The stupidity of the Blazers is mind-boggling. Why would you sign Grant to a $160 million deal unless you knew for sure that Lillard was staying?
I’ve never been to CHI Doesn’t make sense to talk bad on somewhere you’ve never been. I’m trying to qualify saying that if Dame would rather be in CHI than POR we should make sure the dude is okay and not under some Space Jam like influence. You hear good things about the deep dish pizza, but I prefer New York style. If you like crime… Maybe Morant wants to go to the Bulls.
Maybe they thought he was? Maybe Dame saw Miami losing FA in the market. Hell, at this point, i dunno. We may not even trade the dude but not sure how that would work out at this stage
do the people who tweet this shit get paid for tweeting this shit? "my sources tell me that about 65% of the players in the NBA could be involved in trade discussions over the next 12 months" where's my paycheck?
Now it's a hot mess. They just re-signed their 32-year-0ld center. They traded away Wendell Carter Jr, the pick that became Franz Wagner, and the pick that became Jett Howard to get him. Thank heavens Cronin didn't go down that road.
My philosophy has kind of come to this: I'm not mad at Dame for asking out. It was coming, the moves the team made were headscratching and were contradictory to what they were telling him. That'd piss me off to no end no matter how much money you gave me. Dames perspective changed with family and close friends passing away tragically in a very short amount of time. That takes a toll on a human being. And like Dame said, it made him feel mortality. Perspective changed. So it makes sense why yesterday happened. That being said, him trying to dictate where he goes, to me, is a bridge too far. This miami-or-bust nonsense is crap. Dame knows this is a business, a business in which the team needs to do what's best for the team. Now, I can understand that dame has first hand knowledge that the team has shown they didn't do the best by dame and the team. But to try to fuck us on the way out, knowing Miami doesn't have the trade assets that will best help us, and really not trying to give us the opportunity to entertain other offers is low. Hopefully Joe calls that bluff. "But Dame did everything for this organization" and to that I say, he just told us he's leaving so now we need to do everything for this organization post-dame for this team. If he's leaving, we only owe it to us to help this team with his trade value. That's it and that's all.
Guys, how long will it take to trade Dame? Do you think it will happen quickly or will it take all summer?
Some people seem to think Cronin is Dame's agent. He is not. He is Portland's GM. I for one am happy he is acting that way.
People mad about the team not doing all it could to keep Dame will be happy to know the team instead made moves to make the team better after Dame leaves. He’s been making his loyalty conditional for years. The team called his bluff, and only from this point on will we see who Dame actually is.
There is no reason to blow the whole thing up, and he is a nice piece to play with Scoot/Sharpe/Ant. Hell, it may turn out that Little can stay healthy and Murray can be a 3&D guy and they cover the three. So many unknowns and young guys...Let it bake.
Honestly. Got a taste of it, didn't like it. Let us cook and they can come begging like the stupid fucking idiots they are.
Considering the circumstances, would anyone be upset with this package? I was watching a Nets video where their guys were interested in being the third team that takes Herro. Lowry expires at the end of the season, Simmons the following season. I wouldn’t be mad at that package.
To be a starter you actually have to not be injured. Not crying after every shot you make would help too.
