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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    PSA: DO NOT CLICK ON THIS TRENDING TOPIC ON TWITTER. Walk away.
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    Dame, PLEASE GO AWAY ON HOLIDAY TO A REMOTE ISLAND WHERE THERE IS NO INTERNET ACCESS. With luck, you should find Ben Simmons already there.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Just come out and say it Dame. Quit hiding behind your puppet.
     
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    I would also join him if I could. Or maybe on an island off that island, to give him his space. I'll catch up on all the novels I haven't read since they invented the internet.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Some fans are speculating that Dame is using this as an excuse to get out without seeming disloyal. He has been looking for a reason to get out and this conveniently popped up. At least that's what some people are thinking.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Welp, 51 years was a good run...
     
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    I certainly hope he sticks around (Dame is literally the reason I watch an NBA that continues to get less bearable), but all the tweets and reports have added up to the same feeling of a relationship that's on its last legs.

    Anybody who's been through the panic of watching affection die and seeing every negative thing in a relationship being amplified recognizes this story. "You left the toilet seat up. Maybe this just isn't going to work"

    I never doubted his loyalty and commitment to Portland before, but there's too much smoke here to be absolutely nothing. The language sounds like somebody with one foot out the door (justified by recent events or not). I really hope I'm wrong.
     
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    Man I don’t blame honestly. I been telling ya for awhile this franchise sucks for him.

    It was a smart move to hire Chauncey so he could use that excuse to bounce. Sad times but we will rise from it
     
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    I couldn’t really care less. I love having Lillard on the team. He is a great player, ambassador…etc for the city of Portland, but I’m old enough to have cheered for A LOT of Blazers. I’m going old on everyone and saying whatever happens is fine because I cheer for the name on the front of the uniform more than the name on the back
     
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    Meanwhile, the literal fires of hell are on their way to consume Portland. Coincidence?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    If this stuff wasn't true Dame would have come out and flat out said at some point that he's not going anywhere.
     
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    Guys don't be gullible. You really think Dame wants out because of a few fans on the Internet?

    It doesn’t matter what team you’re repping and if you play like MJ the internet is going to come after you bc that’s how it is.

    Dame wants out because he wants to win but he doesn’t want to seem disloyal…he’s just using this as an excuse. I think this move was perfectly planned out as a way out.
     
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    "Could lead Lillard to request out"? That's some weak tea. "Getting the wrong donut in his order at Voodoo's could lead Lillard to request out, league sources (me) tell Rastapopoulos"
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I’d be totally cool with him in a re-energized MSG or something. This garbage fan base doesn’t deserve him.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    EVERYBODY CHILL THE F**K OUT! Especially the Media.
     
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    I'm not bashing Lillard at all. I'm going to wait and see be supportive of this hire. With Lillard being such a big fan and close with Billups. I do find it hard to believe that Lillard had no prior knowledge of the past sexual assault allegations against him from 1997 though. I also find it hard to believe that the Blazers front office didn't know there would be backlash with this hire.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The way he phrased it was clearly done to gain traction/get clicks etc.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    this garbage fan base? you mean a small group of fans online?

    way to clump all of us together with a super small group of loud ass clowns.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I’m lumping me into it as well sadly.
     
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    Thank Neil for this shit show.

    Time for season ticket holders to cancel until Neil is out.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    One would think, anyone who has paid any attention to the last 5-6 years, has seen there's a powder keg related to the #MeToo movement. Lots of casualties (some justified, some not so much). They had to see that this would be an issue, especially given todays world. BUT I will say, and I stand by this statement, the reaction from "fans" imho, is being blown way out of proportion with how the majority of the fans feel.
    Part of it does just feed into the national narrative that Damian should be traded out of Portland.
     
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