The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[rolaholic]

GM was moving all sorts of shady throughout and dudes kept siding with the FO

 

[pmatic]

I get it from Portland's POV.

Dame: Trade the #3 pick.
Portland: No
Dame: Trade me to Miami
Portland: No
Dame: I'm ready to come back
Portland: LOL no

 

[elpablo21]

"Lillard was shocked"

Another great example of the writer's strike ending.

We are all blessed with such A tier literature

 

[airblaster503]

the way Dame moved and let people around him leak and speak for him about wanting out, and only wanting one place… there really was no going back. Once he made that request then doubled down on only accepting one destination, he should have known there was no way he could go back to the Blazers. I am fine with how Cronin handled it, to be honest I am tired of NBA players always getting their way and it should stop.

End of the day I think Milwaukee is a great fit for him and hope they get a couple rings over then next few years. Dude has half a billion dollars, he can go live wherever he wants.

 

[freeze]

That's my homegirl. Surprised to see her posted here lol. She was with the pistons for a while too, then bounced to the avalanche in denver. She's cool.

 

[clyde the glide]

Lol the entitlement smh

 

[don ramon]

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[Blue Mamba]

 

[atlsfinest]

GM was moving all sorts of shady throughout and dudes kept siding with the FO

Imagine being in a relationship, asking for divorce and then being shocked when your partner doesn't welcome you back with open arms. If this is true then Dame is kind of out of touch and clueless.

 

[amitt5504]

Dame got worse Internet than Jimbo

 

[NickFolarin]

Dame team was going so hard to push a trade to Miami to the point that Adam Silver had to tell him to chill out, just to try to play victim when he burnt his bridge?

 

[Blue Mamba]

[Fischer] Payton Pritchard is someone the Portland Trail Blazers have "on their radar" and is a salary that would be headed back in the event of a Jrue Holiday trade to Boston.

Jake Fischer mentions that, in the event Jrue Holiday is traded to Boston, Malcolm Brogdon and Payton Pritchard are two of the salaries that would be going to Portland. And that Portland has a vested interest in the young guard.

 

[jpzx]

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Dame got worse Internet than Jimbo

Top3

Dame
Harden
George

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

[Fischer] Payton Pritchard is someone the Portland Trail Blazers have "on their radar" and is a salary that would be headed back in the event of a Jrue Holiday trade to Boston.

Jake Fischer mentions that, in the event Jrue Holiday is traded to Boston, Malcolm Brogdon and Payton Pritchard are two of the salaries that would be going to Portland. And that Portland has a vested interest in the young guard.

Boston losing Marcus Smart only to get a better version of Marcus Smart is amazing

 

[Moheezy]

Kind of worry the Suns are putting Vogel in a bad spot like the Lakers did the last season. Vogel a defensive ace, but no good defenders besides Okogie, Book and Durant when he wants to be. At least these Suns are younger and more athletic than that 2022 Lakers.

That’s why the acquisition of Grayson Allen and Nurk were important. I hope Nurk can get some of his footing back but this definitely is a coaching challenge to balance out the rotation.

 

[allergic2broke]

I knew Haynes would report the truth lol

Shady Portland front office

Dame lucky he got to Milwaukee and not Orlando

 

[don ramon]

dame using chris haynes for pr is nastee

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

dame using chris haynes for pr is nastee

I just imagine Haynes doing the

Them fake *** drama pieces are crazy

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

I hope players learn to do whats best for self and forget loyalty.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

The supermax is supposed to be a tool for teams to retain there home grown players.
If players can sign it force their way to their preferred destination the supermax totally useless at that point.

it's probably good for the league that the Blazers held the line.



Dame thought he could sign the supermax, and get out and be sent to his preferred destination if things went bad.
Once you sign that supermax as a 30+ year old player, the team has a lot more leverage over you.

you gotta pick, if you want pick your destination then don't sign the supermax.

but you can't have both.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

How many times has the Supermax prevented teams from building properly around said signee

It's not a good thing, right

 

[ill steelo]

How many times has the Supermax prevented teams from building properly around said signee

It's not a good thing, right

You see a bit of that in the NFL too. Mahomes signing a 10-year extension to spread the cap hit out.

Once guys are off their rookie deal it’s just tough with that cap.

And we’ll likely never go back to the days of 10-year deals so I don’t know the solution

 

[don ramon]

this isn't reporting at all. it's a hit piece attempt against the blazers because dame is sour he's gonna be playing big buck hunter in a musty bar in wisconsin vs staring at bbl's on miami beach. we knew this about the league tho. it comes from the higher ups (with often players complying)

the league made its revenue those nights, the team made its profits and the players still got paid. the only ones hurt were the fans.

can't respect dame for spilling the beans on his former team making him sit out 10 games so they could get a better pick. he went along with it "reluctantly," but only they're the shady ones. that's called snitching, no? he's on some scratch your car and slash your tires ****.

 

[elpablo21]

oh god, here come the “behind the scenes” tweets. Im guessing we’ll have a “the 24 hours that led to the Bucks/Portland Trade” article on the athletic by the end of the week.

GET IN HERE NOW