I don't think anyone wants some Olshey shit this time around. Either we use and keep the picks that we have along with Shae and probably Ant to start a youth rebuild or we use everything at our disposal to make a move or moves that are much much more than marginal improvements.
If Dame was ever going to ask out, it would’ve happened a long time ago. Only way he leaves is if we decide to move on.
That just isn't what he has sounded like this off season. I don't think Dame will have to ask out because I believe him when he says that he told the team he isn't down with more young guys and isn't going to do a rebuild with youth. So Dame is making management decide between what he wants and trading him.
Just because Dame doesn’t want young players doesn’t mean he would leave if we did use the pick. He’s just saying what he prefers but he has said OVER AND OVER that he wants to play his whole career in Portland. We just tanked TWICE and he hasn’t asked out.
He literally said multiple times this off season that he is not here or not on board with the team building through the draft. He has also said he thinks the team is on the same page as him. He has always said that he will be here as long as the team wants him here but he understands it's a business. I the team doesn't want to try and win during Dame's prime they will obviously choose to move on from him... or I guess they could just disrespect the greatest player in team history year after year until he retires.
He doesn’t
“I don't have much of an appetite for bringing in guys two and three years away from really going after it. I think we get Shaedon at 19, and he's just different. Just being around him, his disposition, how he listens, his frame, his natural talent, and his ability. I think that's enough for 19-year-olds. You probably won't find one that will come along the way he has. I'm just not interested in that. And this is not a secret. I want a chance to go for it. And if the route is to do that, then that's not my route. I think we're all in line with doing what we got to do to put a team together that we can actually go out there and get something done." - Damian Lillard
Don't list the last players we got with the #1 pick...
Pretty sure it was an interview. Probably saw repeated and paraphrased in several places
I don’t think trading Little gets us our 1st back at this point.
That's very possible but for some reason I feel like he's driven that point home in more than one interview but one is enough for me so I'm not doing to leg work to find any other times he might have said it since our season ended. I will say that Dame has been chatty this early off-season/post season.
Yes, he has
I might just be someone just be the biggest Nas homer-turned-doubter person, but I don’t think Nas is worth even the 30th pick. I think that at this point Nas + a 2nd is worth the same as two 2nds.
Do we have any info on other people they are working out? Where did you find this?
I do, not sure about others
This is called "damning with faint praise"
Nas' main problem is staying healthy. His game has improved each year. I think he's a late bloomer like many young players. His contract is friendly as well. I'm sure you hope he continues to get better as well. But the injury thing is got you in the , i'm out mode. I get it. I'm still in, but also think he could be involved in a deal this offseason.
Developmental for sure. The St. Johns Squatch G League Team is gonna be all 6- 8 and above players.
Yeah, I actually like Beekman at pick 43. If we don't intend to acquire a vet backup PG if we trade Ant then Beekman and Mays competing for time behind Dame would make sense.
I think if we don't get number one you won't have to research any of them.
