I highly doubt that's the case. All we can do of course is speculate. I speculate that Dame wants to have a relationship and an open dialogue with the owner; he wants to know what Allen's philosophy and approach is for making the team a contender; he wants to make sure ownership is on the same page as him. He might want some input into some of the personnel decisions: like, if the team is choosing among three options, he might like to have some say as to how he thinks various players might fit in. For example, playing in the NBA is a relatively small club. Dame probably has some opinions on the personalities of a lot of the players, and who he thinks would fit into the Blazers team culture; which IMO is Dame's culture. But I don't see Dame trying to usurp the GM. Just provide input. Which I think is fair. I will just finish by saying Dame is not dumb. He knows the score better than any of us. IMO.
