I don't think Dame has anything to do with that meme post (maybe I'm wrong?). It looks like whoever posted that is imagining Dame's and Terrence's response?
From RealGM. This is Abbott’s fault for Dame being thought of as gettable: “The Philadelphia 76ers continue to seek Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Ben Simmons and are not prepared to settle for CJ McCollum. There were suggestions this week that the 76ers were warming to the idea of trading for McCollum, who would give the team perimeter shot creation in the halfcourt. Based on the reported trade offers the 76ers made leading up the draft, they are in no rush to resolve the future of Simmons.”
No. Abbot did not set the bar for some fairytale trade. You’re giving some Twitter guy way way too much credit. This is ridiculous. It’s Morey.
Abbott’s tweet was was reported as news on almost every news source. Dame had never before been thought of as gettable. Now Sixers are holding out on us.
+200 before. So yes the odds increased. But I think it's stemming from all this Dame to Philly nonsense. The previous odds were before the Dame noise came up.
Listened to this Jason Dumas fellow (he's a Philly guy who works for a Bay Area news network): https://www.audacy.com/957thegame/l...s&utm_campaign=rewind&utm_medium=all#schedule "The situation with Ben in Philly is getting worse by the day. It's like a marriage beyond repair at this point. He doesn't want to go to a bad situation, he's seeing the talk about Portland and Toronto, and Ben being the socialite that he is... is open to the Cali team. Embiid has been trying to reach out to him and he isn't returning his calls and all communication is through his agent. He doesn't want to return to the Sixers-- the damage is done." uh what? socialite? first of all, Ben has no say on where he goes. Second of all, any guy who wants to be on the scene would love Tdot.
i think that's a tired narrative. And this guy called Ben Simmons a "socialite." Why? Cuz he used to data Kardashian sister? He's hardly on his social media to begin with, while Dame is in every other ad on national games, playing in the Olympics, was just in a massive WB movie, and has one of the most successful signature shoes among NBA players. This Dumas dude is just pushing nonsense to the Bay Area radio listeners, not much a do about anything. But the story on Ben is slowly changing. I think the situation becomes untenable and CJ + picks might be the best Morey gets. The Phil Beckner thing was shamelessly transparent and anyone that knows Dame knows how meaningless it is. But Neil signing a Klutch guy on day 1 of free agency, and already having Nurk on the roster ready for an extension? I'd be more cognizant of how those decisions impact what Ben/Rich Paul think of Portland.
