LMA's camp is now claiming that all his bogus statements about staying, wanting to be the best Blazer ever, etc, were actually the team's idea. He lied, but only cuz mean old Mr Olshey made him.
With all the things you're saying lately, I'm starting to think that Olshey is telling YOU what to say.
What if Aldridge's selfish intention is to burn our franchise to the ground so he doesn't have to bare to watch us succeed without him?
LMA isn't claiming "I changed my mind." He is claiming Olshey asked him to lie. Rather a major difference!
I don't care about him changing his mind. I was defending him and his decision. I'm pissed that he wants to create more damage
Reading BlazersEdge and the source contacted BlazersEdge directly and give them this information.....just hours after Aldridge leaves What a crock of shit
That's the main evidence right there. If their publicists were smart, it would have been linked at draft day.
I don't see it as a lie as much as a calculated diversion to accomodate Neil's contingency. Go ahead and hate the guy..I refuse to get all stressed about it. I'm still an Aldridge fan..still an Olshey fan.
When someone trolls you the best way to get back at them is pretend the dont exist. Aldridge was never happy here. The fans never embraced him. We chanted marcus camby and Gerald Wallace over this guy name. Why? Because deep down we all saw the truth, the dude isnt a get the hard work done and leave it all on the court kind of guy, and that is the kind of player portland fans love. So move on guys. Dude left for where he always wanted to go and we got work horses. Work horses we can cheer for. Work horses and loyal guys that deserve their names chanted.
So just like that.. You bought into the notion that this was concocted by the LA Camp? Keep in mind who his agent is. The respect he has around the league. It wouldn't be surprise me at all if Neil did it. We've established Neil as a liar.
Oh for fucks sake, this is a petty swipe at the blazers, with whom BE has had beef with since last year about credentials. What the absolute fuck, if anyone believes BE at this point they need their heads checked. Some "unnamed sources"... I hope olshey comes out and bashes them for the frauds they are.
How do we even know that it was LMA that called Freeman? It could have been Olshey pretending to be LMA.
Dave seems to have been in full 'hate Olshey' mode for sometime now and has lost some objectivity both in columns and on his podcast. Probably not paying much attention until he calms down a bit. I get that he loves the team and is a massive fan and appreciate the content but good grief, it's been full blown vitriol for a while with no objectivity to any other side of the story or viewpoint.
About what? It's pretty obvious he knew LA was leaving, but when? It's conceivable that he still thought LA would stay last summer. I just find it highly highly unlikely that Aldridge would agree to say those things if he didn't actually believe them.