Are you one of those crazy fans who wants their team to be legit contenders and even favorites??? Defensive fanboy nonsense aside, an issue with your proposed pivot is that if they moved Dame for just future assets, with Ant, Grant & Nurk they'd still be decent enough to win some games. They'd have to go full tank mode and start making up season ending injuries to have decent enough lotto odds to have any real VW hope STOMP
It’s a tricky situation, but it’s long been evident that you need to strike some luck in the draft to get a contender in Portland. We haven’t had a GM with some balls since Whitsitt and our free agent heap is pathetic. I’m sure you’re aware of this though. But I think if the right offer is on the table, trading Lillard could be a smart move for the franchise. I’ll live in the present though and continue to hope and wish for a championship contender with the present guys.
He played in my town last week. Didn't realize until the game had already started. I'm going to assume it was sold out months in advance so I'm not mad about not going.
I absolutely love Dame. But when I think about the massive fucking haul the Jazz got for Gobert.....man I wish we'd gone all-in on the tank at the start of this season. We'd have Ant and Sharpe highlights every night on our way to an absolute shit record and a really good shot at Wembenyama to boot. Can you imagine fielding this lineup? Ant/Hart/Sharpe/Grant/Wembanyama And that's before we even get to all the amazing first round picks and youngsters tossed in, positioning us for consolidation trades for stars down the road. Hell, maybe we even wind up getting Dame back at some point just so he can set the franchise records. We needed a Danny Ainge-level of ruthlessness and long-term thinking to do it. We got Cronin, who isn't a bad GM. Just not what it really took to pull off such an unpopular move.
