Zombie Damian Lillard to request trade in coming days (nope, he's not.)

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  1. HailBlazers

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    The tampering continues
     
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    Huh? The article points out "Now a source close to Lillard says that in the days to come, he plans to request a trade."
     
  3. BlazerBeav

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    Henry Abbott would not be where that news would break from.
     
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    Game 5 vs Denver clearly broke him. But i wonder why Dame felt the need to respond to a damn Raptors fan on Twitter, sure Neil did everything wrong, but i wouldn’t say that Dame has been perfect since the end of the playoffs with all these damn social media posts.
     
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    I personally think this type of challenge is what makes Dame and he knows that it isn't always greener on the other side. He's said so. There are as many ex ballers and game experts that want Dame to continue his stand for Portland.
     
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    Hopefully the people this news would break from respond then.
     
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    I can just here the guys on 1080 slobbering all over this for hours. And of course adding their bits of truth to the whole rumor. Stitch and Bitch!
     
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    Don't feed the big market tampering....this is media bullshit. Dame isn't demanding a trade but tweets about it go viral...Lakers are going crazy thinking about Dame and they have nothing to trade us.
     
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    Well guys we saw it coming. I told you guys over and over throughout the season and the past.

    But that Denver series was the last straw. You just can’t lose to the Denver B team like that and not expect huge backlash. Sad but Dame deserves a better franchise. Been told ya that.

    I will root for Dame. He deserves the best.
     
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    Henry Abbot is actually from Portland (ouch) and a big blazer fan. This is legit. It’s over Riverman. You can’t lose to the Denver Nuggets summer league team and not expect huge backlash.
     
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    I'll put this right up there with Sean Highkin saying Olshey was just about out the door, when Quick reports (as we all could deduce on our own) that Vulcan was involved every step of the way in the Billups hire.
     
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    What happened to Abbott? He went from trying to be the New York Times to trying to be TMZ.
     
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    Read the article.
     
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    If there's any substance to this, the FIRST thing you do is fire Olshey, as a signal to Dame that we can do better.


    Then, new GM: KELJIN BLEVINS!!!!
     
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    WOW
     
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    I did.
     
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    Just telling the truth fam
     
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    What Abbott doesn't say, is that it's a trade from the USA Olympic Team. He got tired of the losing.
     
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    So' if true; Olshey has two choices. 1. Blow it up, trade CJ. Nurk and Roco also. Powell of course would leave, meaning we lost a good rebuild asset for nothing. Or if Powell commits to staying, then try to get good star value in return for Lillard; probably a forward. Sorry I haven't read the anything in the Trade Lillard thread..... Maybe it's time.
     
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