Dame asks for trade (And there it is)

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    People think Wemby could legitimately be an immediate impact player.

    (I have my doubts, but if they believe that...)
     
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    Was this the plan all along? Curious minds want to know. I suspect Cronin knew he couldn’t swing a big trade for the right supporting players, so he put all his bets on the draft and waited for Lillard to ask out. That way Lillard is the bad guy, not him.
     
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    Is it really? Terrible.
     
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    I'll reserve the rest of my comments for after he's actually gone but he has been the best we've seen do it. He hasn't been given the teams around him the Drexler and Walton had but he's done it at a higher level for longer than anyone else in team history. More to come upon his departure.
     
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    How could he? He's a joke. No one around the league takes him seriously. He is out of his element.
     
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    Pops and Dame, the one-last-try tour.
     
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    lol...so it's Miami, Philly, and LAC?

    draft picks:

    let's see, Miami doesn't have a 1st round pick available till 2028. Philly doesn't have one available till 2029. LAC doesn't have one till 2028

    young players?

    Miami has Herro and Jovic; Philly has Maxey and McDaniels; LAC doesn't have anybody young unless you count 25 year old Zubac

    this isn't looking so good. Fortunately, Portland has Cronin who appears to be a master of squeezing value out of a situation. He just squeezed Dame out of Portland and squeezed 160M into Grant
     
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    Pretty sure they were clearing spaces on the roster.
     
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    Lillard can help. If he does us like Clyde, then no appreciation from me.
     
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    The Blazers aren't up shit creak without a paddle like some teams.
    And not built around flakey stars like Kawhi Leonard.
    Look at Charlotte. A mess.
    It could be much worse.
     
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    Bringing in 3 bigger centers.
     
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    But we weren't willing to "recover." Schilling for a bunch of cheap billionaires drunk on their own power is not the way to go.
     
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    Who knows how long Wemby's career will be. Could be David Robinson, or could be Yao Ming.
     
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    I wanted Dame to play every game of his career for us and I believe he did too. Fuck Cronin for not having the vision and capability to make that tenable for Dame. I don't think Dame was asking for too much, he made his wishes clear and Cronin went the other way.
    [​IMG]
     
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    And Nets and Spurs
     
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    Joe and Chauncey now can relax and know they have a new plan that will take a number of years to implement. Job Security with going young, for now anyway.
     
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    Heat, Clippers and 76ers? Yuck - between the three of them they couldn't pool enough assets to interest me.
     
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