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

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  1. BoomChakaLaka

    BoomChakaLaka Well-Known Member

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    agree.

    i don’t see Dame leaving right now - if Portland is out of contention around the trade deadline however…
     
    BoomChakaLaka, Jul 21, 2021
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    Nope, I dont believe so. As Dame has said "none of this came from him". He owns the State of Oregon and that means a lot to him, for bigger things down the road.
     
    Hoopguru, Jul 21, 2021
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    It’s a tough one because hypothetically if you trade Dame now, the haul would be unprecedented…..IMO
     
    Mediocre Man, Jul 21, 2021
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    Dames Brand equity for the team is very high.
     
    Hoopguru, Jul 21, 2021
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    Does he want to be traded to a team that could give us what we want? Do we trust Olshey to build the team after that trade?

    Let's be clear about this. We're rebuilding if we trade Dame. No contender can help us with that. We need picks. lots of them. And great young players. No contender can help us there.

    IMO, Dame is using the considerable leverage he has to force Olshey to swing for the fences.
     
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  6. Mediocre Man

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    I have visions of overhauling the roster. Glorious
     
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  7. Hoopguru

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    Thats cool, as long as DD is still on the roster.
     
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    The thing I keep coming back to is if Neil wants this heat. You're right Dame is worth more than his fair trade value due to who he is and what he's done as far as publicity. That being said, if Olshey wants to lower expectations (which would be so Neil) he could trade Dame and everyone else not named Ant and Nas for young pieces and picks. He would justify it by saying that Dame showed for the first time that he wasn't fully committed to the team so it was time to rebuild... if he got Simmons during the blowup he could even say that he did the rebuild around a younger superstar.

    I hope Olshey isn't that slimy but I just don't know.
     
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    Sure they can

    Dame to GS for Wiseman, Wiggins, 7, 14. We could trade 7 & 14 to move up or grab another young player from somewhere

    Dame to Philly for Simmons, Maxie, Thybulle and picks
     
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  10. Mediocre Man

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    The right trades for our vets ends up with us eking into the playoffs and exiting in the first round, so why not do it and get assets
     
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    I wish I knew if the Blazers are being shopped at this point. I now people have said eventually once she takes care of Paul's Estate. Just the fact hat she's not addressing the public/fans on what her thinking is, leads me
    to believe the team could be sold at any point. Im hopeful it will be too.
     
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    For the chance at 30 positions in the entire world? Yes you take it no matter what.
     
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    But he had options for other teams I would assume so maybe he leaned our way because of Dame?
     
    Hoopguru, Jul 21, 2021
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    Hope so.
     
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    I think the days that you move into the top 3 with a couple later lotto picks are over. In a draft like this you can get superstar caliber player with a top 3 pick
     
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    You’re probably right.
     
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    This is a message, a pretty obvious one, idc what anyone thinks.

     
    Scalma, Jul 21, 2021
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    I see it also as cryptic Dame at it again. But this time I like what I see.
     
    SwissBlazer, Jul 21, 2021
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    What kind of message could this possibly be?
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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