Dame all but demanding vet roster

how can anybody interpret the true meaning of social media posts? I sure can't and I suspect quite often the people posting can't either

 

I just play total "Homer Fan" and make it mean exactly what i want it to mean. Even when it's only the way I see it!

 

Why do you let stuff like this upset you so much? You bitch about EVERYTHING bro….ON and OFF the court. #DeepBreaths

 

He also posted a 40 minute IG live while playing with his kids in the evening during Game 1 of the Phoenix series. Think we all need to relax

 

Did you see me way in the back? I thought I was getting invited over to hang….he had me wash his cars FAMS!

 

Washing cars AND mowing lawns? Quite handy to have around.

 

Still gotta pay bills in the offseason.

 

So playoffs aren’t important to him?

 

I've very relaxed about it, just pointing out the obvious. Thanks for your concern though.

 

No but do people not realize how embedded he is in thr community? Dude has built a compound in the city and lile 90% of his fam lives in PDX. He's shown us time and again that he is upfront about everything. If he is going to leave, he will tell the FO without playing games on IG.

 

They can't

 

Yeah, I don't think he'd ever post a cryptic hint if he was set on leaving. I think Dame would keep that hush hush and just let the FO get the most they could for him going to a situation that was also good for him.

This has to be about guys that are going to have to be dealt (I'm assuming both Ant and Nurk) and Dame is keeping it cryptic so he doesn't fuck up the deal but when something is on Dame's mind he does seem to feel like he needs to post about it and I think that's his prerogative.

 

Maybe he just thought it was wise.

 

So no needle moving

STOMP

 

Oh I think the needle will move. I just don't know how much in picks we will overpay to move that needle and if that needle will move to the point where we are contenders or just a playoff team vying for HCA.

 

Dame has learned to fuck with the media...I think it's him having fun and rattling some cages after the media barrage he gets put on him every offseason. also seems like he's on a recruiting tour out of the gate. ..I expect the needle to move this summer..

 

The media barrage is not "put on him". Dame chooses to go on Stephen A's show, he chooses to go on Dan Patrick... Dame chooses every interview he gives. The only thing Dame doesn't choose is who comments on those interviews or his media availability that the team/league mandates. I don't think he is just rattling cages, I think he was likely told things by Joe that elicited the IG response.

I think Joe has proven that he is fastidious about having things lined up. The dude has plans and backup plans. He obviously had the Jerami deal set in stone way before it happened. So I'm pretty sure he already has deals in place depending on where the pick lands and he probably just informed Dame that all of the deals have at least Ant or Nurk outgoing and likely both. I know it sounds like I'm assuming a lot and I am but I think they are pretty solid assumptions/deductions.

 

Needles can move both directions. It’s pretty certain that if Cronin makes the changes Dame is asking for that the needle will move in a positive direction, at least in terms of wins. The question is, by how much? If the Blazers trade Dame, it’s also pretty probable that the needle will go in a negative direction with a young roster. The question in that event is, for how long?

 

I watched like 25 mins of it. If I didn’t have to get moving I would’ve watched the whole thing.