I am getting tired of Damian Lillard already.

[lbgreen33]

I mean, everyday there is a story about how DL wants to play for Miami. Too Bad!!!
He is not LeBron James in his Prime!! Dude, you are 33 and Portland wants a really good haul for you.
So, if you want to be traded so bad, sit back and see if a Team is willing to go all in for you!
Just really annoys me when a player not only demands a Trade, bet then Demands a Team.
I doesn't work like that!

[Neurotic Guy]

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I mean, everyday there is a story about how DL wants to play for Miami. Too Bad!!!
He is not LeBron James in his Prime!! Dude, you are 33 and Portland wants a really good haul for you.
So, if you want to be traded so bad, sit back and see if a Team is willing to go all in for you!
Just really annoys me when a player not only demands a Trade, bet then Demands a Team.
I doesn't work like that!

Well we hope it doesn’t work like that.  But maybe it does. 

[lbgreen33]

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I mean, everyday there is a story about how DL wants to play for Miami. Too Bad!!!
He is not LeBron James in his Prime!! Dude, you are 33 and Portland wants a really good haul for you.
So, if you want to be traded so bad, sit back and see if a Team is willing to go all in for you!
Just really annoys me when a player not only demands a Trade, bet then Demands a Team.
I doesn't work like that!

Well we hope it doesn’t work like that.  But maybe it does.

Sadly, you may be right.

[gouki88]

Definitely not alone!

[cons]

Agreed.

[aefgogreen]

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I mean, everyday there is a story about how DL wants to play for Miami. Too Bad!!!
He is not LeBron James in his Prime!! Dude, you are 33 and Portland wants a really good haul for you.
So, if you want to be traded so bad, sit back and see if a Team is willing to go all in for you!
Just really annoys me when a player not only demands a Trade, bet then Demands a Team.
I doesn't work like that!

Well we hope it doesn’t work like that.  But maybe it does.

I think we are seeing the limits of player empowerment.  Free agents should be able to go wherever they want. Players under contract are a different story. Players that go public with trade demands and try to limit options to one team have pushed it too far.

Sadly, you may be right.

[green_bballers13]

Dame is very expensive, hasn't played a lot lately, and is not a good defender.

Sign me up!!!

[Roy H.]

I think Philly had it mostly right with Ben Simmons.  If a dude doesn't want to be there, sit him out and suspend him.

[Vermont Green]

Dame is very expensive, hasn't played a lot lately, and is not a good defender.

Sign me up!!!

Let's not go overboard on this.  Lilliard did have what was probably a down year for him (only 58 games) and he still made 3rd team All-NBA.  He is a really good player.  He scored 32.2 pts/game on 20.7 FGA/game.  That is really good efficiency.  Got nearly 10 FTA/game.  37.1 3PT%, all when you know the defense was focused on stopping him.  Also managed 7.3 Asst/game (3.3 TO/game).  Now a lot of this stat volume comes from him having the ball in his hands, but let's not kid ourselves, he is a really good player.

But really good player or not, I am tired of this "trade me" saga also.

[JSD]

What if Portland gets a modest haul, makes Dame happy, and just pretends he left in free agency?

I don’t see the big deal. They hit the lottery getting Scoot at 3. Send Dame and that money out, clear the cap for Scoot on a rookie scale.

[Kernewek]

What if the problem is not the player, or the team management, but the 24-hour engagement requirements of modern day sports coverage?

[jbpats]

What if the problem is not the player, or the team management, but the 24-hour engagement requirements of modern day sports coverage?

TP on this - I think it's the constant requirement to make it a story from the media that is making it unbearable.

How many of these stories or takes are based on facts and simply not just click bait?

[RJ87]

What if Portland gets a modest haul, makes Dame happy, and just pretends he left in free agency?

I don’t see the big deal. They hit the lottery getting Scoot at 3. Send Dame and that money out, clear the cap for Scoot on a rookie scale.

That's just not good asset management. Think about it, what if we traded Paul and KG for a lesser package than we got? Portland has to approach a Dame trade the same way and get maximum value back.

[jpotter33]

What if Portland gets a modest haul, makes Dame happy, and just pretends he left in free agency?

I don’t see the big deal. They hit the lottery getting Scoot at 3. Send Dame and that money out, clear the cap for Scoot on a rookie scale.

That's just not good asset management. Think about it, what if we traded Paul and KG for a lesser package than we got? Portland has to approach a Dame trade the same way and get maximum value back.

Yep, exactly this.

People argue that Portland has some “duty” to send Dame to the Heat or wherever and get this over with. But that’s not really the case. Their duties are to the organization, the owners, the team, and the fans to put out the best product available, and the way you do that is by maximizing your return in trade value for your star. They’re already doing him a solid by trading him when they don’t have to and not simply trading him to the highest bidder regardless of chances to win.

I do think it’ll be interesting to see how Cronin manages this. Unlike the Simmons deal, I don’t see Dame being willing to sit out if he’s not getting what he wants, so there’s more pressure to get this done before the season starts. Though certainly not impossible to take the hard line and extend this into the season if you’re still not satisfied with the return.

[boscel33]

And here we go again.  Personally, I don't see a path to Dame to the C's with JB signing the Max, but I've been wrong before (a lot!).

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/celtics-the-new-non-heat-favorite-to-land-damian-lillard-in-trade-despite-jaylen-brown-contract-extension/ar-AA1elDlR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=688d063a56564bee8281111e02fd8c4f&ei=11

I'm so tired of this story, just move on!