You're obviously being hyperbolic to make the point, but at some point, I think you have to pull the trigger. Dame's 33 so yeah, there's some amount of shot clock, but for sure can't take pennies for him...
I’ve still got my “We Got Shooters” shirt that those homies we beat in the 3 on 3 were selling back when we had Whiteside.
That's the problem with super stars they want to detected where they wants to play and don't care what there team gets. Sound like Dame is just another one of those super stars. I don't care if Dame join Miami but he better be something better then what I been hearing though.
Really? I think more Hamlet. Mordred always had evil in his heart and just needed the opportunity for it to manifest openly. Hamlet had good intentions but the whispers of ghosts eventually moved him to take an action even he never had completely bought into.
I hope you're right. It could work out well for both sides if that's the case. Again, I'm not mad at Dame over this at all. I honestly didn't think it would come to this (shouted it from the rooftops for months over at Realgm T&T board), but I can understand how and why, from both sides. I hope he loves Brooklyn and Portland gets a haul. I have my doubts, but a guy can hope
I know...Brooklyn could definitely give the much better return. And I'd rather Cronin was dealing with Sean Marks than Pat Riley. I fear Riley will bend Cronin over and spank him hard...and Cronin won't even know he's getting spanked
Really? I like Dame and think he is and was a really good man and represented this team/city about as good one can. But change is necessary and ongoing and it is/was time, I have been "adjusting" mentally for this for a year or longer as I thought Dame leaving the Blazers was the best course of action for both, because given our roster etc we would never contend with him and that contract was an albatross. Therefore sending him to a good team and fetting value back/rebuilding without those massive 4 years was the right way to go, glad its finally happening
was safety blanket. at the end of the day, we still had a generational superstar even if shit went sour. now we don't.
This is a possibility fans need to prepare for...If indications are true about Damian's desire to only be traded to Miami, there could be real fear amongst other teams that they would be trading for a disgruntled 33 year old player owed crazy amounts of money. Also, important to note, there are 20+ qualified people in the office discussing the possibilities. Like any business, there is one guy making the announcement, but a load of others involved in making the decision.
It's insane how little we have received back for players or wasted in traded Draft picks. 2014 1st round pick - traded for Gerald Wallace (which got back the Dame pick). 2014 2nd round pick - Trail Blazers traded Jordan Hamilton, Andre Miller, and a 2014 second round pick to the Denver Nuggets, as well as Rudy Fernandez and the rights to Petteri Koponen to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Raymond Felton and the rights to Tanguy Ngombo. YUCK!!!! 2015 1st round pick - traded along with Steve Blake for Mason Plumlee. 2015/16 2nd round picks - traded away for Allen Crabbe. Not bad at first, but a disaster at the end. 2016 1st round pick - traded along with Will Barton for Aaron Afflalo. Played a total of 25 games for the Blazers. 2017 1st round picks - 3 picks traded for Zach Collins and Caleb Swanigan. Between the two, started a grand total of 15 games for the Blazers. Got nothing in return when they left. 2017 2nd round pick - for Thomas Robinson. 2018 1st round pick - Anfernee Simons 2019 1st round pick - Nassir Little 2019 2nd round pick - CJ Elleby 2021/2022 1st round pick - traded for Robert Covington That covers most of Olshey's Drafts or use of picks. For the most part, absolutely brutal and put this team in a hole for years. He got the benefit of Dame, but wasn't part of what brought him here. The Plumlee deal was solid, Ant has been good for his position and I'd say the same of Little if he could ever stay healthy. The rest is pretty much an abject dumpster fire. Tough to recover from that when players like RoCo cost 2 1sts and we got back absolute garbage for him when he left. It looks like the Draft portion is going much better in the last 2 years, and that is how a team like Portland builds for the future. Fingers crossed going forward!
Don't really understand the urgency to trade Nurk, unless we're getting another center in return. He's starting caliber center, on a decent contract. Our team is already super small. Nurk can at least rebound, play the pick and roll, is fairly skilled offensively, decent paint protector. He looked good playing with our rag tag team during our tanks.
It would be a shame to ship off Nurk when the Blazers finally have a full-court / player movement roster that Nurk prefers.
