Nah, he's smart enough to know what he's worth. Bottom line, even though we're writing his checks, he's thinking like a member of the Heat and the trade return is like bail. He wants it to be as low as possible. It's a shabby way to treat the fans who have supported him. If he were dumber, I would give him the credit of not understanding the collateral damage being done. However, he's not stupid. He knows exactly what he's doing. Clearly, he doesn't care. Another comparison is that he left and wants to divorce his first wife to marry a hotter, younger version. Should that first wife, who has been dutiful to him all these years, just let him walk? There isn't a spurned woman who wouldn't take him for every dime they could. We need to be that first wife. F*** what he wants.
Dame would say, "It's not that they value me that little, it's that we still need to have a chance to win a championship AFTER they trade for me, as I mentioned on my podcast appearance."
a lot of people are convinced it will be easy to convince OKC to give back that 2025 obligation. OKC might do it but they won't do it for free. And if they know Dame is joining Miami, they might not do it either, although that might make the unprotected 2026 pick more valuable
How about this? Dame owns $450M in bitcoin. It gazed longingly at Dogecoin, with its whimsical charm and carefree attitude, and couldn't help but yearn for a taste of its barktastically bizarre life. Like a stoic bull dreaming of becoming a shiba inu, Bitcoin desired to shed its serious demeanor and don the playful visage of Dogecoin. It imagined trading its slick suit for a goofy doge costume, barking at the moon instead of chart patterns. Alas, the world could only marvel at this peculiar desire, for even in the realm of cryptocurrencies, reinventing oneself is as improbable as a pug piloting a rocket to the moon. Dame reluctantly says yes, but when he goes to cash out, he can only get $300M of dogecoin. The owner of the dogecoin is a slimy over the hill greaseball who keeps getting tech reporters to hype up the potential of useless dogecoin to try to make others think the exchange is fair.
I believe OKC and Miami already shifted the year once, for very little, so am sure they can do it again.
Somebody please go to Damian Lillard Toyota with a 1989 Geo Metro and trade it with $2k for a fully loaded, top of the line 2024 Toyota 4Runner
I would sure like to know what other teams have offered for Dame. Is Joe just waiting until point x in order to take the best offer, or has nothing been proposed that he feels is worthwhile?
Miami has a 2nd they can flip to them. OKC would be nuts not to take a 2nd and move the pick unprotected to 2026 in a draft supposed to be stronger than 25. Plus, you'd have to think Miami is still a top 5 team in 2025.
Honestly this, other people have alluded to him having marriage difficulties and to be honest the way dame and co have been handling this situation it looks like someone lashing out at a loved one because they are going through something completely outside of what the actual situation is. It's frustrating and sad to watch tbh.
When it comes to packages offered, Joe serves the team best by staying silent. Only say "more" to other teams until you find your equal value. Vague is best. And NOTHING should be made public, even after it's dead. You can speak all you want when he's gone, but his job is to troll the ocean, bring it up on deck, sort through it, and throw out all but the best deal.
