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Originally posted by <b>Playmaker0017</b>!
That's entirely untrue.
Portland was a borderline playoff team, at best. Take away Shareef's effective minutes and replace them with scrub#1 and over time it costs the team.
But, even if we assume that they get good production from scrub#1 ... they weren't playoff caliber. With the shakeups that have happened this past year --- they are one step further behind.
Play.
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I'm pretty sure it's entirely true if you simply look at the winning percentage after the Sheed trade. (Honestly I haven't looked it up but I'm pretty sure.)
If you want to believe Shareef helped last season then that's fine. I choose not to.