Rumor was Dame didn't like Ayton and was big on Nurk. Probably as stupid as LeBron pushing the Lakers to trade away all their title winning role players for Westbrook. Thats why GM's should run the team and not let stars decide roster moves.
Grant as the foundation of building a contender around Dame is a horrible decision, not sure how you can call that right. Hart made sense on a ton of rosters, paired in backcourts with short guards (Dame/Ant/Scoot/CJ/etc) and Hart was young enough to make sense if we were winning now or in future season of a rebuild.
It was right if you wanted to keep Dame who wanted Grant. Agree. But he did not make sense on a roster built around Dame that needed to be within the tax limit imposed by management with Dame endorsing Grant.
It's not like you would not hear complaints about that, like the Complaints we hear about Cronin not willing to trade the #3 for some sub-par veteran to keep Dame. The most likely scenario, they tried to appease Dame within the constraints they had, it failed, Dame pushed for more veteran moves, the FO decided that enough was enough and they were not going to repeat the NeO mistake or selling picks for cheap for a RoCo like package and the star (Dame) requested a trade. So, in reality, both scenarios likely played here. They tried to appease the star, when it was clear it was not a great move (Let's face it, LaGDame is not great at GMing) - they went the other way and he wanted out.
Suns did not seem ready to move off Ayton at that point, certainly not for a package we could have come up with.
Blah blah blah. All BS excuses to make it seem like he wouldn't have taken the same deal the Knicks offered him. Hart said he just wanted to be WANTED. There have been numerous sources that said Hart just wanted a long term commitment and to know he was staying put for the next few years of his playing career. The Blazers never offered that to him nor did they ever make it seem like Hart was part of their long term plans. While he was here (And even after), Hart sung praises about the organization and the people. He loved (loves) Damian Lillard. You don't think he would have wanted to stay if the Blazers made him feel wanted? I don't doubt that he, in a vacuum, enjoys NY more than Portland, but the Blazers could have kept Hart if they wanted to. I will die on that hill.
He's more impactful on the floor than just about every player on our roster, stats be damned. His stats sucked with us last year too but every impact and on/off stat had him as the 2nd or 3rd best player on the roster after Dame.
I just disagree. There was plenty of smoke that his wife didn't want to come out west. Was it worth the risk of letting him walk for nothing?
This shit has honestly been the most tiresome part of this season. Not the losing. Not the struggles of Scoot. Not the coaching. It has been the endless whinging about what may or may not have been available from Miami, and this rehashing of Hart. I really don't understand the point of it.
Then stop Nate. It's that simple. Not picking on ya at all but it seems you bring this conversation up and or enter it consistently. We reap what we sow.
Kind of amazing that you insist on reading it and responding to it when you absolutely don't have to. You must be some kind of masochist.
So the "risk" was losing out on Kegle Murray, and the reward was having Josh Hart? Seems like a no brainer bet to me.
Well maybe you can go to a different thread then? You know you don't have to read and post on every single thread of this site. This is a thread about Josh Hart, some of us were bigger fans of him than possibly anyone else on the roster. We can post about why we are disappointed in the Blazers decision to trade him and some of their stupid strategic directions. If you want to go live in a fantasy land about how great every decision the Blazers take is then please go ahead and do that elsewhere.
Your the one WHINING about other posters discussing moves the Blazers did. If you don't want to read about Josh Hart, why are you reading a thread about Josh Hart?
Makes me question how big of a Blazers fan you are if people posting about Miami or Hart on this board bother you more than the disappointments of Scoot, this roster, and a bunch of vets attaining 21 wins. But please go ahead and let us know.
