Agreed; if he wanted to pick the team he should've declined the extension last offseason and been a free agent. He gets a nasty injury last season Blazers owe him ~200+ million. You either get to chose your destination or you lock up the bag. You don't get both.
I loved this idea but then I remember the Bulls have shit assets. Honestly though not sure its worse than Miami LMAO. Especially if they can free up a pick or do swaps its might be more comparable, will need to research.
lol, you're gonna take a report from a Heat reporter and say its true and just use it to throw shade on Dame, like you like to do. True or not, any chance you get to make a negative comment on Dame you do lol. Its normal now at this point
Damian Lillard on if he had an issue with Blaers drafting Scoot Henderson: No. Me and Scoot Henderson, we’ve had a few conversations with him coming into the league. That wasn’t a deal breaker for me at all. I respect his game.I think in that position he was the best player available, so that’s what you’ve gotta do if you’ve got the pick. I wasn’t offended at all because, at the end of the day, you’ve gotta come in and play. I’ve been doing this for a long time, so to me, that wasn’t a knock on me or anything. Source: YouTube
Interesting comments from that tweet. Barnes seems to be extremely polarizing. Some fans seem to think Toronto turned down offers for Durant and Brown for Barnes. Therefore no way they would trade him for Dame.
Zach Lowe doesn't throw that comment out unless he has a legit source in Toronto that says they aren't interested in Barnes for Dame. He doesn't need to put out statements for clicks or push one teams agenda like the Heat shills. Aligns with MM comments here as well.
I think, last summer, it is possible that they did turn down all Barnes-for-KD trade proposals. However, that was before his frankly disappointing sophomore season in which he was significantly worse in most of his offensive and defensive advanced metrics (outside of assist rates). He was also rumored to be a bit of problem-spot in the eyes of the veterans on the team, notably Siakam and Van Vleet (of course, now in Houston). Has sufficient bloom come off the rose so that they would trade him now in a Lillard swap? I highly doubt it, but I think the conversation is at least resonable to have at this juncture. I'm not sure Barnes is the sure-fire future star that most saw last summer.
