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

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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Dame with Curry, Harris, and Embiid is arguably better

    Of course one scenario sees Dame traded for Simmons, whereas the other sees Simmons traded for CJ. The latter option seems less likely than the former, as of late.
     
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    I think if we're going to go with the "sources" one way, we need to go with them the other way.
     
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    I don't know man.... Dame is about loyalty. In a big way. If he sees the team as basically shitting on his loyalty, after he played the one card that he has, I could see him being furious.
     
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    That is assuming they aren't doing stuff with his approval
     
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    This would mean that Simmons has gone wayyyy down hill if CJ’s value gets to a point that he’s more valuable than Simmons.

    it would tell me that things have gone very well for CJ and thus the team - and I would not then trade CJ for Simmons. It’s quite logical
     
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    @KingSpeed can you post something positive please, thanks - HB
     
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    Not really. We got 3 almost same guards and Morey needs one of them. We need size and defense. Let's say, at this point Simmons is worth CJ++. We can let shoot CJ to keep him shiny and Simmons can do Griffin to Philly. When that happen trade will be better for us - CJ for Simmons++. This is logical imo. There is no point to rush this trade just because fans are going crazy.
     
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    We just as well could have picked up Patrick Beverly but opted for MacLemore….Snell….? Not sure management is serious about building around Dame!
     
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    Beverly sucks. He’s not even good at defense any more. Took a huge step back last year.
     
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    On top of that, he's making 14 million dollars next year. How are we "picking him up" exactly?
     
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    wow....I wasn't aware Beverly was making over 13M a year. Yikes!
     
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    Wow! I’m not here to defend Beverly but give me him ANY DAY over who Neil has “improved the team with” - yikes!
     
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    Trade! I can name several. DJJ for one…
     
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    Djj doesn't work. You want djj and Nas for Beverly?
     
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    No, DJJ and Blevins ;)
     
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    The $ doesn't work. Sorry
     
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    Is he building a drama again? And then he'll say media are building a drama?
     
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    This isn't on Dame. This is on our incompetent gm.

    If Dame wants an upgraded roster I hope we trade him somewhere he has a chance. I'll root for him anywhere.
     
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    from what i have heard on national media (sirius nba) the Blazers are Neil's team, not Dame's. Neil calls the shots on the roster and coaching. It's not like Lebron in LA. Naturally, Dame has input, but it's just input.
     
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