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

I will. I hate getting old.

 

Henry Abbotts "story" is just a compilation of other on-line rumors and a unnamed "source". Nurk called him out on his BS. Abbott's just taking a swing and hoping he hits something.

 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-ever-heading-into-tokyo-olympics?share=other

Think this is the more likely scenario than him getting traded this season.

 

The issue, however, is that if Dame doesn't appear fully publicly committed (even if isn't), it puts Olshey in an impossible position. Why bother trading for CJ if I can wait two months and trade for Dame instead... if everyone thinks Dame is wishy-washy, the Portland GM (whether it's Neil Olshey or Red Auerbach) doesn't have a shot.

 

He isn't. Message was received. He even references Dame holding him to the fire daily.

 

Really happened early

 

Neil doesn't have to trade Dame the moment Dame asks for a trade. He has 3 years guaranteed left. We can drag it on for a year even. Dwight Howard's trade dragged for over a year. Same with Chris Paul.

As stupid as Neil is, he's not going to trade Dame for THT and a bag of chips. Yes, Dame will get moved eventually, but it will be an offer that makes sense to the team.

 

This whole media event only improves Dames brand nationally and globally.
On the way home from the gym Coward open his show by stating if he were in Portland again, he'd suggest doing a whole day on this stuff. He presents it like its a done deal and the correct move for Dame. Then a commercial comes on with Coward stating that what he reports is often wrong, but thats his job? lol

 

His speculation has had Dame (and HA's tweet) as the #1 trend on Twitter since at least 8:30 when I first logged on. Still going strong at #1 now. Henry Abbott has certainly gained a lot of attention through this.

 

Dame's destiny is becoming part owner of the PTB's.

 

I used to really like Coward back in his PDX days and early ESPN days. He's a dope now.

 

My daughter is a business major, about to finish near , if not the top, of her class, and she said it could be a business decision to let it ride for now. Dame's name is top headlines in the sports world now. Casual fans are surfing the net to find out what's going on. His status has never been hotter, with the Space Jam 2 release, new music, Olympics. Maybe she's just calming her dad down, cause she knows how important Dame is to her ol' man. But it does make sense from a biz standpoint. Hopefully the presser today clears things up, and he's staying. I believe Dame wants to go down as the Greatest in Blazer's History. I do not, and will not believe Dame is just another sports mercenary ala James, Durant, Irving , Harden, and whatever other ring chaser you name. No Way Man!

 

It happens a lot, in my experience. Then you have to bring in if Nurk is being sincere. Is he being hyperbolic? At the end of the season he was talking about leaving Portland. All of these guys know how it works.

 

If Dame requests a deal….

I’d actually finally respect NO if he stuck to his guns, said he wasn’t trading Dame, and focused on building a stronger team around Dame. He doesn’t need to trade Dame. Dame is under contract for four more years at BIG money. And if Dame is on the team, you know he’s going to “ball out” and play as hard as possible every moment he’s on that court. That’s who Dame is.

Don’t cower and don’t deal one of the best in the game for anything less than he’s worth.

 

MFer is on my shit list.

 

Clearly a response to the Abbott report.

 

Excellent assessment.

 

If Dame demands a trade internally and says publicly that he's keeping things in house... then you have to trade him now. The more public this gets, the lower his value, the longer it drags on, the lower his value, the closer you get to the end of his contract the lower his value. If he called Neil yesterday and made the demand... I would hope Neil would have the teams with the best talent on the line right now and be shopping Dame aggressively. Get a bidding war going now before things are sour.

Also the NBA is different from the NFL. The most Green Bay is getting back for Rodgers is a couple of high picks. We would want and get more value for Dame, especially because one player in the NBA can make such a huge impact.

 

What??!! Dame’s a goon? You fricking spoiled the movie for me.