OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - August 2021

I'm not trying to be a doomsdayist but I think this means that Olshey has already agreed to trade Dame. I just don't see Beckner abandoning Dame after all of these years. It just doesn't add up. I hope I'm wrong. I wouldn't ever trade Dame to Philly after the hard ball that they've been playing either but I'm not Neil fucking Olshey. Dame put the screws to Olshey so maybe Neil wants to wash his hands of someone who would hold him accountable.

Fuck, this is just tripping me out.

 

I don't think this would stop Beckner from his normal personal training gigs. I imagine he could likely make more doing that than as an assistant to assistants.

 

Highkin like he often is, is being dumb because the two different relationships he is comparing aren't close to being the same. Dame trains with Beckner all of the time... like every day of the offseason, while Durant and Ivey were friends. I just don't see Dame and Beckner splitting up but maybe they are.

 

Right, maybe this will be his regular season gig and Dame will be his off season gig but usually teams expect their assistant coaches to be available to them year round. Hopefully it's nothing but how many fucking times have you heard Dame talk about Phil and how important to Dame's success he is?

 

Do you think that Beckner would be a party to a team trying to manipulate Dame like that? Do you think that Dame didn't know this was happening?

I just think it's either Phil and Dame talked and it was too good of an opportunity for Phil to pass up, so they are parting ways with Dame's blessing or Neil has already agreed to the trade and the Sixers did this to make their new superstar happy.

 

Getting assists and moving the ball aren't necessarily the same thing. Westbrook is good at finding finishers, but not so good at involving others.

 

Yeah... I think about all of the packages that the Sixers could send and none of them make sense for us... unless Neil is blowing this shit up as we speak. That doesn't make any sense with the Norm signing though.

It's either that Beckner got a great offer and Dame would never stand in the way of a friend's success, especially one who he credits for so much of his own or Neil is making a bad move. Shit this has me more twisted up than any of the other off season shit that's gone down so far.

 

If he doesn't have any intel he'll be fucking stupid to say anything because just as nicely as Dame saved his ass... Dame could turn around and burn his shit down.

 

Beckner works as a consultant to a number of players (Dame included) and college teams. I'm not sure that you can read too much into this. It doesn't say that he's being hired as an assistant coach. But, let's say that you're right and that it's a precursor to trading Dame to the Sixers for Simmons and other assets to be named later. Is a starting lineup of Nurk, Simmons, RoCo, Norm & CJ really doomsday? Not a horrible doomsday IMO. If Dame has it in his head that he wants to move on to another team for a chance at a title, the Blazers could do worse than acquiring Simmons as a younger centerpiece going forward.

 

Embiid is a knee click away from "Game Over" man. Philly ain't all that. They aren't better than the Blazers.

 

If Dames wants Philly, Id turn the tables on Morey and ask for the fucking moon and then auction Dame off to the higest bidder.

 

I didn't say that they were. If Dame were to be traded there, it becomes Morey's problem of making the Sixers a contender if he wants to avoid Dame demanding another trade.

 

You're right on all accounts but I want Dame here. So that's all it comes down to for me. Dame is just the highest character star in the league and he's been our guy for a while now. I wanted him to outlast CJ whenever someone finally figured out how bad of a fit they are. I also for sure wanted him to outlast Neil... he's such a snake. I had it wrong about Beckner being an assistant coach but it's still really unsettling to see Dame's guy is going to be getting paid by them... but it doesn't mean anything is for sure.

I think CJ, Norm, RoCo and Simmons fit well together... especially if Simmons can take the next step in his game, maybe being the number one guy on the team is what he needs. Nurk has said he doesn't want to be here if Dame isn't and he really isn't a great fit next to Simmons so maybe he gets moved for Boucher or someone like that.

Maybe, again, the Beckner shit doesn't mean anything and we're still going to roll into next season "running it back" or CJ will get moved for a star forward.

Like I posted this Beckner thing has me tripping... so I don't know what to think.