Calm down. More small market teams have won titles the last two decades than big markets. Blazers do need to get this Dame trade right. But it's not going to change the future of the NBA or something. It's just one all star trade of which there are a few every year. Last 18 months we had 3 superstars demand trades our of NY.... this isn't just a Portland thing and Dame won't be the last.
Now let’s play Devils advocate would you trade 2nd year Dame for a 33 year old player who has been “injured” and never won a damn thing?
Your question started out strong and then really lost credibility. Dame had an injury that he is fully recovered from with virtually zero chance of recurrence and every front office in the league knows he's never won a damn thing because he hasn't had the right team around him. Like I said though, you started out strong and no one should trade a player that they solidly projected to be a perennial all nba selection for a 33 year old all nba selection at the top of his game. We should expect to get a package with a couple of prospects maybe one is viewed to be a solid contributor that may have reached his ceiling and the other could have some upside but hasn't shown much of it to this point. Those would be solid value adds in a package along with picks and possibly a more established talent who isn't all nba level and probably at a position seen as less valuable than guard in a guard driven league. That's what you should get for one of the four best guards in the league who is still at the top of his game especially if you add a starting caliber player outgoing at the same time as the all nba second team guard.
It is true, 5 big markets have won and 6 smaller markets: Denver Milwaukee Toronto Cleveland San Antonio Detroit Golden State LA Dallas Miami Boston How many titles have the Knicks Nets and Clippers played for being in the top 2 markets?
That team would win just as many playoff series as the last version did in the past 4 years.....none. But at least there would be a new vision, much more youth, and a feeling of starting over. No matter how that might work out.
I'm not going to be disappointed about what we get for Lillard, because we're going to stay on the treadmill until he's gone. Dame doesn't want to tank anymore, and the NBA is cracking down on that. He'll keep us a .500 team. The young core needs to get out from under his shadow to grow. Plus we'll have much more financial flexibility with his contract off the books. If we wanted a huge Haul for Dame, I think we needed to have traded him years ago.
yep....looks like some people are already working hard to justify a poor trade maybe it will end up much better after all the details are known. I'm pretty skeptical about that though. I knew the Blazers would have trouble getting 50 cents on the dollar trading Dame, but they may have settled for less than a quarter on the dollar. IMO, no trade is better than a bad trade...always. But again, gotta see all the ancillary components If Ayton is the only significant addition, at the cost of Nurkic...and Dame of course, the Blazers will be a bad team. Really bad. Ayton is an offensive upgrade and a defensive downgrade; about even in rebounding although Nurkic is slightly better right now, my hunch is that 12 teams in the Western Conference will be better: all 5 in the Pacific Division; the other 4 in the the Northwest Division; and 3 in the Southwest. Blazers will be battling Houston and San Antonio for anti-bragging rights. I said 6 years in the lottery earlier. This will pivot on Scoot/Sharpe. If they both explode, Blazers could be better than I expect. But if one settles in at Anfernee level, or worse, Blazers will bad for a long time IMO I guess I shouldn't be complaining....I've been saying for months that if Portland does trade Dame, their best option would be to trade Nurkic, Grant, and Ant. And just suck for a while and hope for amazing lottery luck. Looks like they are on that path
The premise of this article is lame. What has changed? Honestly has this dude been paying attention? What has changed is the teams are reportedly actually going back and forth for the first time. That's what has changed. I've felt like if the two sides stopped posturing in the media and being hellbent on keeping their cards close to their chests/vests or whatever, that shit would get done and that appears to be what is happening. I still think since nothing has been announced yet that the whole thing could fall apart but you have one party that has to be very motivated even if they're trying not to show it because if they want to win a championship, Miami would really benefit from a training camp and full season together. We are also at least a little motivated to turn the page but that shouldn't force too much urgency. Just waiting to see what happens but this dude's article fell a little flat for me.
Yeah if those were the players we acquire, but we get 2 unprotected picks from Miami, unprotected swap, and a good pick for Herro it will be a great trade. If not and the only components are those players it will be a bad trade - no trade would have been much better.
I think what changed is the other 28 front offices in the NBA came back from vacation. This was always going to be a complex multi team deal, so Portland and Miami couldn't really do anything while so many 3rd and 4th teams out on vacation. Also this is a deadline driven league. Draft, trade deadline, free agency, etc. In this case training camp. Teams want to get this resolved then, so its totally fine that it drags on a few months. I'm as eager as you or anyone to move on with hopefully an OK trade and focus on the next Blazers chapter..... but it makes a lot of sense why nothing has happened the last few months.
Dame & Nurk for Simmons, Clax, Royce & 2 picks This really helps the Nets and DL can buddy up. Portland would get two young players that can beef top the front court and one solid veteran in Royce. Makes us good defensive team right away.
How bout quit telling people what to do, it's a free forum and we post what we want with reason, if you don't like it then don't read it
To be fair @KingSpeed / @KSF-ERIC does tend to troll with bullshit tweets that he knows don't have any basis in our reality... he even made up an account one time to do it. I think that shit should stop, or random redditors posts being reposted. At least I wish people would stop littering that shit all over the place in this forum but like you said, we can only make requests no one thinks they have the authority to tell people what to do. Except maybe that tyrant @SlyPokerDog
