Haven’t seen it posted here yet, but I think it’s important that he knows exactly what went wrong with that shot and that he is taking responsibility for his mistakes

As much as I hated seeing it on real time, I’d much rather have him learn that lesson on a regular season game than in a Play In game or if Dame gets hurt in the Playoffs next season

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  1. Splitter also should have called a timeout as soon as he saw Deni was walking it and letting the defense set.

  4. This is exactly what I want from our players and leaders. Not just taking responsibility, but also recognizing what they need to do to improve the situation next time

  6. Dude is only 24 but recognizes how to do things differently, it’s really nice to see in a building block for the team.

  7. This is encouraging. And good of Splitter to let the players make those decisions late in the game.

    Very similar to how Carlisle and Haliburton were in Tyrese’s first couple of years with the Pacers. Carlisle allowed Tyrese to manage last shot situations, often not calling time outs just letting him make the decision. Early on there were failures, but he (and the team) learned from them and became better. The Pacer’s playoff run and Haliburton’s performances in the clutch were a result of those earlier learning experiences.

    Looks like Deni and Splitter are taking a similar path. There will be some early bumps, but the payoff should be worth it.

  11. The crazy thing is that there is a guy who if he takes that shot you’re cool with it and he’s sitting on the Blazers bench rehabbing his achilles.

  12. it’s good to see this accountability and introspection from deni. i am sure he will learn from this!

  13. I have no doubt he’ll learn and grow from it, also it’s uncharacteristic play by him because you always always see him doing the right thing and reading the game the right way, it was probably a classical case when he finally finds himself in a situation when he can be a hero and win a game (took him few seasons to reach this level) and out of excitement he chose the worst possible shot instead of just doing what he’s elite at (driving to the rim and at least draw a foul).

    Still want him to have a 50+ points game, I want him to explode and I still think he’s too passive compared to what he’s capable of.

  14. Wasnt Sharpe standing near him, drawing his defender into the play? That drove me nuts, like cmon clear out. I feel like that blew the play. Deni was crowded and had to settle for that shot.

  15. This is literally all I want. I don’t need our players to be perfect, I need them to care about being as good as they can be.

  16. One of the worst last shots I’ve ever seen. It also cemented my opinion that Tiago is not the future head coach of the team and probably not any other team. His management down the stretch late in games had been horrible. Why is Love playing significant minutes in the fourth and OT???

  20. He gives a generic obvious answer to objectively the worst shot he’s taken as a blazer and everyone in here is acting like he said something profound. Deni glazing goes wild

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