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

Did Dame kind of throw CJ under the bus in a round about way ?

 

Still waiting to see the trade that (a) could happen and (b) would do this.

 

Well now that every GM in the league knows just how desperate Olshey is going to be good luck seeing any trades where we're not completely taken advantage of... great plan.

 

A healthy Sabonis on the Drexler team? Drafting Durant over Oden?

 

That’s what I’m saying … bye CJ

 

I agree that the Blazers' roster needs some upgrades in terms of top-end talent, but I think that the flameout to an injured Nuggets team was about 50-50 the blame of having guys who weren't fully in sync due to consistent injury issues and a failure of Stotts to adapt to the Nuggets. As far as rosters go, they only take you so far. We've got two teams competing for a title right now who weren't generally considered (particularly the Suns) to be favorites to contend for a title.. Rosters only get you so far, then you need some things to break your way.

 

We will see, camp is around the corner.

 

You’ve got to see what:
CJ + 2 FRP + 2 Swaps
Nurk + 2 FRP + 2 Swaps

Can get you.
I agree with whoever said we should have draft picks for a while

 

Wouldn’t that be great if we got info on dame Olshey and billups discuss today

 

I feel like Billups is gonna charm Lillard in Las Vegas today.

 

im curious to see what comes of the Dame-CB-NO meeting today.

 

At this point I'd really rather we traded Dame. Nothing we can do will make us a contender and we'll just end up sacrificing youth and assets in a fruitless exercise. Rip off the bandaid!

 

Maybe, but it's also the young guys on the bench who are now trade fodder. In order to compete, the Blazers need a bench that has veterans capable of competing with the top teams in the league. Waiting for Simons, Little and Elleby to develop their games is not consistent with a title run.

 

all picks should be on the table because if we have to trade dame…you’re getting a ton of picks in return

 

Would love to be a fly on the wall.

 

Honestly I love everything about how Dame is, including the fact that he hasn't done this stuff until now. Until now Dame thought if he did the right things himself and kept talking about how bad he wanted to win it all that Neil would get the message and Dame wouldn't have to tell Neil how to do his job. Now Dame rightly has decided that he is going to have to tell Neil how to do his job and if Neil won't, Dame will demand a trade and do it in a way that helps the team and is in tune with who Dame is.

Fuck Neil for making it come to this but I do think he has the ability to make the big trade or trades happen that will keep Dame here for the rest of his career and give us a legit chance at a championship. It's just a shame that Dame has to be the best guy and best player but that's not enough, he also has to babysit Neil and make him do his job.

 

I seriously doubt that anything but platitudes about improving the team get revealed to the public. I'd love to be a fly in the room though.

 

This must be Neil's burner account.

Hi Neil.