Zombie Damian Lillard to request trade in coming days (nope, he's not.)

I bet he's not the only only NBA player looking at the finals right now and thinking these aren't exactly two powerhouse teams for the ages. That plus being on the big stage of the Olympic team probably has him thinking of bigger things than a 1st round exit.

 

To the point that everyone on social media is adding 2 and 2 and arriving at 1,673,408, some Warriors fans are speculating they could get Nurk or RoCo WITH Dame for Wiseman, Wiggins, Poole and this year's two first round picks because "Nurk said he's gone if Dame's gone."

 

it's a fool's errand to go down this path trying to see his likes, etc. he's generally disengaged in the summer and with how much Amara and Casey post, it's hard to like EVERYTHING.

But if we insist on going down the rabbit hole on IG, there was one post that was concerning. From his fiance yesterday (yes, i follow her, ugh). She was posting a bday message to him with 6 pics, none in Blazers gear. And the message:

"Happy Birthday to the man of my dreams & thank the lord my reality as well. I pray this next year brings you peace from all avenues. & I promise to do my best to be your peace at home. I love you babies.

 

Those may be small contributors, but clearly the main issue is not putting together a winning team.

 

Ride his contract out. 3 years to get a title. If not, rebuild. Pretty simple to me

 

And dont give me the distraction bullshit. Winning solves everything....and he wont sit out, doubt he's the type

 

Yeah…

His refusal to trade CJ for Harden.

 

I've gone so far down the rabbit hole with Dame this off-season, part of me is even okay with a trade. Provided there is a centerpiece, and we get a godfather pick package back. Dame may even return to us after his current deal is over!

But either way, the rabbit hole has just fueled my thoughts that he's not fully committed at the moment, and it's just crazy that some people are realizing it just now.

 

Yeah, that's what gets him telling Neil to put together a contender this season or he wants out... it's not too far to go from there to... "fuck it just trade me now"

 

I thought about that. Nets traded 8 years of draft control. Yeah, those first few years are worthless, but the tail end of those picks/swaps could be lottery. And the Rockets were clearly not valuing on-court ability. They traded LeVert and Allen for more picks and a broken Oladipo. They wanted to lose to keep their pick this year. Not sure they would have valued McCollum unless there was a third team willing to move some value for him.

 

LOL

FUCK DAME

 

Huh? No... I'd rather he be on my team. The number of teams that have ALL the following are EXTREMELY minimal:
1) are competing and are uninterested/don't have the assets to trade for Dame.
2) would be interested in and capable of providing an equal value return for non-Dame Blazers pieces that would produce a better Blazers roster enticing Dame to stay.

I honestly can't think of a competing team that has attractive assts for the Blazers that would want a CJ or Nurk package now knowing that they could potentially make a play for Dame in a month. Maybe a team like Indiana who understands that Dame would never want to go to Indiana? The list is extremely short.

 

His refusal? Lol trust me Houston hung up and laughed

 

Yeah, but we are already at the stage Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony etc. etc. were in the past. Looking more and more likely that he will be moved in the near future. That shit is depressing. If he's moved this off-season, he won't even supplant Clyde at the top of the scoring list.

 

Can you blame him? Look at the franchise he plays for. He deserves better

 

Dame getting his Gold Medal this year and an NBA title next year… not bad

 

step back a bit, don't think we're there yet.

 

22-23 offers such an easy path for a reset button, it's kind of hard for me to believe Olshey would entertain trading Dame even if Dame requested a trade right now. Likely, his hubris would have him keeping Dame, tinkering the roster again, and believing that we could make a deep run that would assuage Dame's displeasure.

 

Fair enough. I wouldn't think you'd try to trade him immediately, and you can certainly try to change his mind first. Unfortunately, if people believe you need to trade your star, I do think they are less likely to give significant value for your parts. You'd have to be Pau Gasol-to-the-Lakers lucky... it's possible though I suppose.