Dame asks for trade (And there it is)

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Just a few thoughts before knowing everything that transpired:

Obviously, I'm disappointed, although admittedly not as much as a lot of forum members. I've been a Blazer fan through the trades of Walton and Drexler, the buyout of Brandon Roy. It's the nature of sports things that they change.

I'm disappointed that this couldn't be made to work. I'm disappointed that the Blazers couldn't have done something to make Dame feel it was worth staying here for at least a few months. I'd hope Cronin made every realistic attempt to do that and it wasn't just a PR ploy to make it less obvious they were trying to force Dame to be the one to blink and request the trade.

Either way, I understand the things that played into the Blazers making some of the moves they made and not making desperation moves that they didn't, and I don't fault them for that.

I also don't fault Dame for requesting the trade if that's what he wants, if that's going to make him happy.

Now, I'm not going to say playing this out the way it did doesn't diminish Dame in my eyes to some degree. Without doubt, he was a special talent with a great story, and it was a pleasure to be able to watch him and to have him on the only NBA team of which I ever was a fan.

That being said, this still seems to me to go against so much of the persona he's built in Portland, about not running from the grind, about just wanting a competitive foundation, about the community. It does seem to make at least some of that, to me, seem hollow now. Things could have changed in the last year about how he viewed winning a championship in relation to his legacy. Maybe he just got tired of all the questions or he bought into some of them. Maybe his ego just got the better of him. I don't know him personally, so I don't know, but the semi-demands and then the wishy-washiness of that and now he's not only demanding a trade but a trade to the reigning Eastern Conference champ, it just looks a bit like the Dame we were shown all these years was at least a bit of a PR creation, because this is the exact opposite of what that character would do ... not in asking out, but letting this whole thing play out as it did and dragging fans that had invested in him through it.

I'm not going to wish Lillard well in Miami or wherever. I'm indifferent to his future except when it directly impacts the Blazers. He was a special player who played for the team I love and he was well-compensated to do so, and he'll be just as well-compensated in his next stop and the stop after that and the stop after that. His reputation, barring some extenuating circumstance that has yet to be revealed, has been somewhat tarnished in my eyes, though, and I can now view him just as a special basketball player but also as a normal, average person who doesn't always believe his own BS and switches up when it suits him. He's a great basketball player, but I am a fan of the Portland Trail Blazers. Was before Dame. Will be after Dame. We part ways with the understanding that he's just any other former Blazer to me, and will not be a focus of my attention or energy from here on out, and I hope the team gets something close to a proper return for him.
 
Trail Rhino said:
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It would be pretty funny if we traded him to San Antonio for picks and then he remained the best player on a series of mediocre teams and we cashed in on Spurs' lottery picks :)

More seriously, it's great that it may not be "Miami or Bust!" for Dame to buy into a trade. I know it shouldn't matter, but it does, and more teams means more options which is good for us.
 
What I would like to see is us to fill the end of our bench with the highest-character vets in the League. We are going to be a young team going forward. We need pros who can teach the youth how to play the game the right way.
 
Bingo Bango said:
Thanks for everything Dame, but about that trade request to Miami . . . screw you. You can’t expect to flee Portland and get your dream trade scenario, too. You will go where we send you, or you will retire.
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Shams is the one reporting that while Woj is reporting that there is a list of preferred destinations. I think Dame would be smart enough to give a list and probably tell the team his most preferred on that list. The team needs to be smart enough to take the best deal we can get from one of the teams on that list.
 
TBpup said:
There was a tweet earlier that mentioned the Spurs.
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Do the 76ers or Clippers have any young stars?
That's what I really want. Not picks (as much).
I'd rather have Sochan than a bad pick in next years draft.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Do the 76ers or Clippers have any young stars?
That's what I really want. Not picks (as much).
I'd rather have Sochan than a bad pick in next years draft.
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76'ers have Maxey.....just what we need, another guard.
Clippers don't have squat.
 
AmirIcon said:
Dude, ownership and front office forced him out. Dame didn't do anything wrong at all. He asked for the bare minimum and they wouldn't spend the money to put a team around him.

He deserves a bigger stage.
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OK. Still can't call loyalty.

If you were married for a long time, your wife got breast cancer (NeO), it takes longer to recover than expected and you decide to go with someone else because you are getting old and she is a blond with big talent, you can't be called loyal anymore. Does not mean you were not a great husband before, does not mean you are necessarily bad, but loyal, you are not.
 
Ed O said:
It would be pretty funny if we traded him to San Antonio for picks and then he remained the best player on a series of mediocre teams and we cashed in on Spurs' lottery picks :)

More seriously, it's great that it may not be "Miami or Bust!" for Dame to buy into a trade. I know it shouldn't matter, but it does, and more teams means more options which is good for us.
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If it's Miami or bust, Cronin has to take the "bust" until a good deal appears.
 
but the Sixers do not want to give up Maxey for a Top 75 player of all time -- I am not saying I want him cause he is another guard but the fact they are not even willing. I got one thing to tell that GM -- go BEEP off and hope the Sixers never win a ring.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Do the 76ers or Clippers have any young stars?
That's what I really want. Not picks (as much).
I'd rather have Sochan than a bad pick in next years draft.
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Spurs are legitimately the only team that interests me.

Every other team can offer diddly squat.
 
I don’t see the Spurs wanting to pair 19 year old Wemby and 33 year old Dame BUT Pop is old AF so who knows.
 
TBpup said:
76'ers have Maxey.....just what we need, another guard.
Clippers don't have squat.
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There needs to be a 3 or 4 team trade with a young "win now" team that wants assets from one of Dame's preferred teams.
Look at Houston. That's now a young "win now" team.

If assets from Dame's preferred destination are so bad that nobody wants them, Cronin has to wait. There's no rush for the Blazers now. Phoenix had to up the ante to get KD.
 
The forum is breaking lmao. I restarted my phone, browser, everything. This still doesn't show up lol
 
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