zzaj wrote:DusterBuster wrote:tester551 wrote:Then Dame sent this out:
What does that even mean?
Nothing. Dame is the master of cryptic nothing burger tweets.
It seems clearer to me that Dame is coming back and starting the season in Portland. I think Dame is going the KD route. He’ll start the season with whatever Cronin can do this summer, see how it goes, but if it’s a certified **** show by January and another tank job is on the table, then I think there’s a quote agreement by all sides they’ll move him at the deadline.
Lol. "Storms".
Duder has spent 1/3 of his 32 years and basically his whole adulthood with more money than all of us will ever make in our lifetimes combined. I don't care how intense Oakland may have been for him (I know Ogden sure wasn't)...Lillard hasn't had much in the way of "Storms" in his life, sorry...
You don't know that at all. That's so dehumanizing. I'm sorry, but it is.
Dame has worked hard for the generational wealth he has and it's true he will have more money than probably all of us combined in our little forum here. But that doesn't mean he can't go through storms and rough times in his personal life. Just like the rest of us he has lost family members. He had a childhood where stuff did get dangerous. He has had people doubt him relentlessly and constantly.
It's frustrating to see this type of thought process from many towards so many people they'll never meet and they don't know. Yes, Dame and other athletes are in many cases incredibly well off. But they're also human. While they have a lot of financial security now and a lot of safety nets that you and I probably don't, that doesn't mean they aren't impacted by emotional turmoil, disease they can't fix or save, loss, relationship breakups, separations, growing apart, drama. Feeling used by people who want them only for their money, not knowing who to trust, not knowing if someone is genuine with you. Their own health issues, family health issues, health issues of friends. The constant demand from the public to be perfect and the same public which also thinks they're owed something and watches everything they do under a microscope. Who freaks out at them for having human emotions. Or freaks out at them not reaching certain statistics and then blaming them for money loss, etc.
Storms is broad and subjective. He didn't put down anyone else's experience in his tweet. He didn't say he went through storms others didn't. There's no reason to put down his experiences either.
Let them be humans.
