I don't think Dame has it in him to sit out and leave millions on the table. If he didn't show up for training camp the Blazers can just fine him. If we hold our ground the list will expand.
I don't think the millions have anything to do with it, he's like Durant and wants to hoop, he also has a lot of respect for people and teammates. I'm sure he has a lot of mixed feelings and sadness about asking out. I'd tend to think he'll expand the list close to training camp and push to get this done but if it came to it he rejoins the Blazers as awkward as that would be. I think he actually hopes for all the best with Scoot and would want to mentor him, but would prefer to do it from another team or privately as Roy did with him.
I think Grant is superior but I'd love to get Duren with Scoot and Shae for the rebuilding of this foundation. Remember though, Detroit took back salary to get Duren. Our ownership group would have never signed off on that.
We can only take one (2029) because we owe our pick protected to Chicago all the way to 2028. The wording makes it unclear whether we have a 1st round pick in any of the years between now and 2028, so we can't technically swap our picks between those years.
Given how loose everyone's lips are from Dame's side, if the deal really was done already, we woulda found out already
I have never seen the media so divided over a subject. There's Dame's guys and there's ESPN. But it seems like only Dame's guys are attacking the credibility of the other side.
And maybe he would show up. But if he didn't, he is a moron leaving all those millions on the table by keeping his list at 1 if he really doesn't want to be with us anymore.
Incorrect, we can do 2025 and 2027 swaps they would just be conditional. Its guaranteed one of them would be in full effect since we can't lose both 2025 and 2027 picks. Its very possible, if not likely, both swaps would be in effect. Additionally if we get for example a 2027 pick from Brooklyn or another 3rd team for Herro we can guarantee the 2027 swap will fully be available.
Not anything significant that extended past the season. Pistons had to eat Kemba Walker's deal which I believe had multiple years left.
he'll probably claim the Blazers can do a provisional swap. Portland can ante up a lottery pick with the remote chance Miami would have a higher lottery pick
You also would not have Joe saying "it could take a while".....if it was done. At least one of the tweets he listed from Woj.... was from July 1st? That is almost two weeks ago.
Dame is currently in DR, a short hop from South Beach. He probably planned the trip for his bday this wknd and wanted to be close to MIA if a deal happened. Too bad for him that it's not that easy.
So the Hornets gave up a lottery pick just to get rid of one year's worth of salary to Kemba Walker? And people think Jordan knew what he was doing when drafting Miller. LMAO.
If we get screwed in this Miami deal my opinion on Dame is going to sour. Really liked how he represented himself just hope it wasn’t all one big BS job. Don’t screw up everything you built in Portland only to turn around and be everything you said you despised
I believe Kemba was on the Knicks and they used the cap space to sign Brunson. Yeah the Knicks gave up the Duren pick but got that 2025 Milwaukee pick and with signing Brunson its kind of a rare big win big win move for both teams involved. Blazers are probably the team that lose in that deal; getting stuck with Grant and having to give him $160 million - no Duren and no 2025 pick.
