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watsonthedragon wrote:Let the fun begin:Damian Lillard says Miami is ‘obviously’ his first choice over Boston, New York, and Brooklyn in a hypothetical trade: “Bam is my dawg”
watsonthedragon wrote:Let the fun begin:Damian Lillard says Miami is ‘obviously’ his first choice over Boston, New York, and Brooklyn in a hypothetical trade: “Bam is my dawg”
Celts17Pride wrote:watsonthedragon wrote:Let the fun begin:Damian Lillard says Miami is ‘obviously’ his first choice over Boston, New York, and Brooklyn in a hypothetical trade: “Bam is my dawg”
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
watsonthedragon wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
I don't see it unless they're giving up Bam.. What is Miami's offer - Herro, Martin, picks? Why Portland would entertain that?
Celts17Pride wrote:watsonthedragon wrote:Let the fun begin:Damian Lillard says Miami is ‘obviously’ his first choice over Boston, New York, and Brooklyn in a hypothetical trade: “Bam is my dawg”
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
fallguy wrote:ddb wrote:watsonthedragon wrote:Just wanted to cross-post my rant from reddit on the new CBA here:
I think people immediately shutting down any and all JB trade ideas aren’t aware of just how drastic the changes to the CBA are going to be. It’s like a completely different league moving forward and it may be impossible to build a team around two guys taking up 70% of the cap unless they’re SO good that the pieces around them don’t matter.
It’s the same reason that it’s more or a less a guarantee that one of the 3 guards (likely Brogdon) is going to be moved this summer, and probably for not much of a return. We HAVE to shed money soon.
I’m pretty disappointed in the NBAPA. They’re totally screwing over the middle class of the league and teams built the “right way” from the ground up and fans are going to be getting a lesser product. The days of keeping “cores” together for years (see GSW or us) is probably going away and we’re going to just see contenders shuffling rookie-scale and minimum salary guys around supermax guys year to year.
All of this to say that there is (unfortunately) value to exploring moving on from JB unless you TRULY believe that he and JT are good enough to win on their own. They’re never going to have a team as good as this past years around them, and that sucks. I just think the recipe for success under the new CBA is probably one supermax guy, an all-star caliber guy on a rookie contract, and then filling out around them with more space.
Anyway, sorry for the rant but this new CBA is ****. I highly recommend you guys read up or listen to some podcasts on it because it truly is changing the landscape of the league, and I’m not over-exaggerating.
Dude, 100%! I'm so disappointed in the NBAPA. Talk about destroying what's been so good about the league for so long. You're right. The "middle class" is gone. The changes to the CBA are making the league more "Cali" then "Florida" and that's NOT a good thing for the product. It's good for the really good players and THAT'S IT.
Unfortunately, because of this reality, Brad Stevens will have to trade JB this summer or next summer. It'll likely be next summer regardless of whether or not they win the title.
The most likely scenario remains JB signs a supermax contract with Boston. Once he inks that new deal, he cannot be traded for 1 season. I'm fairly certain the new deal kicks in once the 24-25 NBA calendar begins. So technically, it doesn't really impact Boston in 23-24. Is that right?
Bolded because you're right.
Celts17Pride wrote:watsonthedragon wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
I don't see it unless they're giving up Bam.. What is Miami's offer - Herro, Martin, picks? Why Portland would entertain that?
Portland will send Lillard where he wants to go for being so loyal to the organization. Just watch.
playa-hater wrote:And Scottie Branes is probably in my top 3 most untouchable players in the league.
Celts17Pride wrote:watsonthedragon wrote:Let the fun begin:Damian Lillard says Miami is ‘obviously’ his first choice over Boston, New York, and Brooklyn in a hypothetical trade: “Bam is my dawg”
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
Fierce1 wrote:if the Cs tell JB that giving him the supermax is just too much and the Cs can't afford it.
Andrew McCeltic wrote:What is up with the messages out of Portland? Dame wants big trades, FO says Sharpe is off limits.. are they negotiating with each other?
Larry_Russell wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
what is miami giving?
Hero and Lowry?
watsonthedragon wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
I think it's extremely likely that Dame Lillard will be wearing a Miami Heat uniform next year. One is because it's were he wants to go and secondly because I don't think Portland is going to get what it wants from #3, Simons, Sharpe etc.
People need to stop with the Jaylen Brown for Lillard talk. Jaylen Brown won't resign in Portland especially if Lillard is gone. The potential trade is DOA.
I don't see it unless they're giving up Bam.. What is Miami's offer - Herro, Martin, picks? Why Portland would entertain that?
ddb wrote:Andrew McCeltic wrote:What is up with the messages out of Portland? Dame wants big trades, FO says Sharpe is off limits.. are they negotiating with each other?
I mean, if I'm running Portland, I'm trading Dame to the highest bidder. It's time to move on and rebuild. If they don't make that decision now, it's going to cost that front office jobs because I do not see a scenario where they're able to pull off multiple trades to bring in win-now guys around Dame. At least not to the level of contending for a title.
Celts17Pride wrote:Fierce1 wrote:if the Cs tell JB that giving him the supermax is just too much and the Cs can't afford it.
then JB tells the Celtics he will enter free agency in 2024/2025 and pick his own team.