Free Dame

[Rastapopoulos]

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No, that's Free Willy. (The Director's cut)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Hell no. That would be like the Blazers calling up Milwaukee and asking for Giannis for Turner, Caleb, Jake, Wade, and a couple picks. No. Hell no.

I really wish Dame was as good as Giannis.

 

[Natebishop3]

This thread only shows how little Rasta values Dame. His trade proposals are fucking horrible for a fist team All-NBA player.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I get it you're frustrated the Blazers have been... Frustrating to say the least. Trading Dame just waves the white flag that the Blazers are never going to even try to compete because we can't. Say you go after picks, and you get lucky and get the number 1 pick in the draft for the next 3 years or something, you're hoping that literally ONE of them is as good as Dame is.
I know Dame has his weaknesses but the guy is still a great player. It's the team around him that needs an overhaul, and they need coaching.

I'm all for making some big moves to change the talent around him, and if a gm came in and was dead set they were going to trade Dame they better get more for him than what's been proposed.

I just think trading your best player in his prime tells the whole NBA world whelp we quit and at that point might as well move the team and all that other nonsense. Trading Dame is the wrong move in my opinion.

 

[oldmangrouch]

This thread sucks so.

In that respect, the thread just reflects the current situation.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I get it you're frustrated the Blazers have been... Frustrating to say the least. Trading Dame just waves the white flag that the Blazers are never going to even try to compete because we can't. Say you go after picks, and you get lucky and get the number 1 pick in the draft for the next 3 years or something, you're hoping that literally ONE of them is as good as Dame is.
I know Dame has his weaknesses but the guy is still a great player. It's the team around him that needs an overhaul, and they need coaching.

I'm all for making some big moves to change the talent around him, and if a gm came in and was dead set they were going to trade Dame they better get more for him than what's been proposed.

I just think trading your best player in his prime tells the whole NBA world whelp we quit and at that point might as well move the team and all that other nonsense. Trading Dame is the wrong move in my opinion.

Maybe, but these days great PGs aren't exactly rare (which is why it's hard to come up with good trades for him.) Half the teams in the NBA have a good-to-great PG, a PG who can outplay Dame on any given night. True, PGs who can score like Dame are much rarer, but so equally rare are PGs as ineffective as Dame on defense.

 

[Hobbesarable]

New ownership may very well go in a different direction. Replace Olshey and Stotts, then trade players for picks and/or young potential type players.

Hopefully our team has a new coach and GM in place before making those moves.

 

[BonesJones]

FFS....

 

[BonesJones]

Maybe, but these days great PGs aren't exactly rare (which is why it's hard to come up with good trades for him.) Half the teams in the NBA have a good-to-great PG, a PG who can outplay Dame on any given night. True, PGs who can score like Dame are much rarer, but so equally rare are PGs as ineffective as Dame on defense.

Dame is a top 5 PG though, and his leadership is invaluable. This whole post is an injustice.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

The Celtics present the best scenario for a trade involving Dame.

I would however swap Dame for the Greek Freak and be happy with that!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This whole post is an injustice.

Using the word "injustice" for a stupid thread on a stupid message board is an injustice.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The Celtics present the best scenario for a trade involving Dame.

I don't see it. Sure Kyrie is more injury-prone than Dame, but peak Kyrie > peak Dame. When Kyrie is ON he's the best scorer in the game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Dame is a top 5 PG though, and his leadership is invaluable.

Makes you wonder why we're not better.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

LA seems is the place that he'd like to go -- he listed the Lakers and Jazz as teams he'd like to play for if he weren't in Portland.

The Lakers really don't have much. Their young talent is overrated.

 

[hoopsjock]

The Celtics present the best scenario for a trade involving Dame.

I would however swap Dame for the Greek Freak and be happy with that!

How so, they have Kyrie already?

 

[BonesJones]

Makes you wonder why we're not better.

Because you need more that a top 5 PG? SMH.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

LA seems is the place that he'd like to go -- he listed the Lakers and Jazz as teams he'd like to play for if he weren't in Portland.

The Lakers really don't have much. Their young talent is overrated.

Agreed. I like Josh Hart best of the bunch. Ingram - I just don't see it. Kuzma is a poor man's Carmelo. I actually don't mind Lonzo, if he could first commit patricide.

 

[BonesJones]

Using the word "injustice" for a stupid thread on a stupid message board is an injustice.

Ar least you can admit how bad good thread is. Injustice is the right word there.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

If I was the Blazer GM (WHICH I BET YOU'RE ALL GLAD I'M NOT!), Id bring Dame and say were going to give you the super max if you want it. However, We're also going to let Terry go, we just think it's time to get a fresh coaching perspective on this current iteration of the roster. Around the trade Deadline, there is a good chance we will move ET, Aminu or CJ to try to build around you. If in the future you decide you want to leave out of respect to you we will do our best to accommodate your wishes.

Then I'd go fire Stotts and see what a coaching change does. In a few years if the plans here haven't worked out and Dame wants out then you trade him. I just think trading him because it's a frustrating year is a bad idea. Very few times in the history of the entire league has trading a super-star worked out. It usually just makes you bad for years until you luck out and find the next one.

Dame has been great, he's been very respectful towards the city of Portland, he reps the Blazers about as well as any player ever has, you don't just let him walk.

 

[Hoopguru]

So some in here want to give up on the team, and trade Dame now as a favor to him. You know what, he'd laugh in your face, and immediately would know, what you're made of.
lmao

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I like Ingram, but not as the centerpiece.

Hart is a clone of Raja Bell. He'd be a nice asset to have.

But this obviously doesn't come close to being enough for Dame.

 

[Gronk Brady]

Let’s do this... time to end the slow painful death of mediocrity this team has become... time to start the new era... Lonzo, Simons, Trent, Collins, Nurk + draft picks... that’s a potential contender in 3-4 years... the current team led by McLillard is a dead end

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I’d like to see what we could get for CJ first and give Dame a chance with some different pieces before I would ever consider dealing him.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I'd look at Washington to land Beal and Porter.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Let’s do this... time to end the slow painful death of mediocrity this team has become... time to start the new era... Lonzo, Simons, Trent, Collins, Nurk + draft picks... that’s a potential contender in 3-4 years... the current team led by McLillard is a dead end

That's a terrible trade. Lonzo and draft picks in the high 20s range.

 

[Rozay]

Let’s do this... time to end the slow painful death of mediocrity this team has become... time to start the new era... Lonzo, Simons, Trent, Collins, Nurk + draft picks... that’s a potential contender in 3-4 years... the current team led by McLillard is a dead end

Lonzo is trash I’d rather trade Dame for a bunch of draft picks

 

[Gronk Brady]

That's a terrible trade. Lonzo and draft picks in the high 20s range.

LeBron thinks Lonzo has start potential... but I guess you have a better eye for talent than LeBron

 

[Hobbesarable]

LeBron thinks Lonzo has start potential... but I guess you have a better eye for talent than LeBron

Dude, Lonzo has played like crap. That's about as nice as I can put it without breaking S2 rules!

 

[dviss1]

I like how I (the yellow ball) am kind of indomitable in this emoji.

Really?

I see it more as you continuing to try to do the same thing and expecting different results.

Nope! The results are the same. SHMAAACK!!!

You know we get along better in the OT section anyway.

 

[Gronk Brady]

Dude, Lonzo has played like crap. That's about as nice as I can put it without breaking S2 rules!

Dude, Lonzo is a true PG trying to play without the ball in his hands since LeBron is running point