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Well, thanks for all the draft picks and assets you net us Dame before making your return!

The Blazers may just be watchable again. This is pretty exciting even if Dame is on the downward slope side of his career. Go Bleezers!

This is great news and this is a great day to be a Blazers fan

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Well, thanks for all the draft picks and assets you net us Dame before making your return!

Let's not forget that they also cut his salary to what? about 25% what he was before?

Do I understand this at all from a basketball or cap management POV? No.
Do I love it anyway? Yes!

mojomarc wrote:

Shem wrote:

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Well, thanks for all the draft picks and assets you net us Dame before making your return!

Let's not forget that they also cut his salary to what? about 25% what he was before?

If he wants back so badly take a couple mil per, I do NOT like this move

I have no clue how the money is going to work…and I don’t care. This is a great day to be a Blazers fan. Time to celebrate!!!

mojomarc wrote:

Shem wrote:

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Well, thanks for all the draft picks and assets you net us Dame before making your return!

Let's not forget that they also cut his salary to what? about 25% what he was before?

If he wants back so badly take a couple mil per, I do NOT like this move

LOL so now we have Jrue and Dame when he comes back - wonder what Scoot and Shae think?

dark day for mongo and Gee

You know blazers realgm is dead when this can’t even breathe life

When Dame is healthy. Start Dame @ PG, and Jrue @ SG.

Ok... processing... but I see this. Blazers basically paid for an asset here. Dame gets to rehab here, and then get to use him for another trade asset? I'm sure this is a deal to move him to a contender when he's healthy... which if he's good he's worth a 1st round pick.

This is funny...

Wizenheimer wrote:dark day for mongo and Gee

DusterBuster wrote:Ok... processing... but I see this. Blazers basically paid for an asset here. Dame gets to rehab here, and then get to use him for another trade asset? I'm sure this is a deal to move him to a contender when he's healthy... which if he's good he's worth a 1st round pick.

I think it's more likely they move Holiday if they can find a taker. Dame rides off into the sunset with PDX. Holiday supposedly doesn't want to be here and Dame does.

But I'm of the mind that he never _really_ wanted to leave.

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I guess we can't accuse Cronin of not acquiring assets

mojomarc wrote:

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I guess we can't accuse Cronin of not acquiring assets

Bury it.

So a NTC and player option...can't really say I understand it from a team building standpoint. Just when it seems like your team is establishing an identity and direction you go and muck it up?

Are Scoot and Sharpe massive mistakes or aren't they? Granted, the Lillard money is hardly anything moving forward...but the roster is so confused now in 2027. Grant, Jrue, Lillard...all veterans that will 100% start. Meanwhile, you've spent the past 3 years developing young players at their position, or traded away assets in order to fill their position (Deni).

Joe Cronin does a MIGHTY job of squeezing out players. Grant is going to start over one of Deni who was Portland's best player last year, or Camara who was All defense and spearheaded the identity of the team. I can't imagine Scoot is happy. So is this Cronin finally admitting that Scoot was a mistake of a pick?

Yeah, I just completely don't get it.

Capn'O wrote:

DusterBuster wrote:Ok... processing... but I see this. Blazers basically paid for an asset here. Dame gets to rehab here, and then get to use him for another trade asset? I'm sure this is a deal to move him to a contender when he's healthy... which if he's good he's worth a 1st round pick.

I think it's more likely they move Holiday if they can find a taker. Dame rides off into the sunset with PDX. Holiday supposedly doesn't want to be here and Dame does.

But I'm of the mind that he never _really_ wanted to leave.

I'm gonna disagree. The Blazers (when Cronin was assistant GM) has ALWAYS wanted to add Jrue with Dame. After the season where the Pelicans ran the Blazers out of the playoffs (with AD and Cousins), there was real talk that summer the Blazers were looking to trade for Jrue (he then went to the Bucks, around the same time as AD's trade demand). I think they like the idea of keeping both.

That said... Dame truly never wanted to leave Portland. Haynes has been clear it's been hard for Dame to be away from his family. Dame's personal life is superseding a ring clearly and I think he's got an end to his career.

I suspect there's an "agreement" with Cronin that he can rehab here, if he feels he's got something left in the tank, they'll move him for next to nothing to a clear title contender. If he feels there's nothing left in the tank, he can finish up his career here and move into a coaching or FO job and stay home.

Just a **** insane turn of events. I had mentally checked out of the offseason. I was not prepared for this.