I have zero problem with almost that entire tweet, except for the last sentence. That's where it goes off the rails for me.
Kendrick Perkins is the dumbest analyst in all of sports. Every time he opens his mouth, I feel like I am now dumber.
That video has nothing to do with promising to trade any pick other than #1. I follow things exceedingly closely, and I don't remember anyone reporting that he ever made that promise. If there were a billion, it should be easy for you to find a link or two where it was actually reported, and not Cronin saying something different.
In Damian's age-36 campaign he has a $63.2 million player option that he will of course opt-into. I will say that IF (and big IF) that POR Brass decided to move on from Lillard then they are picking the 2nd best possible time to do that and still get good value back. Smart move if purely taking into account financial instead of emotional.
Off the top of my head, I don't recall anything similar to this trade demand. Maybe this is nonsensical, but is this setting a precedent that other gms might want to consider avoiding? It is kind of giving star players a road map to follow next time one of them is unhappy and want their way
It seems like it all depends on how it ends. If Portland trades Dame to Miami for less than Miami could have offered, then I think it'll be something agents (and players) will try moving forward. Otherwise it'll either be a non-factor or even a cautionary tale to players. Like LeVeon Bell sitting out a whole year, going to the Jets for a bit more money in the short run, and basically ending his career, sometimes players overplay their hands and it is possible that could happen here to Dame.
It's going to be bad enough if we do end up trading him to Miami, but if we don't get every asset not nailed down, I think Joe should be fired.
pure cockiness on Miami’s part. “We’ll give up a few seconds, no problem, we don’t have to conserve assets for Portland, they’ll take whatever we’re willing to give them.”
Nevermind the whole “letting Gabe Vincent go to the Lakers without offering more than $8 mil/year” part, too… nothing to see there, either.
He also could have negotiated a no-trade clause. Beal did that. It's not the Blazers' fault that he didn't value that enough to negotiate for it when he signed his extension.
