Meeting between Dame and Cronin today

This is not the finished roster, grumpy pants. We can revisit this conversation when training camp comes.

 

If that’s where you get these gotcha moments, I’m good.

 

@hoopsjock mentioned we refused to even talk about Jaylen Brown with the Celtics after Jerami and Dame laid the groundwork.

Is this true??

 

And if they use the taxpayer MLE?

 

absolutely...I only want players who want to be here but if the franchise traded this guy away, I'd move on...when it comes to the NBA my interest has waned over the superteam era anyway..I think Dame is the perfect leader to cheer for. I wouldn't forgive the front office for moving him and wanting to rebuild at this point. I didn't watch one playoff game this year, I watched tennis instead. If Dame wanted out, I'd still cheer for the Blazers and could support the front office in that decision.

 

I don't think it's about the roster itself. Dame wants to go back to making the playoffs every season, and never wants to experience tanking again.
Edit: meaning, what Cronin needs to do is get the Blazers back into the playoffs and be competitive. A big trade doesn't guarantee anything.

 

I'm with Dame on that one

 

Agreed that there are no guarantees.

For me it's all about improving a teams probability of success.

 

Zach is my go-to guy. I would add Raja Bell to this ver good list.

 

That's really really really hard to believe.... Didn't he guarantee Brown would be a Blazer based off his source? If so, his source really led him on by making him that confident, despite the Blazers being unwilling to discuss trading for him.

Do you really think any front office wouldn't even pick up the phone to discuss a trade where they would receive a young, 2nd-team All NBA player? Doesn't pass the smell test what-so-ever.

 

Sounds like that "guarantee" was based on Jerami and Dame, not the FO.

Regardless, this FO is really good at saying one thing and doing another.

 

Come on... you don't really think any front office would turn down a phone call to discuss a young All-NBA player, do you?

There are plenty of reasons to be frustrated without using hyperbolic, unfounded narratives.

PS- I don't mean this to knock Hoopjock. The guy seems to love the team, love Dame, and knows the CBA. However, saying stuff like that is silly.

 

Sounds more like we never asked.

 

If I understand your version of the story... Dame/Jerami had Brown lined up to want to come to Portland, told Cronin, and Cronin never called Boston.

That is incredibly hard to believe. It's hard for me to believe that all teams aren't in communication with each other based on what I know (GSW/PDX may be the exception).

I would hope anyone who thinks critically about the situation might realize why that narrative is being thrown out.

 

There is one possibility that it feels like we are all ignoring.

They reportedly didn’t want Brown because of the money. They reportedly didn’t want Siakam because of the money. They seem to only be happy if they stay under the tax. They LOVE rookie contracts.

Maybe they subscribe to the Donald Sterling school of front office management.

 

They didn't want Siakam because the day before the draft he said he would not sign an extension with any team he was traded to.

They wanted him. But they didn't want him as a 1 year rental, and they didn't want to give up Sharpe.

 

What if they’re stringing Dame along until the new tv deal in March of 2024 and then Jody will sell.