There are reports that they did. I've also heard that they made multiple runs at OG over the last year because he fills a need and Dame likes him. So once again, they were trying to acquire a player Dame wanted, much like Grant. But Masai didn't want to play ball. He knew what Portland was trying to do and his 'ask' for OG was ridiculous. No sane GM was going to make that trade. So now some accuse Joe of not doing what he said he would do and play a particular video over and over and over. What they seem to miss is a very important word near the beginning....."try". There was no guarantee, and with trade mates like Ujiri, it was going to be tough to make a deal without getting totally owned.