Meeting between Dame and Cronin today

You might be right. He has been EXTREMELY quiet since that meeting. Going to be really interesting to see what happens with Grant today.

 

Yeah, history would tell me that Dame will just stay. That being said when loyalty is so important to someone and they do not feel any loyalty in return they might have a breaking point and if Dame does if we don't do a lot today and over the next few days this may be that breaking point. Hard to say, just the craziest of times to be a fan of our team.

Excited for SL though! Go Blazers!

 

That would be contrary to his last tweet.

 

I did say right after Cronin made his little blurb to the media after the meeting that is exactly what I would have said if Dame asked out. So I could definitely see you being right.

 

Yeah, and to Illmatic's point, if Dame feels like the team misled him and duped him, I could 100% see him deciding that it's time to leave. I think Dame will come back to Portland though. I think he will retire here.

 

You think there is anything definitive about, "Survived too many storms to be bothered by Raindrops."? That shit could mean that him leaving here is nothing but a raindrop. It could mean just about anything having to deal with Dame being tough because of what he's been through.

 

Yeah I could totally see him back here (if he ever leaves) after his current contract... especially if by then there is new ownership.

 

Based on?

 

Hunch. Nothing more. Nothing less.

 

That's all any of us can have right now, we are so in the dark.

 

Which one?

 

Survived too many storms to be bothered by Raindrops.

 

I don't agree with that analysis.
Scoot could very quickly become the 2nd best guard on the team (maybe he already is), with the same or better defense than Anfernee Simons or Shaedon Sharpe.
Scoot has a complementary skillset with Dame, much more than Anfernee Simons.
The player that doesn't make sense playing alongside Dame is Anfernee Simons, not Scoot Henderson. (if we are considering just those two players.)
I think it is a huge misconception that Scoot cannot play off the ball. He has already proven that he can. And other than three-point shooting, he can do so much than Simons can.

 

I get that you think that this case isn't the same, but I'm saying in the eyes of the national media, this is such a clear cut situation and they don't know what to do with it because it's not playing out like they think it should.

 

i noticed in post season presser, first question, Cronin said he was "open minded" about trading this year's rookies & future picks to increase the talent level in Portland. There was not a definite "Yes, we are going to do this".

 

That can be translated to mean anything.

 

maybe.

 

I've always thought it's possible Dame never asks out

but it's sure less of a certainty now than it has been the last 10 years. And I doubt days like today are persuasive for Dame staying, or for him having confidence in Cronin

that said, when I look at the actual free agents that changed teams today, the Blazers haven't missed out on any needle-movers

 

Pretty sure he requested a trade during this meeting. It just didn’t come out.

 

Reading through this thread is hilarious.