Dame asks for trade (And there it is)

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TBpup said:
The Blazers had made that incredible run from 89-92 with 3 straight trips to the WCF and 2 trips to the Finals. Ironically, perhaps their best team was the team that didn't go in 1991. By 1994, it was obvious the Blazer were on the decline from their zenith and made Drexler aware they weren't going to try to make one more run at it by brining in the pieces they needed. Remember, Barkley wanted to go there, and Portland wouldn't trade for him. So due to that, he requested a trade to where he had a chance to win a title. His hometown happened to be one of those places and was the most logical choice. The GM should have held out for more in return, but it's not like Clyde held the team hostage nearly to the extend Dame did by continually going to the press, granting every interview, and having his mouthpieces get his narrative out every other day.

It was much more quiet and subdued. Fans were hurt because they had actually accomplished something with that team and didn't want it to end even though all the signs were there that it was on it's way down. He got a chance to go home, win a title, and the rest is history. But I'm not quite sure why Clyde gets all the grief that he does. That may be more with what happened after his career when he went into the HoF as a Rocket, became a Rocket broadcaster, and then the obligatory homer.

But he took Portland on a run they had never experienced before or since in terms of that 3 year run. They were dominant. They destroyed teams and Drexler was a physical force that was unmatched at his position. Jordan was the better player and more athletic, but Clyde was incredible strong and had almost 30 lbs on Jordan. If Portland picks Michael, he and Clyde would have been devastating.

It was bitter at the time because of how good they had been. It got worse later, because he chose his hometown where he grew up, went to college and won a title over the team he played most of his career with. But I don't remember him doing or saying anything to the level of what has gone on here in the last couple of years. The endless, 'will he or won't he' had become so tiresome. I don't blame Dame for wanting a chance to win. But the whole, "I'm down for the grind" and "I don't want to play with a team of stars" rings a bit hollow when his personal mouthpiece Haynes is throwing that narrative out to whomever will listen.
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Part of the difference is that we didn't have twitter and reddit and chat rooms etc. to spread the rumors, ramblings, opinions and hysteria. We had the daily newspaper and the evening news that tempered things quite a bit in those days. But yeah, I don't remember being angry that Clyde was leaving but years later I kind of resented that he seemed to downplay his time as a Blazer.
 
inconceivable said:
I wasn't paying close attention to the NBA in the early/mid 90s. What was the general concensus when Clyde won the chip. Were Blazer fans euphoric?
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I think a lot of us were happy for him, but that was before he wore a Rockets Jersey to the greatest 50 ceremony, and acted like he never heard of Porland
 
I can't stand our local radio. It's like they're all on Dame's payroll. I turned off the trash on 620. So Fentress is used to going on our crap radio stations and beating up on our team, and then he goes on a national station and they slap him around.
 
B-Roy said:
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* first order of business: New Orleans absolutely, without debate, has to find another destination for CJ, and if any picks come back for CJ they go to Portland

* second: again, there's no debate, they have to include Murphy; they can keep Kira

* third, and this is a little negotiable: They can keep two swaps and instead send a 5th pick

then, OK, make the deal
 
Fentress just said, "Let me tell you what I'm hearing. Damian didn't just request a trade. Damian demanded and requested a trade to Miami. That's where he wants to go. So the Blazers can try to mess around if they want, but I'm telling you right now that if they do try to mess with him, it's going to eventually blow up in their face and it's going to blow up in the face of the team that tries to get in the way of him going to Miami."

W....T.....F

"I have asked if Philly and Boston get into this, which at least he would go to a contender, because let me tell you right now if they traded him to a non-contender, I would bet money that Dame would not show up. If you're worried about him not getting paid, the guy has already made 300 million dollars."

If this dude is actually speaking for Dame, fuck him. That's fucking silly.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Fentress just said, "Let me tell you what I'm hearing. Damian didn't just request a trade. Damian demanded and requested a trade to Miami. That's where he wants to go. So the Blazers can try to mess around if they want, but I'm telling you right now that if they do try to mess with him, it's going to eventually blow up in their face and it's going to blow up in the face of the team that tries to get in the way of him going to Miami."

W....T.....F

"I have asked if Philly and Boston get into this, which at least he would go to a contender, because let me tell you right now if they traded him to a non-contender, I would bet money that Dame would not show up. If you're worried about him not getting paid, the guy has already made 300 million dollars."

If this dude is actually speaking for Dame, fuck him. That's fucking silly.
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lol ya right. to be fair, we have been following dame for longer than fentress has been in town, so maybe it's forgivable he doesn't know Dame.

first of all, dame HATES sitting out games.

second, i don't think this idiot realizes how frugal and spendthrift dame is. he's not gonna flush a 200 mil contract down the toilet.
 
illmatic99 said:
lol ya right. to be fair, we have been following dame for longer than fentress has been in town, so maybe it's forgivable he doesn't know Dame.

first of all, dame HATES sitting out games.

second, i don't think this idiot realizes how frugal and spendthrift dame is. he's not gonna flush a 200 mil contract down the toilet.
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Yeah I'll just point back to this tweet that came from the Henry Abbott feud

 
Natebishop3 said:
These guys were all over Fentress :lol:

He backed off his bullshit immediately. Broussard and Parker dunked all over him.
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Seemed like Fentress was going in thinking he was talking to some of those national media like Stephen A. Smith who were towing the narrative that the Blazers aren't an NBA team that should try to win but are just a vessel for Damian Lillard, then he got surprised because these guys made sense.
 
It is not Joe Cronin's job to help win the Miami Heat a championship. If he gives Dame to Miami just to make Dame happy, we might as well hold a championship parade in Portland should they win.

I don't think they will though, even with Dame.
 
it's amazing to me how Portland media can always find a new low

first it was muckraker Dwight Jaynes; then it was muck-a-gog Canzano; now it's the drooling idiocy of Fentress

you keep thinking it can't get worse...then it gets worse
 
PCmor7 said:
Road kill.

Guy was so shocked the hosts took up for the Blazers and then made strong arguments to back up their case.
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1080 the fan did right and kept Issac Ropp. At least Issac says what he actually means, and doesn't do it for clicks or listens.
 
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