This is exactly where I am. It is tough for me to see a team to which we could trade Dame where after we got back our trade value that could legitimately compete for a championship. In my mind, he would be better off staying here and being the veteran leader of a team that in a couple of years may be able to compete for that very ring he wants. I think Dame can play for at least another five years at a high level. That's well within our window.
Great interview, hadn't seen it thanks! We a fortunate to have a person and a player like Dame. The man is at peace with himself, family, and profession.
I understand that maybe we didn't get the best offer for #3.... but Joe said there was a lot of interest in #23. That a lot of teams were calling about it. To me... not trading #23 is a bigger indictment on his intentions than not trading #3.
maybe, but I'd imagine the Cronin's gauge for trading 23 was if it would look right to Dame. The offers might not have been for much I never really believed the Blazers would trade the 3rd pick. But I did think that 23rd might have gone out. My dead horse of Ant + 23 for DDR my hunch at this point is that the two guys Cronin gave 170M to last summer don't have much value
If we're putting a bunch of weight on the trade offer reports being leaked by teams prior to the draft, then we're also probably coming to false conclusions. I don't think Sharpe should be considered untradable. I also haven't seen reported trade for Sharpe where I was like "how did Cronin turn that down?!?"
If the deal for #23 was not a needle mover to help Dame, why would he pull the trigger so quickly? Wait until it is. If they never get a better offer then the worst-case scenario would be we lose them (Ant and filler) for someone who is good but not as good as we all hoped for. But we don't know what those offers were.
And since we don’t know, and he said Scoot was the best talent that could be acquired with the pick, we go with that
