but a lot of guys in the game thread had their expectations adjusted.

Casuals - This has been the talk on the sub for the last month and both NBA media (ESPN last in power ranking) and Blazers media have been warning about this for a while.

I’m afraid that casuals bitter about Dame will take it out on Scoot (already heckled at the fan fest) and especially Ayton. Both need to feel welcome and supported to flourish.