Dame committed to the Blazers

jokeboy86 · Post #101 » by **jokeboy86** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:55 pm

The Dame/Portland conversation has officially started giving me these vibes:

and this:

Taj FTW · Post #102 » by **Taj FTW** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:01 pm

Impuniti wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:He is a hero! What courage he has

60m a year worth of pure bravery.

His loyalty is surely putting them in a better position to win

RHODEY · Post #103 » by **RHODEY** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:16 pm

SweaterBae wrote:
RHODEY wrote:
Ballerhogger wrote:

Read on Twitter
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Im about tired of hearing about Dame and his unrealistic expectations.

Then why are you here?

Because its a forum.

NBA4Lyfe · Post #104 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:20 pm

Smart decision by dame, dont ever give up being the man in the NBA. Don’t end up like James harden

spanishninja · Post #105 » by **spanishninja** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:27 pm

is it just me or has there been so much more coverage with guys STAYING with teams this offseason than recent years?

jmo21 · Post #106 » by **jmo21** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:28 pm

Remember he made fun of guys like KD, Lebron etc leaving their teams to form superteams?

I am convinced that is the reason he won't ask for a trade, as opposed to him just being loyal and staying. I think he wants the Blazers to unequivocally make the decision to trade him.

Slacktard · Post #107 » by **Slacktard** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:36 pm

bfchs123 wrote:
xb3at band1tx wrote:

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"Big 3" has lost all meaning

Draymond's ego is top-3 caliber.

JKiddy · Post #108 » by **JKiddy** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:57 pm

jmo21 wrote:Remember he made fun of guys like KD, Lebron etc leaving their teams to form superteams?

I am convinced that is the reason he won't ask for a trade, as opposed to him just being loyal and staying. I think he wants the Blazers to unequivocally make the decision to trade him.

WE HAVE A WINNER! You know what's going on.

:rockon:

Post #109 » by **DeBlazerRiddem** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:36 pm

Lol JKiddy you have continually been dead wrong on Blazer related matters.

ItsDanger · Post #110 » by **ItsDanger** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:37 pm

Dame Dolla!

Post #111 » by **Capn'O** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:01 pm

The follow up today seems to reiterate the conditionality of the commitment. The Blazers will try to get him pieces and if they do he'll want to stay. But they may not be able to.

It's a pretty reasonable stance though they may lose some opportunity by not striking now.

Mickey8 · Post #112 » by **Mickey8** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:09 pm

So much noise for the overrated undersized guard.

Jadoogar · Post #113 » by **Jadoogar** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:26 pm

MagicMamba88 wrote:

Read on Twitter

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Out of the top 10 rookies in terms of minutes, here's how many had a positive net rating
2022 - 1 (Keegan Murray)
2021- 3 (Scottie, Mobley, Herb Jones)
2020- 2 (Prichard, Bane)
2019- 3 (Terrance Davis, Grant Williams, Thybulle)
2018 - 1 (Shamet); even Luka was a negative
2017 - 4 (Ben Simmons, Tatum, Mitchell, OG)
2016 - 2 (Jamal Murray, Sabonis)

Most of these players are catch and shoot players or bigs that just roll.

Expecting Scoot (or even Sharpe) to contribute to winning for the next couple seasons is pretty farfetched.

Tracymcgoaty · Post #114 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:54 pm

See..All that noise for absolutely **** nothing. Please Dame from now on...Just shut the **** up and lay in bed.

EricAnderson · Post #115 » by **EricAnderson** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:50 pm

Without a Dame trade I have a feeling it’s gonna be a uneventful summer

Bad FA class and probably just some small trades of average role players

Papi_swav · Post #116 » by **Papi_swav** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:40 pm

monopoman wrote:
Papi_swav wrote:I think they'll be fine if they re-sign Grant. They just need to flip Simons for a 4 or get rid of his contract. Scoot coming off the bench will be dynamic for them.

Simons is not a bad guy to have, I'm not sure why so many are down on him. If it's the pairing with Lillard I think you could argue Scoot and Lillard are also not the best pair either.

For some reason on RealGM people seem to think that Simons is trash, and he just had a horrible season.

It's not that I'm down on him, it's just that they have a log jam at guard right now. Lilliard, Sharpe, Scoot all need playing time. They can use Simons contract for a starting 4, and Simons should have value because he's a good player.

MrBigShot · Post #117 » by **MrBigShot** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:57 pm

I think at this point Dame is just chill sailing off into the sunset not having ever made a serious championship run in his career. There's no way he legitimately believes signing a washed up Draymond would make them a contender.

John Murdoch · Post #118 » by **John Murdoch** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:01 am

Lillard will always be in Currys shadow, reminds me of Dwade being mad Kobe was top dog

NBA4Lyfe · Post #119 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:08 am

lol yall want dame to sacrifice his numbers without a guarenetee of championship. If the heat acquire dame and dont go back to the finals, the media is gonna blame lillard not jimmy or bam. I dont think dame wants that, dame would rather the blazers build around him and not be a whipping boy in the media. See harden and kyrie( when they changed teams). The team that drafted you has a strong fanbase and will go to bat for you when you have bad games, notice aint too many harden fans in philly and brooklyn like he had in houston. Miami will always be jimmys town, and when the team loses the media will blame dame, we saw this with bosh on the healtes

nikster · Post #120 » by **nikster** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:27 am

DeBlazerRiddem wrote:
ChaseDown wrote:Legionhoops…NBA central…y’all really like to get fooled by these rumor pages don’t ya? Believe everything on the internet is what the saying has changed to.

Yuuuup.

Dame hasn't said anything. His camp hasn't said anything. He isn't the one creating drama here, it is entirely media speculation but he gets all the blame.

People are so funny, not in a good way.

Yeah this has been insane to read the responses. Lillard message has been the same for years: he wants to stay in Portland and he wants them to be competitive (even if he doesn't have a real shot at the title). He's been very consistent in his message.

People act like every unsubstantiated rumor is gospel and coming directly from Dame. When's the last time we've actually had a quote directly from him or his camp?