Reading Quick's article. It makes sense that Dame's urgency and his mindset changed. Dude lost 8 people who were close with him within 18 months. That will change anyone.
We also need to think about a S&T with Jerami Grant and hope to get a 1st back or a young prospect. Ugh.
I just don't think that will happen. He wanted a 5th year, and he can't get a 5 year if he does a sign and trade.
You must be joking. Two young solid prospects, a giant expiring and SIX first round picks, Dinwiddie as possible additional trade fodder who might net us another first for a total of SEVEN potential firsts, maybe even we can flip Simmons for an EIGHTH freaking first round pick, and we get rid of Simons contract to boot? What's not to love?
I think they need to keep some quality vets around to see where they stand before blowing things up. They could be competitive in a hurry. Right now the only thing they lost is Dame and he's replaced by the 3rd pick in the draft who a lot of people are high on
Yup. Hopefully he has trade value. I think he does. Even if we only get a pick back. We can't let an asset walk out the door for nothing while we're trying to rebuild.
That's an interesting thought. Winning culture might be more important than our own pick given we will get a huge haul of other team's picks that will be awesome right when we need cheap contracts next to Scoot and Sharpe.
I’m not a bit surprised. Dame was more than patient enough with this front office for many years. The incompetence has put this org and he in this position. Olshey was incompetent and full of hot air. Cronin? It’s hard to say. I think his hands could be tied by ownership and on that note they couldn’t sell this team fast enough. I wish Phil would put together a super generous offer to move Jody. Perhaps he should do it before they get a chance to move Dame. At the end of the day, if he can’t be here, Id love to see him in Milwaukee with Gianis. I don’t know if they have anything I want other than Gianis.
I don't see how Tucker would have made much of a difference. People forget. The NBA was never going to let us beat the Lakers during the Kobe memorial tour. It was already decided long before that series that they were getting that ring.
I am all about me and my family and I hope you are with you and yours. Dame doesn’t owe anything to anybody that isn’t his family. I know this dude personally and can tell you he is one of the realest I’ve ever met. Quality dude who we should all root for.
I am glad to see the permanent end of the Dame-CJ-Simons backcourt era. I hated it. It's finally over. Just in time for the Shaedon Sharpe-Scoot Henderson era to begin.
I don't get all the drama here. Blazers were going nowhere and Dame was going nowhere. Now Blazers can get more youngs to play with Scoot and Shae. I am exited to see, how Damian will do. If it is Miami it will be all fun to see him and Butler on a mission. Fantastic stuff for basketball. I am exited to see young Blazers flying high. Where is the drama? I don't see it.
“We’ve gained 300 subs the past 2 days”. Pompous was definitely the right word. And who’s “we”!? Eric is the only reason “your subs” are tuning in.
Embarrassing takes on twitter. Insulting member of the Blazers staff. Keep on going the good work. You could gained views by being analytical or clever as well. You decided to go the Stephen A Smith path and scream your anger. Good for you. Not my kind of content. Hope some other find this interesting or at least entertaining.
Events like this crack me up. It magnifies those out there that actually think they know what’s going on. Like they “hear” stuff” that members on this board don’t. Get the fuck outta here with that shit. I don’t follow him, but saw one of the “podcast guys” on twitter absolute lose his mind cussing out the Blazers staff and owners. Really? That’s the way to do it FAMS.
I wonder if we're going to get any additional bits of information from "sources" in the coming days/weeks that paint Cronin/the FO in a negative light. Some parts of this whole thing have given me the feeling that Dame is maybe actually pissed and not just "ready to move on."
