Comes right after he liked the tweet bashing Jody Allen, then walked that back. Yeah, Dane's really sincere.
Do people not remember that K*be did something similar in 2007, but almost even worse? He demanded a trade out of LAL, and had CHI, SAS and PHX on his list. Then Kupchak agreed to a trade with CHI, but K*be said "I'm not going there if they send Luol Deng back." So Kupchak tried to get different teams involved (including CLE for Lebron!), and DET said they're interested. I've been thinking about this since the June 26 meeting...what if we don't get anything done now, but bring Dame back with the assumption we'll trade him at the deadline and things happen that make it so that we're getting the good players back instead of trading Dame? And maybe Dame can walk it back a bit and say something like "If ever I left Portland, I'd only be interested in MIA, but if that can't work out I'm here!" Not saying any of you are wrong for pointing out the hypocrisy and walkback, but no L*ker fan I know says "I lost all respect for K*be in 2007 and hated that he came back and helped us win 2 more rings and retired after playing 20 years for the same team."
I don't think anyone commenting on this was watching the IG Live but I did catch it. This was anything but scripted he said on the Live that he was sober but he seemed like he meant in comparison to the people around him. This wasn't orchestrated, he said this off hand while talking about being down in the Dominican Republic with his people. Most of the thing was just Dame thanking people for birthday wishes and talking to his brother or cousin who had busted his face up because he was drunk and dove head first into a five foot pool and fucked up his face. The "love for PDX is bullet proof" thing was an off hand comment that took up probably less than one percent of the time I watched and I didn't stick around for the whole thing. Oh and by the way for all of you who are into the dude's personal life, he said he couldn't be getting as drunk as some of his friends because he's a father and a married man. I wish everyone could stop demonizing Dame. The dude is a highly motivated business person that has set a goal to get to Miami. The tactics that him and more so his agent are using might not be the smartest and they might not be what's best for the team he's still on but I don't blame Dame for trying to do what he sees as best for him. I honestly think it's pathetic that many of you, actually the vast majority of you, are so in YOUR feelings that you think that you should factor into this equation as fans. The decisions he is making are real life decisions for him with real life consequences... this is a hobby for us, we're fucking fans, get over yourselves. I'm always going to cheer for Dame he hasn't shit on us as a team or city one time, actually just the opposite. He gave this front office ample warning about what would happen if they went young, they went young and he did what he said he would. Does that go against him saying that he WANTED to spend his whole career here? That's debatable. I honestly think the many times he said that he would only leave if the team didn't choose him, is in his mind what happened. He said choose me or choose a youth rebuild and the team very obviously chose a youth rebuild. This isn't me saying that Joe did the wrong thing, it's me saying that no one is the bad guy here.
You didn't watch the IG Live or may have some serious problems with reading a situation. There was no spin involved he just responded for like ten seconds of a live stream that went on way longer than the fifteen minutes I watched. It was an offhand comment and far from the reason he did the video which was about showing where he was, thanking people for birthday wishes, talking about being 33 and having fun with his family and friends.
I'm not crapping on Dame, I understand he wants to go somewhere with a chance to win a ring and may have som personal things going on, we all do. I am just disappointed how he has handled this whole thing. Sooner he is out of here the better, but yes will always appreciate what he did here. Nice job lecturing everyone though.
I think people just feel dumped and the only two parties they can take out frustrations on are Dame/Cronin. Cronin isn't out on IG live daily, so Dame is currently the punching bag. I fully agree with you on everything else. As long as he doesn't go into the HOF as a member of he Heat, he always is an adopted PNW mainstay to me. He and his family are too embedded in the community to up and leave.
He already had the cache' of having won rings, and then won 2 more while never leaving. If he had left, and the L*kers got crap for him, I'm guessing there would have been some fans that were none too happy.
I've moved on from Dame personally....regardless. It's like leaving your coat in a restaurant and have to drive back an hour to retrieve it. Life is on hold until you get back to the point where you had to turn around. My NBA life is on hold until he has moved on to another team. I would imagine may of us feel this way.
You are right Sheed . Bunch of sucka's in here now. Get off on their Dame hate. They've got their lips firmly grasped around Cronin's cack. Eat it Haters. Keep crying with your lame , tired , takes on how much money the team's given him. HE EARNED EVERY PENNY whiners.
Hot take: 99% will root for Dame and his new team in next year's finals, unless against the Blazers. Hot take: 99% will root for Dame if he stays and plays for the Blazers.
