Yeah….. I thought Dame was worth a lot more than it seems he is worth. I have listened to a lot of national guys and none of them really think he’s worth a haul. The Miami package isn’t great but there’s just not many teams out there that realistically fit for him. If he was 31 the story would be different. We should have traded him two years ago.
like I said, it’s a bad deal now or a worse deal later. If I’m Cronin I pull the trigger the day before camp and just take the loss.
Oh he won’t play for us again. It’d hurt his value. I think both Cronin and Dame would agree there. And I don’t think the Miami deal is a loss for us, because having a definitive direction as a franchise has its own value that can’t be measured. Kind of like letting your ex get a sweet deal in the divorce. They feel like they got a good deal but freedom wasn’t in her side of the equation like it was for you.
Funny seeing the people who hated Olshey not trading Aldridge before he walked are some of the same people saying we should take back garbage from Miami. Like Aldridge leaving for nothing, getting nothing of significant value for Dame might very well hinder the prospective success that Scoot/Shaedon can have.
it’s nerf or nothing. Nobody is going to give us a better offer for Dame so what do you propose? Keep him? Just… get nothing back?
Aldridge walking for nothing = zero value. Trading Dame to Miami = at least some picks and some young players. The situations are not at all the same.
Yeah, we have Dame under contract for the next four seasons. With that said, Dame is by far a bigger star than LaMarcus ever was so he'll likely get his way. If the Heat can find a team that will give up an unprotected first and expirings for Herro, if they will send us Jaquez, Jovic, Orlando Robinson, Lowry and their unprotected firsts in 2024, 28 and 30 for Dame and Nurk. Then I think we should make that deal. Three prospects, four unprotected first round picks and expiring contracts that can teach our rookies the ropes seems like enough for me.
Don't act like Dame is all of sudden a broken toy. He just had 32/7/5. He is bit older, but he is still perfectly good Ferrari. I'm sure there will be some teams, that wants Ferrari for Xmas time. Fuck Miami's "offer".
I don't know what is going on with some people's thinking. Dame just finished a fantastic season. Scoot Henderson is ready to win now, not 3-4 years from now. If the Blazers can't get good value in a trade, Dame is under contract for three more seasons. It's entirely fair to have him play those seasons in Portland on a team trying to win every single game.
And that 32 points per game, highest in his career, was done at the highest efficiency of his career. A perfectly good Ferrari is right.
What crap are people talking, we just gotta take Heat's crap and if we don't now, it will get worse later.... Seems like it's more the Croinin backers trying to take some heat off Cronin in some odd way. KD was 34 going on 35 when he was just traded. Dame came off his best season, stop it.
I think many teams are going to balk at the last 2 years of his contract, which balance out the value of the upcoming 2 years. With the situation the Blazers are in, it would be a good move just to move him for any assets, because in 2 years it will probably be impossible to do so without taking on equal dead weight.
Maybe, but I don't think Dame's value is as high. Maybe because there are more of a plethora of guards that can score. Durant is also a pretty good defender.
No way we cave and send him to Miami because of the narrative being created. None. Nada. He'll stay a Blazer unless he opens it up and says he'll play for other teams. Bottom line.
Wrong --- the Blazers promised Dame they would help him get to the team of his choosing the only reason ( conjecture but prolly facts ) that he only chose Miami is cause the Blazers lied / mislead him on there plans for this offseason.
Jeenathon Williams has been waived today leaving us with 12 guys signed including Dame....sign of moves to come...he had to be guaranteed or let go by Aug 1st.
