Zombie Damian Lillard to request trade in coming days (nope, he's not.)

[SlyPokerCat]

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

So..... I don't know what to say. I was gonna make a joke that Olshey needs to make that big CJ trade really quickly but now I'm for the first time wondering who it is who will be traded. I feel a little sick.

 

[Mr. Robot]

love dame, but after all the loyalty talk, hed come out as a hypocrite

dont speak about loyalty, when you know anything can happen in the future

 

[GDiama]

That would be Neil's masterpiece

 

[Hoopguru]

Loyalty is always challenged, and the loyal ones never waiver!
Dame isn't going anywhere.

 

[Hoopguru]

So..... I don't know what to say. I was gonna make a joke that Olshey needs to make that big CJ trade really quickly but now I'm for the first time wondering who it is who will be traded. I feel a little sick.

What if Dame wants CJ here?

 

[Fogojam]

 

[julius]

maybe he's requesting the Blazers make a trade?

But if he wants out, so be it. :/

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

What if Dame wants CJ here?

Or maybe he wants to take him with him to his new team?

 

[Hoopguru]

Dame has always said "if he has something to say, he'll say it". But now, he may have soured on fandom some?

 

[RipCityWarrior]

Not buying it, I will trust his past position on loyalty. That being said if he for some twilight zone reason does ask out…. I am doing what I can to get the #1 from Detroit.

 

[Hoopguru]

This is 100% shock, as take a look at the pic abbott chose to use. Abbott is an ambulance chase.

 

[julius]

So the guy who mocked others for ring chasing/super team building, is basically now going to go that route?

Seems legit...

 

[Mr. Robot]

Not buying it, I will trust his past position on loyalty. That being said if he for some twilight zone reason does ask out…. I am doing what I can to get the #1 from Detroit.

why would the pistons do that

theyre not even close to competing

 

[Hoopguru]

So the guy who mocked others for ring chasing/super team building, is basically now going to go that route?

Seems legit...

So you jumping on that rumor mill band wagon? Tale the opposite approach for Dame sake!

 

[stampedehero]

Loyalty is always challenged, and the loyal ones never waiver!
Dame isn't going anywhere.

I think he will. Playing with his fellow superstars on an Olympic team certainly gives him the leads and influences to make that decision.

 

[illmatic99]

Henry gleaned this from his rap?

 

[julius]

So you jumping on that rumor mill band wagon? Tale the opposite approach for Dame sake!

Not jumping on the rumor mill bandwagon, the "seems legit" was my way of saying unless Damian has admitted that he was full of shit all this time, it seems far fetched to believe this story is 100% true.

I'm hoping, if there's any truth to it, it's to either force the Blazers to fire Olshey, OR Damian is seeing who he can trust in his circle.

I will say this though, the team trades him and it will be a monumental failure for the franchise. Like, massive amounts of fans stop caring about the team levels of carnage.

 

[RipCityWarrior]

why would the pistons do that

theyre not even close to competing

I don’t know that they would, but if I am the blazers I want to maximize any possible return. Dame would be seen as a savior with “their basketball culture” to sell the fan base.

 

[Hoopguru]

I think he will. Playing with his fellow superstars on an Olympic team certainly gives him the leads and influences to make that decision.

We will see? Dame has always made it clear that he values being his own man and not a follower to super teams. Say's there is more to it than just hooking up with a super team.

 

[HailBlazers]

The tampering continues

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Henry gleaned this from his rap?

Huh? The article points out "Now a source close to Lillard says that in the days to come, he plans to request a trade."

 

[BlazerBeav]

Henry Abbott would not be where that news would break from.

 

[Labinot41]

Game 5 vs Denver clearly broke him. But i wonder why Dame felt the need to respond to a damn Raptors fan on Twitter, sure Neil did everything wrong, but i wouldn’t say that Dame has been perfect since the end of the playoffs with all these damn social media posts.

 

[Hoopguru]

Not jumping on the rumor mill bandwagon, the "seems legit" was my way of saying unless Damian has admitted that he was full of shit all this time, it seems far fetched to believe this story is 100% true.

I'm hoping, if there's any truth to it, it's to either force the Blazers to fire Olshey, OR Damian is seeing who he can trust in his circle.

I will say this though, the team trades him and it will be a monumental failure for the franchise. Like, massive amounts of fans stop caring about the team levels of carnage.

I personally think this type of challenge is what makes Dame and he knows that it isn't always greener on the other side. He's said so. There are as many ex ballers and game experts that want Dame to continue his stand for Portland.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Henry Abbott would not be where that news would break from.

Hopefully the people this news would break from respond then.

 

[Hoopguru]

I can just here the guys on 1080 slobbering all over this for hours. And of course adding their bits of truth to the whole rumor. Stitch and Bitch!

 

[riverman]

Don't feed the big market tampering....this is media bullshit. Dame isn't demanding a trade but tweets about it go viral...Lakers are going crazy thinking about Dame and they have nothing to trade us.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Well guys we saw it coming. I told you guys over and over throughout the season and the past.

But that Denver series was the last straw. You just can’t lose to the Denver B team like that and not expect huge backlash. Sad but Dame deserves a better franchise. Been told ya that.

I will root for Dame. He deserves the best.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Don't feed the big market tampering....this is media bullshit. Dame isn't demanding a trade but tweets about it go viral...Lakers are going crazy thinking about Dame and they have nothing to trade us.

Henry Abbot is actually from Portland (ouch) and a big blazer fan. This is legit. It’s over Riverman. You can’t lose to the Denver Nuggets summer league team and not expect huge backlash.