Dame asks for trade (And there it is) (2 Viewers)

[bemac]

Shouldn't we be able to get something like what Utah got for Donovan Mitchell? Markannen, 3 unprotected FRP's , collin Sexton drafted #8 in 2018 and Ochai Agbaji, drafted #14 in 2022?

Age, contract and the superstar's desire to play for only one team will definitely make it a challenge. Fingers crossed.

 

[Chris Craig]

this is an ugly situation
You have to go back in time to Kevin Garnett and his crummy Timberwolves. The ENTIRE LEAGUE was pleading with KG to find a better team to play for. The final result >>> world champion Boston Celtics

And the Timberwolves have sucked since.

 

[Hoopguru]

I bet so much of the communication and negotiation with Dame and Joe were through Dames agent, which in itself isn't ideal.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

How long are we letting it bake for this time?

Who knows. I'd love one more shit year with the young guys getting a ton of run so we can draft our SF, PF or Center of the future if we don't get one in the deal with Dame.

 

[glredig]

this is an ugly situation
You have to go back in time to Kevin Garnett and his crummy Timberwolves. The ENTIRE LEAGUE was pleading with KG to find a better team to play for. The final result >>> world champion Boston Celtics

Did KG ever publicly "request a trade"?

No ulterior motive in the question, I just don't remember.

Clearly this is the way the league is now. We hear about Harden demanding a trade. KD demanded a trade.

I just don't remember it being a thing that was so public before a handful of years ago. It's an interesting shift of power towards the players. (Unless I'm mistaken and was just oblivious to it 10 years ago)

 

[Wizard Mentor]

If we can get 1 good starter (F or C), and some draft capital, I am really excited about the season.

I will continue to believe Scoot is the next DRose, and Sharpe is the next Jordan, until I am proved wrong.

#Go Blazers

 

[blazerfan11]

Who knows. I'd love one more shit year with the young guys getting a ton of run so we can draft our SF, PF or Center of the future if we don't get one in the deal with Dame.

It would be better to get that player in exchange for Dame. Nobody likes intentional tanking.

 

[Strenuus]

How long are we letting it bake for this time?

The baking was the dame timeline

This is a whole new chef in the kitchen sotospeak. Not Cronin, just a metaphorical chef timeline. This analogy made no fucking sense but I'm posting it anyway

 

[BlayZa]

if he is asking to leave, im good with that - im not good with being the only good faith player in the outgoing solution. if the offers from the desired locations arent good and useful (as most want to trade trash for gold, not their viable assets) then i 100% dont care where dame ends up, we need to build and cater for what is left once he leaves.

 

[Chris Craig]

It would be better to get that player in exchange for Dame. Nobody likes intentional tanking.

Not going to be intentional now.

 

[Chris Craig]

The baking was the dame timeline

This is a whole new chef in the kitchen sotospeak. Not Cronin, just a metaphorical chef timeline. This analogy made no fucking sense but I'm posting it anyway

This is crime scene kitchen. We have to figure out what to bake first and hope we get it right.

 

[blazerkor]

I would definitely trade Dame to a team where he has a better chance to compete but by no means would I limit myself to Miami. Dame said Brooklyn before the draft. I'm sure there are some other teams. We need to make sure Dame is in a good situation but the priority is getting the best package back for him possible that helps our youth rebuild.

 

[Chris Craig]

I would definitely trade Dame to a team where he has a better chance to compete but by no means would I limit myself to Miami. Dame said Brooklyn before the draft. I'm sure there are some other teams. We need to make sure Dame is in a good situation but the priority is getting the best package back for him possible that helps our youth rebuild.

Brooklyn is a good situation. It's biggest city New York. All the ringer chasers will follow him there and he will get his precious ring.

 

[BassPlaya]

so?

is your argument that we should trade Dame for 2 or 3 picks in this range and Herro, and it's OK? no shit you can find players later in the draft, but it's less likely they hit. we are trading the best player in our franchise's history-- i want a more definitive probability of landing a player than this pu pu platter.

for fuck's sake Marcus Smart was able to land Boston Porzingis and 2 firsts that will be better than anything Miami can send us.

Um....you said those picks were pointless.....and I gave 5 examples that showed that pointless is incorrect. Next you move the rhetoric to "less like likely they hit". If you had used the latter description in the first place, I would never have responded to your post. I'll respectfully refrain in the future from interaction with you forward.

Go Blazers.

 

[wizenheimer]

Give me a fucking break.

Even CJ said it’s been years since Olshey has been here.

years?....it's been 18 months. 15 months since Cronin's 1st trade deadline which was the first opportunity he had to make changes. Olshey had 10 trade deadlines and 10 off-seasons; to this point, Cronin has had 2 trade deadlines and one off-season. And his first trade deadline the main order of business was dismantling the Olshey roster with the Vulcans looking over his shoulder

that isn't to excuse what Cronin has done. He's done well in the draft, generally OK in trades, but his last off-season was not good as he was busy bidding against himself. And so far, this offseason, he's given Grant a huge 5 year deal. Anybody see another team in the league that would have given Grant anywhere close to that much?

 

[PDXFonz]

Should have known that bleeping Sasquatch was a bad omen.

Probably the reason Dame requested a trade…who knows.

 

[blazerfan11]

Not going to be intentional now.

Cronin seems to be going for it now. Not a championship, but to be as good as possible.
No more depleted bench including Greg Brown III, CJ Elleby, and Keljin Blevins.
He let Eubanks go.
Now stocking up on a 2-or 3-headed monster of 7-footers behind Nurkic, (if he stays).
If Cronin can get a really good small forward, I think there won't be any unintentional tanking.

 

[tykendo]

Should have known that bleeping Sasquatch was a bad omen.

Probably the reason Dame requested a trade…who knows.

Blazers would have been better off , if Sasquatch was the GM.

 

[tykendo]

Cronin seems to be going for it now. Not a championship, but to be as good as possible.
No more depleted bench including Greg Brown III, CJ Elleby, and Keljin Blevins.
He let Eubanks go.
Now stocking up on a 2-or 3-headed monster of 7-footers behind Nurkic, (if he stays).
If Cronin can get a really good small forward, I think there won't be any unintentional tanking.

"If Cronin can get a really good small forward" That's a laugh.

 

[Hoopguru]

CJ was right all along.....

 

[SlyPokerCat]

It would be better to get that player in exchange for Dame. Nobody likes intentional tanking.

Wouldn't have to be tanking. Call it "growing pains" for young guys. If we somehow miss the playin next year.... in schmitz we trust.

 

[Hoopguru]

Wouldn't have to be tanking. Call it "growing pains" for young guys. If we somehow miss the playin next year.... in schmitz we trust.

Have you been gone or undercover?

 

[Chris Craig]

Wouldn't have to be tanking. Call it "growing pains" for young guys. If we somehow miss the playin next year.... in schmitz we trust.

You think we will make the playins? Lol. We will be the worst team in the west.

 

[BlazerBeav]

CJ was right all along.....

CJ's inability to improve his game is the #1 reason we're in the mess we are in - Olshey banked on it and that check didn't cash.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Maybe we can trade him for CJ?

 

[blazerfan11]

You think we will make the playins? Lol. We will be the worst team in the west.

Put your money on it! I'm glad I didn't put any on the over/under wins for the 2022-23 season.

 

[Chris Craig]

Put your money on it! I'm glad I didn't put any on the over/under wins for the 2022-23 season.

Who in the west is going to be worse than us?

 

[BassPlaya]

You think we will make the playins? Lol. We will be the worst team in the west.

Really? I feel differently. If you cut down a massive fir tree in the forest....it's surprising how fast the maples rise up.

 

[BassPlaya]

Who in the west is going to be worse than us?

To hard to say right now. Every year, teams are way better than they should, and teams are was worse than we thought. Was Utah suppose to be good last year?

 

[B-Roy]

To hard to say right now. Every year, teams are way better than they should, and teams are was worse than we thought. Was Utah suppose to be good last year?

Memphis was not bad in Jas first year.