While I absolutely understand that giving guards in their mid 30’s gigantic contracts can bog down an organization, and I also feel somewhat uneasy about “life time achievement” contracts. Id still give Dame whatever he wants to keep him here. It would be worth it to have a super star play here his whole career be treated right, if he even makes it to the 2nd round a few more times he will more than likely be a HoFer too. That would be good for the Blazer organization.
I didn't say he is not in my top 10, but 240 Million for 5 year is tooooo much. I probably would not even give it to anthony davis
Lmao. So youd let every superstar walk away in free agency for morning in order to save $6M-$7M a year? Do you realize how silly that is?
Exactly. I wouldn't sell that for a 10% bump in our odds to win a championship in the next decade. Theres more to it than that.
The Thing is i Don't trust olshey to build a Championship Team BEFORE he Sign Lillard to 240, if we have a Championship Team at that Time i'm 100% okay with that Contract. But that won't happen
Yep. And look at Dirk. Finally won title in what his 14th season? Dame has lots of time to win us a title.
I would hate to loose Lillard, but then we could at least start the rebuild. As much as i love Lillard, that Contract is ridiculous
I’d give it to him for a few reasons 1. Its not like we’re using our money wisely anyway, we have guys getting paid minimum contracts on our roster RIGHT NOW who are outperforming players who are getting literally 10 times the amount. Dame isnt even getting paid nearly as much as he would be on the supermax and we’re managing our money terribly. If we’re building around Lillard give him his money, we work the rest out later. 2. He deserves it and is our franchise. I’d love for him to retire our greatest ever player. 3. I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t get a player of his caliber for a decade even if we did trade him away for assets, so I don’t understand the logic in blowing it all up. 4. I don’t want to watch my team lose games. At the same time though I wouldn’t be surprised if he took less to try make the team better overall.
How do you keep him content? This core has too many holes to be a contender. Unless that third star is Anthony Davis or Kawhi Leonard, a third piece won't change this teams chances. Again, if Dame requests a trade -- this is 100% on Olshey's poor management, and not on Dame.
I don’t think being unable to land a mega super star means poor management. Olshey drafted a star, Lillard. He would love to have Anthony Davis or Kawhi Leonard. Easier said than done.
Yayyyy, let's be the Suns for 5 years so we don't have to pay the best Blazer ever an additional $6M a year! Silly.
I don't believe a player's value is 'championship or bust.' I enjoy watching Dame play. He represents the team and city well. He's the type of player that doesn't come around very often. Pay the man.
Its a no-brainer. You keep Lillard. There is no discussion to the contrary, because there's no solution that is better.
Bones... i like Lillard (and CJ) as much as anyone on this board, but come on... It wouldn't be outlandish to say that we need to tear this whole team apart right now. If we play our cards right we could have like 6 amazing picks during the next 3 seasons. You can watch re-runs from the past 2 seasons in the meantime - that way you wouldn't miss anything from our current timeline: same games, same playoff exits.
You'll want future stars to be loyal to the organization when the organization wasnt loyal to the one star we had that represented Portland better than any of them and was likely better than any of them?
