I don’t think people should boo Dame when he comes back in January, but can we get a “fuck you goodwin” clap clap clapclapclap
Forgive me if this has been posted but here's a bit from Dame's goodbye letter to Portland. He really is a class act. Thanks for the memories Dame! He concluded his letter by reflecting on how special his time here was, saying he leaves “with nothing by love for the fans and this city.” “Even in this moment I feel sad that we never accomplished what I so badly wanted to. I don’t cry much, but I know my love for you is real because I am for sure dropping some tears right now,” Lillard said. “Rip City you know my heart and where I stand because I’ve stood there for over a decade so to have to move off my square hurts my heart.” Saying the show must go on with or without him, the Letter O bid Blazers fans goodbye while instilling the slightest, aching glimmer of hope for the future. “I do believe a day will come where I put a Blazers uniform on again, and hopefully by then I’ll be forgiven for breaking your hearts along with my own.” Damian Lillard writes long, heartfelt letter to Rip City: ‘Dame Time has run out’ - oregonlive.com
For the most part, and throughout his career, I have been in the Dame-is-the-best camp. After the trade request I vacillated I will admit, and lately I’ve gone back and forth, but after that goodbye letter and the Haynes article I think fuck Joe Cronin.
Dame will return to RipCity in January….the fans will welcome him back like we’ve never seen or heard in the RG before….he will then score 72 on us in a Bucks 150-149 Bucks win!
This is my take as well. Dame trusted his agent and let his agent handle it. His agent destroyed the relationship between Dame and the team before Dame could salvage it. Dame probably did the right thing in letting his agent handle it. If it were a better agent. But it wasn't a better agent. It was this piece of shit. I don't blame Dame or Cronin. I'd have hurt feelings if I were either of them. And I probably wouldn't be excited about talking to each other at the practice facility.
It ended more contentious than it needed to it seems. Much of that may be on Goodwin, but he doesn't do that without Dame's permission. But the waffling had been going on for a couple of seasons. What was the direction? There may have to be some discussions. I want to be where I can compete. That wasn't going to end if he stayed here. He was doing constant interviews for the passed couple of of seasons that did nothing but raise questions. So the natural next step happened.... and to an amazing opportunity for him. Always liked the Giannis version of the Bucks and will even moreso now.
Really? I thought the opposite. Dame put in the thank yous, then Goodwin's office cleaned up the grammar and syntax. As for the last page, it seems a bit calculated to me. That doesn't mean it wasn't heartfelt (it got me, absolutely), but it was too smooth to be from Dame only. My guess is that farewell letter was worked on like a State of the Union speech.
