Holy shit… that motherfucker is a MORON! I made it about 90 seconds into his drivel before shutting that shit down. Yiiiiiiikes! “Miami has all the leverage.” LOL!
Might be the biggest asswhipe homer podcast i've ever seen and he's prob never heard of Joe Cronin before. You know how i know we are winning? Heat fans HATE Joe Cronin. LMAO.
Every time I log in I hope to see the title of this thread change to Dame is traded to Miami...but no. This whole thing is doing my head in. Obviously Miami is not gonna give us what we want so just move on.
Well obviously I choose not to click on it. I just find it weird how you choose to criticize some of these idiots and then do their marketing. Way to reward stupidity.
Being a radio guy for my sports I have to say that it's brutal if you're ever stuck having to listen to the Heat's broadcast crew and that arena has an echo from poor attendance often. I can't imagine the drop off in fan support you'd have leaving Portland to move to that city of football soccer and baseball fans.
Miami can't give the Blazers what they want. They don't have anything the Blazers need. A piece of the challenge is that the Blazers need to take back close to Dame's salary of $45M. If I was Cronin, I'm not looking for dead-weight contracts. Expiring, perhaps. But primarily looking for starter level talent. It's on Miami to flip Herro for something the Blazers can use. (Blazers have Simons) It's on Miami to come up with salary filler that's not a deadweight like Robinson. (A SF averaging 6.4 ppg, 1.4 rgp, 1.1 apg, shooting 32.8% from 3 - owed $57M over the next 3 years. No thank you) It's on Miami to flip some of their assets to obtain usable draft capital that the Blazers want. At this point, Miami is entirely dependent upon other teams to help them facilitate getting pieces that the Blazers want.
Agree with primarily starter level talent. This time line narrative 28 versus 24 or younger is bs, imo. In todays game a team must have the right blend of veteran talent and youngsters developing. If Cronin could obtain one more solid front court veteran player to go along with Grant and Nurk and if Dame at least stays till deadline or longer team could be interesting. It simple incremental stuff like what Denver has done over the last 5 years or so.
They have a 2024 top 6 protected first from Toronto. I want that pick. They also have a 2024 lottery protected pick from Charlotte that will never end up converting. Do not want that
These dudes are really reaching.... This is live so it's at -24:30.... they think because he posted a picture of a toy in a Heat jersey that he's staying in Miami.
This is a Heat reporter btw.... they're trying to flip this back on Portland and inflict some PR damage on the Blazers. How much do you want to bet that his "source" is Aaron Goodwin?
Why would they? Unless they get a haul They signed a contract extension in good faith. If Dame is having personal issues a reconciliation with Bkazers could be possible and advisable.
I would rather keep Dame and deal with the obvious problems it presents (logjam, chemistry, risk of injury) than selling him at an obvious loss just to get it over with.
Which is what most everyone was expecting before Dame's trade demand. The YouTubers that I watch mainly pointed out that it might be a problem for Anfernee Simons moving forward, which was a popular view in the forum as well. To me, the trade demand might be a good thing for the young players, specifically Scoot Henderson. Dame is no longer the undisputed leader, or even a leader at all anymore. He's a very good veteran who wants to play in Miami.
