After snooping around on other forums looking for rumors etc., most fanatics think Joe will give in to Riley’s and Dame’s demands. Not an easy pair to say no to. Lots of media “leaks” that POR should help Dame to attract other talent. NOP fans fucking LOVE that one. How has that trading philosophy worked for NOP with CP3, AD etc? Free agents aren’t signing there either. Further there is agreement that MIA assets are ridiculously weak.
Jaylen Brown and Williams for Dame and Nurk to Boston...just do it. That's sending him to a deeper team than Miami will put on the court. Dame and Nurk could win big with Porzingas and Tatum in Boston.
He damn well does. The amount of pressure on this dude to waste our future to make Dame happy was absolutely fucking stupid.
Look at these fucking trades from the last few years: Donovan Mitchell - September 3, 2022: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ochai Agbaji, Lauri Markkanen, Collin Sexton, a 2025 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2026 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2027 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2028 1st round draft pick ( was later selected) and a 2029 1st round draft pick ( was later selected). Cleveland also received a trade exception 2025 1st-rd pick is CLE own 2026 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2027 1st-rd pick is CLE own 2028 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2029 1st-rd pick is CLE own James Harden - January 13, 2021: As part of a 4-team trade, traded by the Houston Rockets to the Brooklyn Nets; the Brooklyn Nets traded Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince to the Cleveland Cavaliers; the Brooklyn Nets traded Rodions Kurucs, a 2021 1st round draft pick, a 2022 1st round draft pick (Tari Eason was later selected), a 2023 1st round draft pick, a 2024 1st round draft pick, a 2025 1st round draft pick, a 2026 1st round draft pick and a 2027 1st round draft pick to the Houston Rockets; the Brooklyn Nets traded Caris Levert to the Indiana Pacers; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 2024 2nd round draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Dante Exum and a 2022 1st round draft pick (MarJon Beauchamp was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; the Houston Rockets traded a 2023 2nd round draft pick (Jalen Pickett was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers; and the Indiana Pacers traded Victor Oladipo to the Houston Rockets. 2024 2nd-rd pick is CLE own 2021 1st-rd pick was a right to swap, did not convey 2023 1st-rd pick was a right to swap, did not convey 2025 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2027 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2022 1st-rd draft pick was MIL own 2023 2nd-rd pick was HOU own Kevin Durant - February 9, 2023: As part of a 4-team trade, traded by the Brooklyn Nets with T.J. Warren to the Phoenix Suns; the Brooklyn Nets traded cash to the Indiana Pacers; the Indiana Pacers traded Juan Vaulet to the Brooklyn Nets; the Milwaukee Bucks traded a 2028 2nd round draft pick ( was later selected) and a 2029 2nd round draft pick ( was later selected) to the Brooklyn Nets; the Milwaukee Bucks traded George Hill, Serge Ibaka, Jordan Nwora, a 2023 2nd round draft pick (Isaiah Wong was later selected), a 2024 2nd round draft pick ( was later selected) and a 2025 2nd round draft pick ( was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers; the Phoenix Suns traded Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, a 2023 1st round draft pick (Noah Clowney was later selected), a 2025 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2027 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2028 1st round draft pick ( was later selected) and a 2029 1st round draft pick ( was later selected) to the Brooklyn Nets; and the Phoenix Suns traded Jae Crowder to the Milwaukee Bucks. 2023 2nd-rd pick was CLE own 2024 2nd-rd pick is MIL own 2025 2nd-rd pick is IND own Brooklyn also received multiple trade exceptions 2023 1st-rd pick was PHO own 2025 1st-rd pick is PHO own 2027 1st-rd pick is PHO own 2028 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2029 1st-rd pick is PHO own 2028 2nd-rd pick is MIL own 2029 2nd-rd pick is MIL own Rudy Gobert - July 6, 2022: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bolmaro, Walker Kessler, Jarred Vanderbilt, a 2023 1st round draft pick (Keyonte George was later selected), a 2025 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2026 1st round draft pick ( was later selected), a 2027 1st round draft pick ( was later selected) and a 2029 1st round draft pick ( was later selected). Minnesota also received a trade exception Utah also received a trade exception 2025 1st-rd pick is MIN own 2026 1st-rd pick is a right to swap 2027 1st-rd pick is MIN own conditional 2029 1st-rd pick is MIN own Interesting that the Harden and Durant trades ended up being 4 team trades. That would indicate that this is going to be a 4 team trade. Here is Kawhi - July 18, 2018: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Danny Green and cash to the Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl and a 2019 1st round draft pick (Keldon Johnson was later selected). (2019 1st-rd pick is top-20 protected.) $5MM
