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BNM wrote:

Hello Brooklyn wrote:And at least the Nets are around .500 and are a completely new team. The Blazers are off to a terrible start despite having the same team for a half decade.

Guess you slept through the entire off season and first month of the NBA season. Otherwise, you'd be aware that of POR's top 11 in minutes played last season, only three have actually played for them this season. And, one of those three, has only played in 3 games for a total of 86 minutes due to injury. POR currently has two players (Lillard and McCollum) in uniform from their top 11 in minutes played last season.

Here's POR's top 11 in minutes played last season, and their current status:

Lillard - active
McCollum - active
Aminu - traded
Nurkic - injured, 0 minutes played
Turner - traded
Harkless - traded
Curry - left via free agency
Collins - injured, 86 minutes played
Layman - traded
Leonard - traded
Stauskas - traded

Show me another NBA team that has had more turnover in their rotation from last season, to this, than the Portland Trail Blazers.

Same team for half a decade, lol. Think before you type. Only two players on the current POR roster played for them 5 years ago - Lillard and McCollum. Five years ago, POR's starters were Robin Lopez, LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and Damian Lillard.

Of course, Lillard and McCollum are still here, because, unlike Kyrie, they don't quit on their team and head out of town the instant things aren't going their way. Damian Lillard == best leader in the NBA. Kyrie == two time quitter.

Bro your two best players are exactly the same. Your coach is the same.

Yes the role players changed. Core of the team and the coach are exactly the same.

That's way more continuity than a lot of teams in the league.

Writing an angry paragraph about how losing Nik Stauskas and Al Farouq Aminu had a profound impact on your team isn't convincing anyone.