lillard is a prick, he wants out, trade him, but not where he wants to go (unless its the best offer)
Who's tripping? Seems like a lot of disagreements with smart ass comments all around here. Been that was for as long as I remember.
Depends what you mean by actively want him gone. I see a lot of people who think the team is better with younger assets. That's just logic. If Dame was 25 nobody would want to move him or prioritize picks/youth over building around Dame.
People worried about Lillard being traded or wanting him traded. Yeah, that's true. Lots of smart asses around here.
Honestly, i don't think much about you at all. Couldn't care less what you want, think or feel. RIP CITY
Well I'm rude all the time around here. I'm right a ton, although probably wrong more then that. Brown was playing about 30mpg and they sat MPJ to play him at the end of games so not sure what your point is. He was a huge addition. Blazers instead paid more money to hard cap themselves for GP2. Blazers traded away Hart for a late pick. Not sure how anyone can think the Blazers have a path to contend soon with Dame.
I never said it wasn't a national story. I'm correcting your incomplete/misleading summary of what Dame did or did not say. He did not say what other teams he wanted to be traded to. He answered a multiple choice, hypothetical question, where staying in Portland was purposely excluded as an option. Doesn't mean it won't make people talk. Doesn't mean he won't ever ask for a trade. Also doesn't mean he said he wanted to play for another team.
Yes, the marriage analogy isn't great. A marriage and playing on a team aren't nearly the same priority. For one thing, you can't just go and trade your wife or husband.
Yeah, one is supposed to be a permanent, mutual relationship. The other is a finite, contractual relationship. Bad analogy.
Remember when the commissioner said he was going to crack down on tanking? Distribute heavy fines to teams resting perfectly healthy star players right before the games. How did Portland skirt around paying enormous fines after benching everyone, and clearly losing on purpose during the final 3 weeks?? that answer is simple, because there aren't enough star players in Portland's roster to enact fineable offenses. Blazers had 3 lousy games on National TV last season. Opposing NBA fans don't care what the Blazers do. Of course if you throw Lillard trade rumors into the headlines, all hell breaks loose in the NBA realm. There are several fantastically popular teams (and their fans) who would love to trade scrubs & picks, for the Blazers lone All-Star who was arguably the best PG in basketball last year.
But it's worth the try. Again, people are too quick to "Blow the whole thing up" and "start over". Make the additions and at least go down fighting. This wussy , give up thinking, makes me sick. There's been greatness that's come out of despair . If you add players the next couple years, a tweak, here or there, and it doesn't succeed, start over then. Not now. There will be other, potential, great players to be had in another few years. Count on it.
Blow up the whole thing? We had the 5th worst record in the league and only one all star caliber player… what is there to blow up LOL. It’s not worth a try if you have to give up the 3rd pick in a loaded draft. It may take decades to get another top 3 pick.
What makes you think the team isn't doing their best to get Dame some help? They are not gonna get ripped off in the process; if the value is not there, then I don't blame them for not taking it. As I put in another thread, I am all for helping Dame and giving him some good complementary pieces, but if it doesn't work out, then it is what it is. Pick a very good player at 3, and let's just move forward with what we got.
I've traveled quite a bit and my thinking is there are lots of smart asses everywhere....lots of dumb asses too
If you wait a couple years to start over, you lost the 3rd pick in this draft, and you lost any possible assets you would get for Dame… and now you have ruined the Shaedon Sharpe era for a pie in the sky attempt to be competing for a few year while Dame is 33-36.
Agree to disagree. Blazers have a near zero chance of building a contender around Lillard. He's too old and the team is too far away without enough veteran talent. I don't see the assets to get the other elite players needed, unless some home run trade such as Embiid or Zion can hit. The Blazers need to build up youth/picks. I'm fine if Lillard want to stick around for that, I'm not saying the Blazers have to trade him. If they hit on a few picks then they'd have the salary space to also have some starters. Maybe they could still win with Lillard, but he'd be a Kidd in Dallas complementary piece, not the centerpiece.
I feel like the Blazers have been doing this for all of Cronin tenure and nearly all of Olshey. Blazers are nowhere close to contending. At some point adding a player or tweak as you say just isn't going to matter.
