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"On Wednesday, Le Batard Show executive producer Mike Ryan Ruiz accused ESPN and The Ringer for using their platforms to keep Lillard out of Miami, his preferred destination.


During a monologue breaking down the trade Wednesday afternoon, Russillo responded. Only instead of retorting directly back to what Ryan said or anything from the Miami staff at Le Batard’s Meadowlark Media in the aftermath of the Lillard trade, Russillo went back further.

Russillo explained that in July, Le Batard showed himself by saying Lillard to Miami was a done deal and that Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, who was claiming otherwise, was “bought and paid for” by the Trail Blazers’ side.

“I’m sorry I have to do it because I didn’t believe it when it happened,” Russillo said. “But Woj came on and said very simply Portland doesn’t like the offers and they’re going to see what happens.”


Of course, what Wojnarowski reported ultimately came to pass, even if details were sparse overall in the media throughout this saga.

“I’m like man, if you’re going to pick a fight, pick a fight with someone who gets **** wrong, not Woj,” Russillo explained. “And here we are weeks, months later, and it wasn’t Miami.”

After Russillo’s episode posted, Ryan took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to keep the war of words going, mockingly praising Russillo for having the “balls” to “finally name check” Le Batard."
 
If you see a blazer fan in Miami YouTube comments sucking up to Heat fans, lavishly describing Lillard while getting their hopes up about a championship dynasty... that was me. I wasn't trying to break anyone's heart, I just wanted Damian to go to a contender.
 
I believe ( yeah, without ironclad proof) that right from the start Goodwin and Riley worked together and convinced Dame that the scorched-earth-miami-or-bust strategy was going to work; that Cronin would cave under the pressure

right from the start, it was bad faith. And, right from the start, Riley made a shitty low-ball offer to Portland and never backed off of his take-it-or-leave-it-fuck-you-blazers stance

and because of all that, I'm convinced that by mid-July the Blazer front office had decided they would never trade Dame to Miami....never; no way; not a chance in hell

and not only am I fine with that, I'm so fine with that I'm enthusiastically singing in the 'Go-Fuck-Yourselves-Miami' choir
 
wizenheimer said:
I believe ( yeah, without ironclad proof) that right from the start Goodwin and Riley worked together and convinced Dame that the scorched-earth-miami-or-bust strategy was going to work; that Cronin would cave under the pressure

right from the start, it was bad faith. And, right from the start, Riley made a shitty low-ball offer to Portland and never backed off of his take-it-or-leave-it-fuck-you-blazers stance

and because of all that, I'm convinced that by mid-July the Blazer front office had decided they would never trade Dame to Miami....never; no way; not a chance in hell

and not only am I fine with that, I'm so fine with that I'm enthusiastically singing in the 'Go-Fuck-Yourselves-Miami' choir
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Which to me it would be hilarious if we turned around and said that we have a consolation prize and you can have Jrue for all that shit you wanted to send us for Dame.
 
Freshtown said:
This might be the best one

https://twitter.com/damanr/status/1707190917076230390?s=46&t=rA0Yh0DD0zQbNMNFNeCnQw
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! This is worth multiple FRP's right here. This is triple distilled Schadenfreude so pure, so delicious!

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Idog1976 said:
They aren't wrong about that!
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They are for a lot of us. I don't give a fuck that we didn't trade Dame there, it made the trade a little sweeter but I would have easily taken the best offer from Miami if that is where it came from. You are way overboard with this idea that if Dame would have gone there it would have ruined the league for small markets. So I guess that shitty redditor was right about some Blazers fans but not all of us.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Which to me it would be hilarious if we turned around and said that we have a consolation prize and you can have Jrue for all that shit you wanted to send us for Dame.
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The most hilarious trade would be Jrue going to another team not named Miami in the Eastern Conference.
 
blazerkor said:
They are for a lot of us. I don't give a fuck that we didn't trade Dame there, it made the trade a little sweeter but I would have easily taken the best offer from Miami if that is where it came from. You are way overboard with this idea that if Dame would have gone there it would have ruined the league for small markets. So I guess that shitty redditor was right about some Blazers fans but not all of us.
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We will never know, but I'm glad it never came to pass for us to find out. What Miami did was the worst Bush League stuff I've ever seen in this league, so this is pure joy. Also, and this is key, I have now reconciled with Dame in my heart and can just feel the love again. That was the worst part of this whole ordeal for me. I loved Dame like no player ever, and to see his agent do this shit was just too much. Now Dame is gonna get his rings and I can live vicariously through that.
 
Natebishop3 said:
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Yes petty and disinterested. Translation, unwilling to accept a shit offer, and furious at the Bush League bullshit Riley and Goodwin were pulling. Oh man, the Miami media and fanbase meltdown is unbelievably delicious. Where are those (not so) stealth Miami fans with new accounts on here shaming us for not doing right by Dame when we need em?
 
Natebishop3 said:
Who else does Miami hate?
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Not sure if they hate Brooklyn, but if we traded Jrue for some combination of Whitehead, Clowney and FRP's then I bet Miami would grow to hate them pretty quick as they get slapped by the core of Bridges, Holiday and Claxton!
 
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