This summer has been toxic. Even this morning, Simmons and his lackey KOC went on and on about how Dame is getting out of Portland on a podcast. Getting so tiring hearing this shit. But none of these people have followed Dame like we all have here, and no one remembers the GENUINE desire he has to win here and how often he's verbalized it. He has gone unprompted on multiple occasions on national media to voice these exact same sentiments-- but no one remembers that now apparently. Instead you have bandwagon fans like Ice Cube and his son thirsting over Dame all over ESPN. And people like Stephen A, Chris Haynes, and Simmons now fanning the flames of that fire to drive clicks/views/listens. It's embarrassing frankly. All these cryptic tweets and frustrations from Dame side, the real Dame isn't going anywhere. This is the first time in his career he's flexing his power a bit, and it's clearly warranted. Recall Olshey saying a few weeks back about how he'd welcome Dame driving him every day to take risks in building a better roster. It was a message conveyed (by Dame) and message received (by Olshey). Now let's see what Olshey does. If we're in the same spot next year, it will be time for change, but right now.... all this nonsense is strictly driven by shrills in the media.
If we're talking about Dame... you're totally right. I trust Dame to show up to camp ready to give this season his all regardless. It's Olshey I don't trust. If he takes this season with Dame and fucks it up and Dame demands a trade it will be a demand to Seattle at that point, I would all but guarantee Olshey is out on his ass for the rebuild. If Olshey takes all of Dame's considerable value and gets either a Simmons package or a bunch of young talent and picks and then trades off everyone else in a total blowup rebuild, he probably buys himself three or four years. So my concern is not with Dame, he's the same dude he's been. The problem is Olshey is the same dude that just threw Stotts under the bus and refused to take even a little blame for last season's results. The guy is a snake that I couldn't trust less.
He’s an elite 6th man type. How do you go about convincing a young player who truly believes that he’s a starter/1st option to play the Ginobili role?
