I could get on board with Wiseman, Wiggins, #7, #14, and two future picks for Dame and Nurkic if that meant you could turn #7 + future GSW pick + Covington into Jalen Suggs and Chris Boucher. If Norman goes to Miami, good chance we could get Herro or a pick in a sign-and-trade. See if Phili can will be down for Simmons for CJ + a lotto-protected 1st + a GSW 1st. A team of Suggs/Simons/Wiggins/Simmons/Boucher + Nas/Herro/Wiseman/#14 will probably be inexperienced enough to get a high pick next year. But Wiggins would essentially be here for one full year with a high possibly of being bought out in 2022-23. With a roster like this, it won’t be a good season, but it’ll certainly be an interesting season. We’ll get to find out if 1) Simmons can dominate while not being the primary ball handler 2) Simons is a starting SG 3) Nas can end the season as starting SF High on Suggs/Simons/Nas, lowest on Herro who isn’t a terrible player and is still young. I think this could turn into a possible quick rebuild. A part of me also just says lets rip off the bandaid already and start over. On a sidenote, I like Dame for #2/Wood/Gordon too. Although I don’t know the likelihood of that happening. The HOU situation looks bleak, not sure if Dame would have enough to win there.
I am always open to trading any Blazer if it improves the team. Dame is 31. As constructed, Neil has backed the roster into a corner & Portland isn't competing for a title anytime soon... I'm sure everyone on the team knows this. While I love & truly appreciate DL, I'll be rooting for the team well after he's retired. That said, in no way in hell do I trust Soapy to successfully orchestrate the sort of full roster shakeup this would entail & it doesn't look like he's being pushed out. Quite the pickle. STOMP
The idea that the Lakers have a shot at Dame, if we blow keeping him, is so incredibly delusional. Everyone in the NBA would want Dame and be willing to trade all stars to get him.
Any Laker call proposing a trade for Dame that doesn’t include AD in the first sentence would be a very brief conversation.
I watched the presser again and a couple comments he made besides the urgency factor stood out as well, along with him being the calm cool and collected dude he is. - said all this wasnt coming from him as it wasnt before. - Everyone else is creating the drama, not him. - see's himself in a blazer uni next year - not a bad team a good team, great city a lot of positives Saw where Casey H talked to him about a new house he's building in Lake O and the business's This guy good be the Governor of Oregon One Day and hopefully part owner of the storied franchise. Dame has it made in Portland but he's earned the right to do as he wishes....
Look at other NBA rosters without their best player, are the Blazers that much worse? I'm sure a few teams are better but the majority are much worse I'd reckon. It's not easy constructing a roster with even one allstar let alone multiple. The Blazers traded away two firsts for RoCo. Maybe they could do another trade like that. But if Lillard will only be happy with a super team then maybe we should trade him. Lillard not solving traps, sucking on defense, and having an iso offense is a big reason for the playoff losses. Yes there are others to blame too. I dont want to see the team trade away more picks and we are in the same spot a year from now which seems like a very plausible end to this "urgency" mantra
If you don't think you're going to do what it takes or that Dame has what it takes to get him a championship here (that likely means leveraging a bunch of future picks) then you hit reset right now and trade Dame first followed by the rest of our starters. Get the most young talent and picks possible. I think we can build a contender this off season, by using our future picks, CJ and possibly Nurk depending on who we get in return for CJ and the picks. I would also use Ant and Nas to get pieces that are known contributors to winning or as sweeteners to land a big star.
I was told the house is in West Linn. Just looked it up and here's his address: 2130 Windham Oaks Ct, West Linn, OR 97068. He's on water alright but not Oswego Lake. He's on the Willamette River.
Will if happens it's happens I still be rooting for the Blazers. I don't see how olshey can do enough this off season to make Dame happy. First if anyone thinks we going get a star trading away CJ think again it's not going to happen but they could get quality players that might benefit the team more in the long run. This team already show they can win without CJ. Powell would good start but you need not over pay him that's what got us in this mess in the first place. As I said before I be surprised if Nurk don't get traded too just with with his comment but maybe not because it's looks Billups has plans for him. Now the question do we trade Dame well I hope not but that's going up to olshey if he can rabbit out the hat to impress Dame if not you just might see this team get blow up this before the start of next year but I guess we going be like Dame we all going to watch and see what olshey does.
