I was going to ask that question also but just decided to let that go. If he wanted to express what he had heard the first response would be "From who?"
One thing to consider is what hasn't happened. As in brown wasn't traded. Zion wasn't traded. Bridges wasn't traded. There wasn't a trade made that the team would have benefited from.
You mention Joe traded players to destinations they preferred. You do understand that is only because the return was palatable to him and Jody. If they did not like the return there is no way in hell they would have pulled the trigger. Those just worked well for all. Not so much for Dame and his Miami or bust stance. You ask a lot of hypothetical questions that only Dame, Goodwin, Cronin and Jody can answer. But plans change as the assets change. Portland got lucky and got the 3rd pick. Who they drafted was based on who Charlotte took before them. I have no problem with understanding that Joe and Dame probably had many conversations about many things, but at the end of every conversation, they surely ended with the understanding that plans change, but as of this minute, this is the plan. After the draft order is set plans can change many times in a short amount of time. Everybody knows this. But paramount to everything, Joe owes his allegiance to Jody and the organization. And everybody knows this. And lets remember, in negotiating, silence is golden. Cronin has no duty to announce when/if Dame asked out. His leverage is at its highest if the other club he might be talking to does not know Dame has asked out, and he has no obligation to inform them he has asked out. We are fans, not management.
This is just Bones taking only the part of the facts that suit his narrative. Again, he's capable of bringing some good things to the forum, but he gets too emotionally involved and LETS it cloud his judgment. Then he's staked his claim to a position and can't deviate from it after getting more information. Every bit of incoming stimuli has to support his first assertion or it's meaningless. He has info and he gets upset if we don't draw the same conclusions from what he's offering or trust it on its face, overlooking that too many times the man who does the podcast and claims to have solid inside info has put himself out there as an advocate rather than a reporter. It's not much different than having Canzano come in here and tell us what we should feel or believe.
Sounds like the $100k fine is being taken seriously. But why even do this sit down? Unless he is opening up his list to a few other teams, pointless.
There "was" a trade request. We shall see in the future how badly Dame wants to leave the Trail Blazers.
Well, it certainly appears that we are in Dame's rear view mirror. He will end up being another Drexler where all of his accomplishments are here, but he goes into the Hall of Fame wearing another jersey.
Which is why Walton was/is the greatest Blazer ever. He left too, but he left a NBA Championship behind and took a Finals MVP and League MVP with him. That is the metric I look at. Luke is my all time favorite but MVP's mean sooo much.
As mentioned in my reply to Aldo, each time he's signed an extension, he's had 2 more years remaining on his contract. If he'd ever chosen not to sign an extension, Blazers would have had a year and a half to trade him. He's never been close to being able to walk for nothing.
I wish we could, but when they changed the format on S2 years ago, we lost all our likes!!! Still mad about that FAMS!
What did you take from that? Kind of seems like he is in limbo but is willing to play. Even if he is playing for a trade.
