Dame will wait untio this time next year, when he is 100% recovered from injury, see which team has the best chance to win the title, sign there. He is already getting paid, what he needs now is the ring. So the smart move is to join a team with the best chance to win a ring, even for veteran minimum. Sign one year guaranteed plus player option second year. Help a team win a ring by playing well, opt out and command a higher pay moving forward, essentially making himself free agent again. . . 26-27 will be like audition to other teams with him trying to earn one more big contract while also trying to get that hardware.
Because they don't want him near the Blazers. We fleeced them. Imagine if we resigned him and they were also paying him to play here. They would never live that up.
I want to see Dame win, and I don’t care where it is. It would be a fever dream to see our young group develop into winners with Dame sitting on the bench. If I could pick any player I would pay to “sit on our bench” - it would be Damian Lillard.
https://youtube.com/shorts/k-JrYu2gdSc?feature=shared Dame breaks his silence amid breakup with Milwaukee
Not gonna lie a world where Dame was cool playing the 6th man “Microwave” roll would be awesome. No way do I think he would come off the bench here….yet. He needs one more team before he comes back imo. I do think his last season will be on the Blazers though.
