I've started to come around to this. I think the Portland FO is slow playing this for two reasons. They want Miami to turn their attention to trades for someone else. They want to deal with someone else (I think Brooklyn is perfect) but don't want to announce they won't make a deal with Miami. Simmons contract, for salary matching, and Brooklyn's draft picks would be ideal. I'm looking at Clowney, Whitehead, Wilson and a couple future FRP's.
I think we're hoping that Dame opens up his list. I also think that Boston is stalling on Brown's extension. Put those things together....
brown definitely getting that bag, his agent is just pushing for max everything and the team is trying to get it to go down a little easier.
I think Brown is trying to get that full 35% super max, but Boston probably knows that he wants out and is trying not to give him that full contract because they might have to deal him in a year.
If there is a 300+M on the table, I woudn't go on vacation first then sign when I return. I'd do them in the opposite sequence. Maybe there isn't a supermax offer. Maybe there is a possiblity of involving him in a Dame trade, like him going to Houston and reunite with Ime and steer that franchise back into winning. Boston gets Dame, We get Smith, Eason, filler and picks (already stated earlier)
When the starting lineup of Nurk,Grant, Hart, Ant and Dame got off to a 10-3 start, that didn't seem like a whole hearted embrace of losing. However, that group then proceeded to tank without trying and by the time they shut Dame down, they were multiple games out of the Play-In and had embraced losing without trying. Tanking just made an effort to get the best asset they could while they were at it.
can you game that out? I can't get the numbers to work with houston this offseason in a way that doesn't nuke houston's talent pool hilariously.
This wouldn't surprise me whatsoever even though i know you were probably joking. Expect the unexpected. Dame and agent have gone quiet. We'll see where it ends up
He also averaged 6 rpg 6 apg. Only 10 players who played did that. He also shot 57% from the field. He just needs a stable situation.
I can roll with this Scoot/Ant Shae/Tisse OG/Nas/Rayan/Butler Jerami/Jabari/Tari/Kris Nurk/JabariW/Ibou
Yeah, just seems like we aren't aggressively shopping him for sure. Perhaps there is another trade to be made that keeps dam and Scoot here. Maybe we trade Dame and Nurk and Ant. No idea how this is going to play out in the end. We all guess and say what we want to happen and if we throw enough shit against the wall, something is bound to stick.
Dear Dame, if/when a teams loves you enough more than we love you and shows us (trade offer we can't refuse), you will let you go. So far, no other team loves you more than us. At least no one has shown they do.
If Dame's agent called everyone and said Dame would sit out, that wouldn't have helped. Dame needs to provide a list, not one team.
