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

[Hoopguru]

This team is a lot closer than many think in being a contender. With guys like Dame, Chauncey & Neil all on the same page, with some exciting younger players developing and many all stars wanting to come to Portland, were almost there! Rip City, Bingo, Bango, Bongo baby....

 

[Scalma]

I better not see any available draft picks for Portland anytime soon. It’s go time. If it blows up, so be it. They owe it to Dame to go all in.

 

[B-Roy]

This is so true. But it's scary that the person handling the situation is Neil.

 

[Mr. Robot]

nurk is having fun lol

 

[illmatic99]

Where in my post does it say anything about "championship roster"? You've been doing that a lot lately....you're a better poster than that.

im not talking about you. im talking about the question that dame got that you referenced.



The question (by resident idiot aaron fentress) misrepresented Olshey's comments. This has nothing to do with you.

 

[JoshuaHall]

“Do you expect to be in a Portland uniform next season?”
“Yes” - Damian Lillard
All we needed

 

[DDolla]

Bye CJ !!!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

I just dont understand this sentiment

 

[MickZagger]

CJ probably realized the writing is on the wall

 

[riverman]

Thought Dwight and AJ asked the most insightful questions.

Casey really opened the door with the first question and was very diplomatic with the way he breached the topic I thought

 

[Chris Craig]

It makes perfect sense that Dame just wants what all of us want. He wants to win a championship here. He wants a better roster around him. He wants Neil to stop coasting and do what needs to be done. He's not happy with Neil being conservative for 9 years, just like we aren't. He's not asking for a trade. He did say he isn't fully decided on his future. Does that scare me? No. It makes sense. He wants to see change and he has the leverage to make that happen. Would you rather him sit around and be quiet about it? He wants to win a championship here. This is how it is done. You have to disrupt the status quo.

 

[Hoopguru]

Don't discount Chauncey Billups influence on Dame as we move forward.

 

[OneSport3]

Curious as to how this will affect Dame and CJ’s relationship? Everyone knows that CJ is the tradeable asset to improvement. With Dame demanding big changes, CJ has to know he’s the most likely to leave.

 

[B-Roy]

It makes perfect silence that Dame just wants what all of us want. He wants to win a championship here. He wants a better roster around him. He wants Neil to stop coasting and do what needs to be done. He's not happy with Neil being conservative for 9 years, just like we aren't. He's not asking for a trade. He did say he isn't fully decided on his future. Does that scare me? No. It makes sense. He wants to see change and he has the leverage to make that happen. Would you rather him sit around and be quiet about it? He wants to win a championship here. This is how it is done. You have to disrupt the status quo.

It's great that Dame is on the same page as the fans, but it should scare you that Neil Olshey is the only one that can fix this mess.

 

[TBpup]

im not talking about you. im talking about the question that dame got that you referenced.



The question (by resident idiot aaron fentress) misrepresented Olshey's comments. This has nothing to do with you.

You quoted my post which was referencing Olshey's press conference about it not being the roster and being the coach. If it has nothing to do with me, don't quote my post....lol.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

This team is a lot closer than many think in being a contender. With guys like Dame, Chauncey & Neil all on the same page, with some exciting younger players developing and many all stars wanting to come to Portland, were almost there! Rip City, Bingo, Bango, Bongo baby....

No they aren't. It is clear Dame doesn't agree with you in that either. His opinion matters more than anyone in the world right now on this.

 

[DDolla]

Dame want to stay and in order to improve the team, CJ must go so bye bye CJ and thank you.

 

[blazerkor]

I better not see any available draft picks for Portland anytime soon. It’s go time. If it blows up, so be it. They owe it to Dame to go all in.

We should see the team trade CJ and if necessary our two young prospects Ant and Nas... and every pick we have to in order to get Dame a second all star or actually all nba level teammate.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

“Do you expect to be in a Portland uniform next season?”
“Yes” - Damian Lillard
All we needed

Cosplay

 

[Hoopguru]

I just dont understand this sentiment

Ropp is a dingbat

 

[Chris Craig]

I said it first

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Did Dame kind of throw CJ under the bus in a round about way ?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Dame want to stay and in order to improve the team, CJ must go so bye bye CJ and thank you.

Still waiting to see the trade that (a) could happen and (b) would do this.

 

[noknobs]

Well now that every GM in the league knows just how desperate Olshey is going to be good luck seeing any trades where we're not completely taken advantage of... great plan.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

A healthy Sabonis on the Drexler team? Drafting Durant over Oden?

 

[DDolla]

Did Dame kind of throw CJ under the bus in a round about way ?

That’s what I’m saying … bye CJ

 

[e_blazer]

neil never said this was a championship roster, though. he said we should have won in the first round-- which is 100% true.

I agree that the Blazers' roster needs some upgrades in terms of top-end talent, but I think that the flameout to an injured Nuggets team was about 50-50 the blame of having guys who weren't fully in sync due to consistent injury issues and a failure of Stotts to adapt to the Nuggets. As far as rosters go, they only take you so far. We've got two teams competing for a title right now who weren't generally considered (particularly the Suns) to be favorites to contend for a title.. Rosters only get you so far, then you need some things to break your way.

 

[Hoopguru]

No they aren't. It is clear Dame doesn't agree with you in that either. His opinion matters more than anyone in the world right now on this.

We will see, camp is around the corner.

 

[JoshuaHall]

You’ve got to see what:
CJ + 2 FRP + 2 Swaps
Nurk + 2 FRP + 2 Swaps

Can get you.
I agree with whoever said we should have draft picks for a while

 

[blazedanugz]

Wouldn’t that be great if we got info on dame Olshey and billups discuss today