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

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  1. Idog1976

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    Of course you won’t because a Grey area lets you assume victory. Where as everyone correctly saying that it had negligible impact (read an additional future first in a blockbuster) means you’re point is basically without merit because the impact is tiny at best.
     
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    blazedanugz Well-Known Member

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    sure.
    If you look at my last response to blazerkor I saw the other side of the story and admitted that my stance wasn’t as strong as I thought.

    read posts then post
     
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    I'm glad the tables have turned and now Abbot is getting shit on. Fuck Abbott!
     
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    The truth is you were right about free agency. We can't blame Dame if the team still isn't steady when free agency hits, that will still be on Olshey for not taking into consideration the time sensitive nature of this situation. Urgency was Dame's goal and hopefully (because it doesn't cripple Neil's ability to trade) Neil will make the trades urgently so it doesn't cripple his already very limited abilities in free agency.
     
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    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    Nah, it's a bad situation he put himself into and Dame was right to burn him down but it's sad that he's ruining his career.
     
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    I did it didn’t seem you were backing off at all when I responded. I see later you did and cheers to that. Consider my response revoked.
     
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    stop liking all my posts now hahaha

    cheers
     
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    I’m actually pretty sure our FA signings get a lot better actually. How? Because Dame has forced a CJ + assets for Simmons/Siakam like trade and who wouldn’t want to play with Dame and one of those guys?
     
  9. Chris Craig

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    Abbott is fucking toast

    Should have kept his mouth shut. Glad he didn't. He just screwed himself. His credibility and reputation are gone. Not that he had any to begin with.

    Told you guys he was a weasel
     
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    Respond Abbott...dig your hole deeper
     
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    All the guy had to say is that what he reported was based on information from credible sources, but obviously he defers to what Dame is telling him directly. Instead he’s falling on his sword. Man, get a grip.
     
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    No he should have what Dame refers to as "say less". I hope he just stops digging. I love that Dame stood up for himself and burnt this dude but it's still so sad to see someone destroy their career in a needless way.
     
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    He should have said less. Instead he dug his own grave and now he is burrying himself in it.
     
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    I keep thinking he might be one of the Horde's other personalities from "Split."
     
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    Its obvious that Dame keeps up on twitter and forums.
     
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    Weird hill to die on but at least you're dead.jpg
     
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    Get this irony ... guy reporting on Dame has direct access to Dame for at least a half-hour and can use that time for an exclusive interview to clear things up and cement his rep. Instead uses the opportunity to argue with interview subject and tries to defend himself the entire time to the very guy he's been reporting about through indirect sources.

    That's a very thin-skinned person and that doesn't make for a good journalist. He's making himself the bigger story.

    Like I said when this all began, Abbott's rep was made as a marketer who became the launching point for some really good journalists. His own rep as a journalist wasn't nearly as solid. And guess what, he's looked like a marketer through all of this.
     
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    Wow, Abbott is clueless! Whether his “source” was true, exaggerated or a flat out lie, he has tarnished his reputation on center stage.

    Yea, good luck publicly calling one of the most respected players in the league a liar. He’s the one that needs to be careful.
     
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