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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 4702334, member: 767"]
If you look at the 2015 Blazers, Dame's third year in the league.  They went 51-31, lost in rd 1 of the playoffs.  Solid season.  Dame lead the team in minutes played, made the all star team, he was really good. The rest of their starting lineup that season was: Wes Matthews, Nic Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Robin Lopez.  Chris Kamaan started a few games when Lopez was out, ditto Arron Affalo.

That off-season, Aldridge went to the Spurs as a FA.  Batum was traded to Charlotte for Gerald Henderson and Noah Vonley.  Wes Matthews signed with Dallas.  Robin Lopez signed with the Knicks, as did Aaron Afflalo.  Steve Blake, who didnt start a game for them but was 6th in minutes played, was traded for Mason Plumlee.  Of the 6 guys who played the most minutes for the Blazers in 2015, the only guy who came back for the 2016 season was Dame.  Chris Kamaan, who started a few games and was 8th in minutes played, barely played in 2016 and retired.  CJ McCollum was 8th in minutes.

So they basically completely turned the roster over, aside from Dame, and still won 44 games and a playoff series the next year.  I don't really have a point here, I guess.  But the guy was basically the only constant in Portland for the last decade
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