Notice Sheridan: Lakers Discussed Idea of Acquiring Damian Lillard

[BBert]

Never Lonzo

 

[Rhal]

This is such a non story. BREAKING NEWS MAGIC DISCUSSED TRADING FOR ANTHONY DAVIS! Of course teams will discuss trying to acquire good players on other teams.

 

[Gronk Brady]

Dame Lillard has integrity. You don't see that often enough, and almost never when huge sums of money are at stake. Any suggestion of trading Dame is shear lunacy.

It’s shear lunacy to think Dame wants to squander away his prime years on a .500 ball club with no hope over teaming with LeBron to win championships... if the opportunity is there you can bet Dame will sign off on it... and he doesn’t care about you

 

[BBert]

This is such a non story. BREAKING NEWS MAGIC DISCUSSED TRADING FOR ANTHONY DAVIS! Of course teams will discuss trying to acquire good players on other teams.

Exactly. "What would it take to get Davis?" "What would it take to get Leonard?" "Do we have any interest in Boogie?" "Do we have the assets to get Lillard?" And 100 other similar questions. It's called doing their job, and all 30 teams asked the same damn questions. But, you know, Lakers

 

[Pinwheel1]

Never Lonzo

Never LaVar. He would go ape shit if Lonzo was sent to Portland. He would force a trade. If there was ever a person who cared about market size.....it is LaVar

 

[BBert]

Never LaVar. He would go ape shit if Lonzo was sent to Portland. He would force a trade. If there was ever a person who cared about market size.....it is LaVar

Compensating for something perhaps?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I knew it.

There is no record of a Steve Watkins at ESPN.

Fake news.

 

[BonesJones]

It’s shear lunacy to think Dame wants to squander away his prime years on a .500 ball club with no hope over teaming with LeBron to win championships... if the opportunity is there you can bet Dame will sign off on it... and he doesn’t care about you

It's sheer lunacy to think you know how exactly he feels. Back with the whiney doomsday posts.

 

[Gronk Brady]

It's sheer lunacy to think you know how exactly he feels. Back with the whiney doomsday posts.

But it’s not lunacy for you to know how he feels? Lol

 

[julius]

Did you believe LMA when he talked about wanting to be the greatest Blazer ever?

Maybe Dame is the only player in the NBA who isn't a mercenary...or maybe he is just better than most at PR.

No. But Damian isn't LaMarcus

 

[TBpup]

Lakers inquiring.... doesn't mean he wants to go there or is getting traded.

 

[Gronk Brady]

Lakers inquiring.... doesn't mean he wants to go there or is getting traded.

There is no path forward that will give Dame a chance to complete for a title in Portland the next 3 years... it’s the sad reality Neil is put this team in... either maximize his trade value now or risk him walking in 3 years... or resign him at 31 years old for 40+ mil per

 

[Five Second Violation]

There is no path forward that will give Dame a chance to complete for a title in Portland the next 3 years... it’s the sad reality Neil is put this team in... either maximize his trade value now or risk him walking in 3 years... or resign him at 30 for 40+ mil per

There's also no path forward that will give the Blazers a chance to compete for a title if we trade Dame for the Lakers garbage.

3 years is a longass time. Even if we do need to trade Lillard, there's absolutely no urgency.

 

[calvin natt]

It feels like some people wouldn’t trade Lillard even if it made the team better. Just the emotional attachment many have. I root for the laundry not the player. Maybe I’m a jerk. Of course I like some players more than others but if New Orleans wanted Lillard for A Davis I’ll help him pack.

 

[Gronk Brady]

It feels like some people wouldn’t trade Lillard even if it made the team better. Just the emotional attachment many have. I root for the laundry not the player. Maybe I’m a jerk. Of course I like some players more than others but if New Orleans wanted Lillard for A Davis I’ll help him pack.

I’m with you bro... don’t understand some people. It’s all about the team and the quest for the title... players will always change. And if fans really cared about Dame they would want him to win a title instead of wasting his prime years in this mess Neil has created

 

[Orion Bailey]

It feels like some people wouldn’t trade Lillard even if it made the team better. Just the emotional attachment many have. I root for the laundry not the player. Maybe I’m a jerk. Of course I like some players more than others but if New Orleans wanted Lillard for A Davis I’ll help him pack.

I Believd the question was dame for Lonzo.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[tykendo]

Would you keep Ball or flip?[/QUOTE

I would love to get Lonzo... him and Collins would be amazing!

WTF? Collins and Lonzo amazing, serious? If Collins turns out to be "Amazing", than he will be "SPECTACULAR" with Dame.

 

[calvin natt]

I Believd the question was dame for Lonzo.

The most recent question maybe. But there have been a ton of others

 

[Gronk Brady]

WTF? Collins and Lonzo amazing, serious? If Collins turns out to be "Amazing", than he will be "SPECTACULAR" with Dame.

Are you kidding me... Ball and Collins won’t hit their prime for 5 years... and yes at that time they could dominate... Dame will be 33 making 40+ mil a year... and you hating on Lonzo is ignorant... he is a generational talent, a 6’6” PG who plays defense and has elite passing to make all of his teammates better... stop wanting to hold Dame hostage because you feel you emotional stability depends on him... go get help, it’s kinda creepy tbh

 

[tykendo]

Cowherd is a trip. Can't remember CJ's last name. Portland needs a reboot. Didn't see Cowherd as a LA Media Whore, but if it looks like a duck...…. "give Portland a call" he says. Shoot first PG, sounds like CJ to me. Dame comes down and tries to get his teammates involved. CJ for Ingram, Kuzma, and picks SURE!! Maybe Pop has no leverage, but I admire him for trying to sock it to the Lakers. Funny how he mentioned injury prone towards established stars, but seemed to be short sighted that Gonzo Ball can't stay healthy in his rookies year. I wouldn't go near Lonzo with a ten foot pole.

 

[tykendo]

Are you kidding me... Ball and Collins won’t hit their prime for 5 years... and yes at that time they could dominate... Dame will be 33 making 40+ mil a year... and you hating on Lonzo is ignorant... he is a generational talent, a 6’6” PG who plays defense and has elite passing to make all of his teammates better... stop wanting to hold Dame hostage because you feel you emotional stability depends on him... go get help, it’s kinda creepy tbh[/QUOGenerational? You don't know that.

 

[tykendo]

You seem to want to get rid of Dame bad Buzzkill. "NeedHelp", look in mirror.

 

[Cheese22]

Would you keep Ball or flip?

I'd flip him for as much as we could get from the biggest shithole town in the league. Just to hear the Ball's whine.

 

[tykendo]

Uh, and nobody is being held "hostage" when they make 30 or 40 million USD/per. Poor usage of that word.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Are you kidding me... Ball and Collins won’t hit their prime for 5 years... and yes at that time they could dominate... Dame will be 33 making 40+ mil a year... and you hating on Lonzo is ignorant... he is a generational talent, a 6’6” PG who plays defense and has elite passing to make all of his teammates better... stop trying to hold Dame hostage because you feel you emotional stability depends on him... go get help, it’s kinda creepy tbh

Lonzo is not a generational talent. Not even close. He may someday be a serviceable starting pg, I’m not opposed to trading CJ, but trading Dame for talent that’s not even close to his is a quick way to be a bottom feeder, by the time Collins and Lonzo are even close to ready to make Portland sort of good, their contracts will be up.
Lonzo can’t shoot, like at all and none of his other skills are good enough to overcome that, he’s not 6’8 and strong like Simmons, Giannis or Lebron.

Dame was 4th in MVP voting and 1st team all NBA and you want to trade him for Prospects that proven absolutely nothing? There’s a lot of history in the NBA of teams trading stars for packages like that and basically never works out for team trading the star.
I’m all for moves to get better but this one doesn’t and it’s it’s pretty unlikely any of those young guys are ever good enough to replace what Dame is.

 

[tykendo]

Lonzo is not a generational talent. Not even close. He may someday be a serviceable starting pg, I’m not opposed to trading CJ, but trading Dame for talent that’s not even close to his is a quick way to be a bottom feeder, by the time Collins and Lonzo are even close to ready to make Portland sort of good, their contracts will be up.
Lonzo can’t shoot, like at all and none of his other skills are good enough to overcome that, he’s not 6’8 and strong like Simmons, Giannis or Lebron.

Dame was 4th in MVP voting and 1st team all NBA and you want to trade him for Prospects that proven absolutely nothing? There’s a lot of history in the NBA of teams trading stars for packages like that and basically never works out for team trading the star.
I’m all for moves to get better but this one doesn’t and it’s it’s pretty unlikely any of those young guys are ever good enough to replace what Dame is.

Awesome reply

 

[Gronk Brady]

You seem to want to get rid of Dame bad Buzzkill. "NeedHelp", look in mirror.

I wouldn’t trade Dame if there was a REALISTIC path to success in Portland... unfortunately there isn’t, and he is 28... so instead of waiting and hoping for a miracle in the next 3 years and risk him walking like LMA, I would look to sell at peak value to spead up a rebuild... you live in some fantasy land

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I wouldn’t trade Dame if there was a REALISTIC path to success in Portland... unfortunately there isn’t, and he is 28... so instead of waiting and hoping for a miracle in the next 3 years and risk him walking like LMA, I would look to sell at peak value to spead up a rebuild... you live in some fantasy land

Which is fine to feel that way, but Lonzo Ball is a long ways away from being Good. The Lakers future draft picks would be basically useless because Lebron and Dame would keep them far away from the lottery. Dame is good enough there HAS to be better packages then that.

 

[tykendo]

"speed up the rebuild". That's laughable. There is no need for a full fledged rebuild. That's asinine. Even if You got "Ball"less, and Zack becomes as great as we all hope, maybe then, they both decide to leave Portland , and you're right back to that "rebuild" AGAIN. That's madness.