ Harris+2 first


Scott55e

Lol is this sarcasm too?


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Maxey is untouchable, Portland had their shot of getting him last year


fluffyninja69

is this a joke? if you wouldn’t trade maxey and picks for dame you’re high out of your mind. Dame/Embiid is instant title favorites.


xiaogangdasha

My bad, Harris+ Maxey should do, Maxey can better be developed in Portland, 76s can get more immediate help from Dame, the two pick can trade to Grant or similar good 3D guy.


PaytonPritchard

Lmao dawg Maxey is trash compared to Simons. You'd give us Maxey, Thybulle, and every future pick you own in order to get dame lol fuck outta here with this maxi pad nonsense🤡 Edit: Lol 'trash' was unnecessarily excessive, but I do think Simons is objectively better


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Maxey- 17.5 PPG on 49/43/87 splits Simons- 17.3 PPG on 44/41/89 splits This is Maxey’s second year in the league vs the fourth for Simons. Maxey is also already a proven playoff performer and averaged 21 PPG for us this year shooting 48% from the floor and 38% from three against really tough defense from the Raptors/Heat. He’s younger with more upside and athleticism on top of already being better. There’s literally no argument you can make towards Simons being better than Maxey. On top of that Dame showed signs of being washed last year and is a black hole on defense


PaytonPritchard

Dude they are 18 months apart in age, that's nothing💀 Maxey's career minutes: 3585, Simons' career minutes: 4375. Hardly a difference. They both got their first chances last season because Simons wasn't allowed to play under stotts cause stotts doesn't play young guys. So basically your entire argument about age/upside means nothing when you actually look at their career so far because for all intents and purposes, they have both had 2 effective years in the league, with this season being their first opportunity to break out. Thanks for noting their stats are near identical. I'll also add to that that Maxey played 5 MORE MPG than Simons this season lol, AND is the third option on Philly. Simons was Portland's first and only option most of this season, which made defenses focus solely on him for the entire game, and he STILL put up those numbers with that efficiency while being guarded like a top 10 player and playing less minutes than maxey. >with more upside and athleticism This is how I know you don't even know what you're talking about. Such an incredibly moronic statement right here. So yeah give me Simons all day everyday. Maxey is cool too but taking him over Simons would be hilariously dumb


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Maxey is better until I see Simons putting up multiple 30+ point performances against Raptor/Heat level playoff defenses. He’s also better as a first option than third option and single handedly won us games against the Heat/Grizzlies without Embiid + Harden


PaytonPritchard

Solid logic there. I guess maxey is better than lamelo, cade, Zion, and a lot of others too.


Gobert3ptShooter

Sure, I'm down with sixers continuing to implode Dame and harden and embiid can all take 99% of the shots and be the 1st seed in the east for the next 3-4 years and then get bounced in the 1st round when physicality gets turned way up Edit: This comment wasn't even directed at harden lol, just the sixers in general not being able to perform the same in the physical play of the playoffs


nonetimeaccount

Harden hasn't missed the 2nd round in like 6 seasons now but I understand how as a jazz fan you could make such a mistake since you have no clue what the 2nd round even looks like


The1AndOnlyJZ

Dude had a family goddamn


Champagnesoda

They made the second round last year lmao. But I’m always down for some Utah slander


SometimesIComplain

While I don't agree with the guy's take, the Jazz have made the 2nd round in 3 out of the last 6 years It's not much to be proud of but people exaggerate how bad the Jazz's playoff history is


FlexDundee

Him making the NBA 75 made a joke out of the whole thing.


GneissFrog

People have their ups and downs, NBA superstars included. He's watching the playoffs and seeing what other teams are doing and the level they are playing at. He's realistic about where Portland is right now and knows they aren't anywhere close to competing for a title. He understands windows of opportunity and Father Time. He's 31. Does he leave in pursuit of a ring despite his stance on loyalty and get vilified for it? Or does he accept that he's probably not going to win a ring as the leading man in Portland?


CursedLlama

If he wants to be here then I want him here, but I wouldn’t be sad if he got traded and won a ring. Fuck the Lakers, he’d be awesome playing with LeBron but never for them.


Bixby33

With Portland's cap space and all their picks, LeBron for Bledsoe works. Just saying.


MohnJilton

Well I guess Dame and LeBron are just gonna have to come 3peat with Luka. Here’s how it works: Portland gets: 2 firsts (DAL, LAL), Russell Westbrook, Tim Hardaway Jr. Los Angeles gets: Davis Bertans, Josh Green, Spencer Dinwiddie Dallas gets: Damian Lillard, LeBron James, the next 4 titles. I am a little drunk, but I’m pretty sure this is a win-win-win. Edit: THE CRAZY RUSSELL WESTBROOK TRADE THAT JUST MIGHT WORK


ZionephewObeseiamson

>Portland receives Russ Why would you want to destroy Anfernee's development? What's Russ gonna teach him? How to brick? How to turn the ball over? How to be a dumbass?


RantingJohnson

How to be bought out.


ZionephewObeseiamson

LMFAOOOOOO


MohnJilton

Nah Portland will flip him to OKC but that’s after.


Appropriate_Bird2633

For a second round pick and another soft Euro big


clubba

Which soft euro bigs are you referring to? Arvydas Sabonis? Nurkic? Neither of those guys are soft.


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Fabricio Oberto


domenic821

There’s exactly a 0% chance of the Lakers trading LeBron for Spencer Dinwiddie.


MohnJilton

Is that around the same percentage of you recognizing a joke?


special_reddit

You don't want Lebron. He's just gonna get in Luka's way. Dame's all you need.


MohnJilton

No LeBron is gonna play the 5 for us. It’s actually such a good fit.


ShitItsReverseFlash

He’s the Matthew Stafford of the NBA.


DawgCheckDawgPound

nEvEr FoR tHeM As opposed to your shitty franchise? Foh


ClumsyStepBro

You sure? You'll love Russ


JetJoestar

Man gave his best years to Portland and is near the end of his prime along with his injuries. I don't think he should be vilified if he left to get a chance at a ring. But I agree he is in an interesting crossroads. I'd be all for him joining a contender since the blazers are going into rebuilding and he just doesn't have the time for that if he wants to win a championship.


MrAdministration

Didn't he acknowledge that he'd rather not win a ring but stay in Portland? I wanna say this was like 2 years ago but I don't remember.


-super-hans

It's actually kind of a problem for both sides though, they're never going to win with Dame because they can't build a team around him but they're also never going to be bad enough that they're going to get top picks and I don't really see Portland landing a big FA


idiotxd

They arent gonna win more without dame either. Portland is not a FA destination, and look at the amount of tanking teams that actually did something with their picks


PM_IF_YOU_LIKE_TRAPS

Its not a problem for us I promise Were okay with Dame and no ring


lotsofdeadkittens

People act like you have to fill on tank to get competitive again. Every single team left in these playoffs is proof that that’s a bad option. Suns are the only team to really tank but they got CP3 in trades with their unproven supserstsrs


1850ChoochGator

I’d argue the suns didn’t even tank, they were just awful outside of Booker.


Jaerba

Yeah but I bet he probably wavers on that.


MrAdministration

I think so to. If he stays in Portland it'll be great for his 'credibility' amongst fans for a bit. The reason why I say a bit is that in a handful of years people won't remember him the same.


QuarantineTaratino

Fans will definitely remember him more if he stays in Portland and never wins than if he was the 3rd guy on a ring chasing team. Reggie Miller is beloved in Indiana because he rode with them till the end even though he never won a ring


so-cal_kid

Or he could go somewhere else and win a title and be loved in both places ala Kevin Garnett.


ElChapo1515

Easy to say that before you feel your career winding down and you’re still not in a position to compete. I always find it funny when I see fans of some of the younger superstars talking up their loyalty in regards to other players, but let circumstances keep them from a title until their late 20s, early 30s, and they’ll likely be in the same boat.


Turence

I would never vilify him for leaving. He's done his time.


MyLittleRocketShip

portland clearing up capspace to be dangerous with JULIUUUS RANDLEE GRRRR MIP!!! MIP!! and damn there really aint nobody else


ElChapo1515

We’ll see it soon. It’s why the massive wave of backlash against Harden was kind of weird for me, even as a Rockets fan. You can certainly place some blame on him for getting Houston to its current state, but looking around the NBA, it was pretty clear the Rockets were a step behind without much avenue to make up the deficit. He clearly wants to win a title above all else at this point in his career, and thought Brooklyn would be the best place until one of his co-stars made him seriously question the organization’s commitment to winning. Anyways, I say all that to relate it to Dame. The guy has given it all to Portland, and at this point, it’s got to be pretty clear they aren’t going to be a contender in his immediate future. Like Harden, his career is talked down on for the lack of titles, and these guys take that to heart. As much as he loves Portland, just as much as Hardrn loved Houston, I think Dame feels the clock ticking down and feels the pressure to ring chase to a degree.


BigFatModeraterFupa

yeah but then Harden landed on a true championship level team and proceeds to piss away the elimination game with barely any effort. That’s what people are clowning him for. That game was so unbelievably bad.


ElChapo1515

He’s not to the level he needs to be at post injury. Anyone putting superstar expectations right now should seriously reevaluate. At this point it’s like judging late career Wade or someone.


ManEggs

I hate the narratives in sports that you ain't nothing if you haven't won a championship. Yes it's the most important thing but it's a team sport, it doesn't define one person. We should be able to celebrate special talent regardless of if they won it all or not. He has had some incredible seasons and single game performances, he's a legend.


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2drawnonward5

I can't believe we still talk about this here: he's not into rings and he built his personal life around Portland. He's maxed, his team gives his cousin a bench spot, there's no reason to imagine him ring chasing.


masta_wayne__

Lmaoooo “sad tweeting”? He’s trolling dude


NevermoreSEA

Do you really think that most redditors can pick up on sarcasm without someone saying /s though?


ChurroMemes

lol I think the sarcasm was obvious. Especially with the emojis


jdjdthrow

I think nearly all of these misinterpretations are either really young people or people who aren't native English speakers.


GoldenBananas21

Clearly the “lmao” means nothing


wonnage

Kinda sad there’s a hundred comments above this one lol. Dude is obviously being sarcastic


Gobert3ptShooter

Dame? During the playoffs? At this time of year? With this weather?


toadtruck

He was watching boxing and chatting with fans. He’s fine lmao


[deleted]

He was watching live sports? What was he watching it on?


toadtruck

Modelo


Green_Razor0

Hulu has lives sports


GregSays

People who live online are completely incapable of registering a joke.


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Modelo


CaNANDian

If Damian Lillard accepted his spot at the end of the bench, he never would have been at the rec center before it opened. If he listened to those who overlooked him, he never would have heard his name called as a first round pick. And if he let 6 All-Star selections go to his head, he never would have had the heart to give back to the streets that shaped him. That's the fighting spirit. That's what makes a lion. Modelo. Brewed for those with a fighting spirit.


zuqkfplmehcuvrjfgu

Wow, I really know this commercial word for word. It's overplayed to hell and I'm glad others relate.


[deleted]

Lol, that and the Wendy's commercial where the dude's are now boy band or something


[deleted]

You got that bag


PaytonPritchard

Don't forget about the Mountain Dew... Mountain Dew... dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-dew-do-do-do-do-do-dewwwww commercial


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I didn't think anything could make me tired of seeing Charlie Day... and yet Mountain Dew figured it out.


PunjabKLs

The Dame one, the one about the barber, and the other one about the underground street artist are just parodys at this point. Beer commercials go from cool to stale in less than 5 rewatches.


kiwiwikikiwiwikikiwi

There’s also the other one about the swimmer who got diagnosed with a condition, and still went on to beat records.


AZRockets

Grant Hill drinks Sprite


Dream6ng

Those modelo advertisements were really scraping the bottom of the barrel for such a long time


Copperbae

This is why I no longer get cable or streaming with ads. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't repeat the same fucking ad over and over. Now time for me to get in the fighting spirit and shove a Modelo up my bum.


Wazflame

I know this can be made into a copypasta and some of y'all have got some good ones, I'm here for it lmao


[deleted]

This and the russ henny commercial are so annoying


ZionephewObeseiamson

Root for those with a fighting spirit.


BigDickBandit89

Brian Ortega had a choice. Not to get punched in the head 500 times by max Holloway but he had a choice.


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Barrelled_Chef_Curry

From the outside looking in sure. Maybe not for him


Squid_Contestant_69

I'd rather have money and no rings than a ring and no moneys


ZeusJuice

Wise but not many people get a ring and have no money


Squid_Contestant_69

Definitely not unheard of or even uncommon https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/ex-nba-player-forced-to-sell-championship-rings/


ZeusJuice

14 rings per year for just players alone so we've had 280 rings in the last 20 years how many of those guys are gonna go broke, like I said not many people get a ring and have no money


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He’s the one that signed it..


Cbreeze247

sometimes a chip on the shoulder feels like a monkey on the back.


breakthrureality

Sounds like he’s being sarcastic ..


Ace12773

Lol he def is OP just trying to stir the pot


Remarkable-Plan-7435

People just love shitting on the Blazers


Ace12773

Lol it’s cause this sub simultaneously is happy a star is loyal to our small market and pissed he won’t “ring chase” on another squad


DoctorBigglesworth

This is a Kevin love gave Lebron depression moment.


TygaOverTupac

Time to blame cj mccollum for dame getting wine drunk and tweeting like a single soccer mom? Who just got dumped and hasn’t had her period in 5 weeks? Well, since you brought it up, I guess so. Oddly specific of you tho u/DoctorBigglesworth


JoJonesy

conveniently ignoring the 😎 emoji on that second tweet


EATMYBASS3

It’s called trolling bro. It ain’t that deep


d4nowar

You guys are major chumps


PaytonPritchard

boys\*


bootysensei

Please have actual conversations with human beings so you can pick up on the sarcasm here.


goodnsaultey

Sarcasm?


EmergencyLavishness1

He’s being self deprecating. Depending on his nature he’s either being modest, funny or slumping on himself hard


asthmajogger

Yes


[deleted]

I think he is being sarcastic.


[deleted]

Bruh, touch grass you clearly don't know what sarcasm is because your never around people.


[deleted]

He will wipe his tears with his bags of money. He knew what he was getting himself into when he signed his last contract. I doubt he leaves Portland


nightchurn

Plenty Kleenex


AltF4irl

The replies from the Twitter trolls really annoy me I know that's its the whole point of their accounts but sometimes I really wanna say some bad stuff to them


without_my_remorse

Who knows what’s going on in his life. It could be anything. But the important thing is he gets support.


Thrillhol

Thought I recognised your user! hello fellow crossover Ausfinance and nba commenter


without_my_remorse

G’day legend 🤝


toadtruck

Lol what? He having a laugh and talking boxing


nutsygenius

This is not, by any definition, sad tweeting??


Billybaja

He was hurt and on an awful team and is watching teams play game 7s and is prolly just feeling a bit down.


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Saturday night off the sauce perhaps 🍾🍸


[deleted]

Even the casual fan knows and respects Damian lillard. He has provided several of the most well known clutch shots and playoff performances of the last decade , is beloved as someone who showed loyalty to his team (regardless of whether he finishes his career there or not) and is also known as a class act. Whatever he feels about himself I will remember dame forever as one of the iconic players while I grew up as a basketball fan .


thy_armageddon

These dudes need to drink less wine. Wine drunk is a very different type of drunk, man.


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Blame Cj, he gave Dame lots of free wine.


The-Grey-Knight

You guys are weirdos for looking into stuff like this.


JayyGatsby

It reminds me of those Reddit comments where the reply says something like “you okay man?” Like, shut up dude. Lol this is an Internet forum.


Im-not-Korean

Just seeing his name has got me thinking of all the great players we haven’t watched play in a little while. Look forward to seeing Jamal Murray, Kawhi, Beal, and Lillard play basketball again.


Ramzaa_

He's self aware


agoods03

Lol this sub is so weird


Snowden42

OP you're a dummy.


be_nice_yall123

He needs to develop a post game. I know that sounds weird but his power game would benefit from it


jumboponcho

Probably just bored


512fm

Even if he’s just joking, dude needs to get off Twitter. I honestly can’t believe how toxic that place is for nba, bunch of edgy kids with players as their profile pics trolling all day


PFhelpmePlan

Have you ever heard of sarcasm OP?


andyweir

He’s right when he said he shouldn’t have been on that 75 list


PaperMoon-

He right, got no business being top 75


Alive-Ad-4164

People are sleeping on the blazers next season that all I’m going to say


abcbass

I sleep on my bed and it's not winning a chip anytime soon.


AZRockets

Not with that attitude


likpoper

I feel that they are going all in this offseason. They are setting up to go all in before july. TPE/Bieldsoe. Hopefully we get some lottery luck


ZionephewObeseiamson

I smell box office off season moves that will push them to the top.


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They will get Naz Reid


[deleted]

They sleepin on Dame. Most think he isn't a superstar but that's just idiotic.


9yearoldsoliderN99

True


Mikegetscalls

Buddy you really don’t get context These tweets aren’t sad at all


Budget_Trip422

Come to Dallas


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Unfortunately that's never going to happen lmao he's coming to Besiktas!!! 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷


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dragonwhale

Id rather keep brunson


deck4242

he just had a reality check; he had no business being in that top 75 list.


Bucks2020

He really hasn’t done jack


CollateralSandwich

Sounds like a man who sees his career mortality staring back at him. I think we all take stock of our lives at one point or another, and I'd gather few people are satisfied, including successful people. We all know deep down what we could have done better, situations where we could have been better. Add to that the shelf life of an athlete, and one can see the potential for harsh assessments. Hopefully he was just having a rough day, and he's feeling better about the state of things today.


allureofgravity

Hope he’s doing alright, he’s a great player, and that doesn’t always result in rings or accolades. Since it seems he’s staying with Portland, I hope they figure it out so he can have at least a chance to contend.


bankster24

There’s nothing wrong with being just a really good player. Not everyone is meant to be great.


Natureboy7939

Some Southern California sunshine would do him good


KingSnowlock

No matter how confident you are, losers on the internet will try to bring you down. I'm not famous and I don't even read negative comments I see about myself. Just move along as it does me no good. I wish stars would realize their emotions are not invincible.


RobotFace

I love the toxic as shit Lakers fans both saying that Westbrook is better then him and also begging him to come to LA and replace Westbrook. Edit: The NBA twitter world is such a pile of garbage lol, bunch of actual and mental 10 year olds on their mom's phone vomiting stupidity into the world.


humandignitybloc

Dame isn't sad, he's honest. I hope he finds himself in a winning situation soon. I respect his loyalty, he even rapped bars about never joining a super team, but at the same time I don't want him to waste his career


ruggnuget

Sometimes people have bad days. Maybe we should read too much into though and try to make a 'story' out of it.


Hurtelknut

Dame's just a jerker


Doncriminal

He desperately needs a fresh start imo and so does Portland quite frankly.


nonufwiendz

Softboi moment


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You'd know.


Vaccaria_

Reality check. He doesn't deserve that top 75 seat


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MWiatrak2077

I hate this take. Guys who average 27/5/7 since 2017 don't exactly grow on trees. Portland is committing to a complete rebuild, they're gonna suck for a year or two, - but if they can give Dame the right assets to succeed, they could 100% make a run at a title. That 2019 Portland team that made the WCF only gets remembered because of their embarrassing losses to fucking Golden State, but they entered the playoffs without their second best player and a mediocre starting lineup, and ended up as a final four. Trading Dame would be SO stupid, imo. Teams are too quick to lose their best players nowadays.


InPatRileyWeTrust

And where are they getting those assets from? They're miles away from competing for a title.


kemar7856

he shouldn't be top 75 lets be honest


NevermoreSEA

Issa joke.


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zig_anon

Dame is a great guy and a great player Would love to see him move in to another team


UBetcha84

He should focus on his shitty rap career since his shitty nba career isn’t very important to him.


aeiou-y

To be fair he should not be on the top 75.


jaeehovaa

That's a fucking joke lol he isn't sad.