Dame Lillard Requesting A Trade??
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The Knick Photoshop CurseIt's happening brehs.
I like the Pelicans as an option. There's been pressure to win soon from Zion and his family. Zion and Lilard would be a nice combo for years.
The Pelicans have Ingram (who was an All Star but not the best fit with Zion). They also have their own picks, the Bucks picks, and the Lakers picks.
The Pelicans have Ingram (who was an All Star but not the best fit with Zion). They also have their own picks, the Bucks picks, and the Lakers picks.
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so this were u dudes went
Dame for Simmons makes perfect sense
With thus said though , I doubt Portland trades Dame
I think they keep him and try to fix whatever the issues are. Small market teams can't afford to lose superstars. Even if it doesn't equal a title for the profits to stay in the black and not in the red, they keeping Dame.
Dame would have to come out publicly and make it so toxic in the way aaron Rodgers has.
With thus said though , I doubt Portland trades Dame
I think they keep him and try to fix whatever the issues are. Small market teams can't afford to lose superstars. Even if it doesn't equal a title for the profits to stay in the black and not in the red, they keeping Dame.
Dame would have to come out publicly and make it so toxic in the way aaron Rodgers has.
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I’ll rather go out in the first-2nd round playing for the New York Knicks and get a standing ovation then to get bounce out in the first-2nd round in Portland
bruh I’m not gonna lie…the organ playing in MSG with dame bringing up the ball in the last few seconds of a close game
Abbott is as legit as they come; he's been doing this for ~20 years, before scrubs like Shams could even ride a bike, and he doesn't do it looking for clicks or clout like the Burt Steele/Arye Abraham type cappers on twitter. Nurkic is just coping like Wade, Bosh, and Riley did when Bron conspired to go back to Cleveland without telling them. Or when KD told Russ he wasn't going anywhere... but then signed with the team that eliminated them a couple weeks later. Yahoo just posted a whole feature telling y'all this was eventually going to happen a couple weeks ago, the writing been on the wall my man
All facts
For him to tweet that he know something. Henry just chills and writes extremely fukking long articles about basketball lol.
He definitely knows something.
Like I said he's an OG
If he wants to join your squad and you already got a star, I think you gotta go all in. Or damn close.
My earlier point was people had the same reservations about the Beard (age, play style, defense, etc), then it became ‘unfair’ once BK got him.
If you’re Philly for example, Embiid x Dame x Tobias is probably worthwhile to where you can figure out the rest.
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I Am Legend
Herro, Oladipo, and a 1st.
Who says no?
If I’m Portland I’m hanging up the phone but as a heat fans 
Portland please be on some Billy King shyt and take that deal
CH: I have to ask you about your situation with the Trail Blazers. With all you’ve done for the franchise on and off the court, do you feel like that same level of commitment has been reciprocated as far as putting you in position to get your first title?
DL: To make it to the NBA, I had to give it everything I had. I was going to do what needed to be done to win games. I didn’t come into the league worrying about what others were doing in the organization. I didn’t come in with that type of mentality. But I've been active in probably 95% of the games in my career. I’ve played through injuries, and I’ve been a part of two rebuilds. I feel like I’ve experienced everything with the Trail Blazers, and I’ve worn that jersey as a badge of honor and with a lot of pride and care. I never felt like my job was to go in and critique what other people were doing in the organization. My job was to make sure the team is functioning and trying to lead them to the best results. I’ve always assumed everybody’s mentality was the same. Even when I'm playing well and we come up short at the end of the season, I go home and the first thing I do is look in the mirror and tell myself we didn't win a championship. Or if I didn't play as well as I should have, I’ve had to look in the mirror and tell myself that my performance was unacceptable and I have to do better. And then you go do better.
I think that's the stage we're at as a team where we all, not just me, not just my teammates, not just our new coaching staff, the front office, everybody in this organization must look in the mirror because we’ve constantly come up short. We have to look in the mirror and say I have to be better because whatever it is we’re doing is not working and it’s not giving us the shot to compete on the level that we want to compete on.
Chris Haynes: How have you and your teammates dealt with the criticisms Team USA is receiving for dropping two exhibition games?
Damian Lillard: I haven’t dealt with the criticism, personally. We are more critical of ourselves naturally. We know we represent Team USA, and there is a reputation where we’ve always gotten the job done. To come out in those first two games the way we did, it was different. People were like, ‘What's going on?’ But it's pretty much a brand-new team from the last few Olympics. This is a lot of guys’ first time and we’re younger. It takes time to transition being a team. Also, the rest of the world is getting better. You look at these other rosters and there's five, six, seven dudes in the NBA. They’ve been playing together for a long time. They wanted to beat the United States for a long time, and for us, we're just becoming a team and we’re still working on becoming a team instead of a group of talented individuals.
CH: You said those other countries have caught up. Is it fair to think the days of those huge blowout games Team USA used to unleash on a regular basis are over?
DL: Our attitude has to be that we're going there to win a gold medal, but we can't go in there with the attitude that it's just going to happen. Because everybody has gotten better, we must go over there knowing we can be beat. We’re known for winning gold medals, and we should be going over there wearing that like a badge of honor. We’re here to win it all, but it's not just going to happen. We must earn it. It's that simple. We’re just trying to keep making strides in the right direction. Obviously, we want to win and we're trying to win, but I think the focus has been more on us just getting better and becoming a team more and more. So, when we get over there, we know what we need to do.
CH: Have you garnered any extra motivation for next season from playing with the elite of the elite?
DL: I wouldn’t say this is extra motivation. I think it’s just something you want to embrace because it's not normal for us to be playing together. We all play on different teams and when we do come together, it’s in an All-Star Game and it's kind of a meaningless game. This is really the only opportunity where you have a team with nearly all the best players playing for something meaningful. It’s a wonderful feeling. So, I’m just embracing it and throwing myself into it and making the most of it
Damian Lillard: I haven’t dealt with the criticism, personally. We are more critical of ourselves naturally. We know we represent Team USA, and there is a reputation where we’ve always gotten the job done. To come out in those first two games the way we did, it was different. People were like, ‘What's going on?’ But it's pretty much a brand-new team from the last few Olympics. This is a lot of guys’ first time and we’re younger. It takes time to transition being a team. Also, the rest of the world is getting better. You look at these other rosters and there's five, six, seven dudes in the NBA. They’ve been playing together for a long time. They wanted to beat the United States for a long time, and for us, we're just becoming a team and we’re still working on becoming a team instead of a group of talented individuals.
CH: You said those other countries have caught up. Is it fair to think the days of those huge blowout games Team USA used to unleash on a regular basis are over?
DL: Our attitude has to be that we're going there to win a gold medal, but we can't go in there with the attitude that it's just going to happen. Because everybody has gotten better, we must go over there knowing we can be beat. We’re known for winning gold medals, and we should be going over there wearing that like a badge of honor. We’re here to win it all, but it's not just going to happen. We must earn it. It's that simple. We’re just trying to keep making strides in the right direction. Obviously, we want to win and we're trying to win, but I think the focus has been more on us just getting better and becoming a team more and more. So, when we get over there, we know what we need to do.
CH: Have you garnered any extra motivation for next season from playing with the elite of the elite?
DL: I wouldn’t say this is extra motivation. I think it’s just something you want to embrace because it's not normal for us to be playing together. We all play on different teams and when we do come together, it’s in an All-Star Game and it's kind of a meaningless game. This is really the only opportunity where you have a team with nearly all the best players playing for something meaningful. It’s a wonderful feeling. So, I’m just embracing it and throwing myself into it and making the most of it
CH: I have to ask you about your situation with the Trail Blazers. With all you’ve done for the franchise on and off the court, do you feel like that same level of commitment has been reciprocated as far as putting you in position to get your first title?
DL: To make it to the NBA, I had to give it everything I had. I was going to do what needed to be done to win games. I didn’t come into the league worrying about what others were doing in the organization. I didn’t come in with that type of mentality. But I've been active in probably 95% of the games in my career. I’ve played through injuries, and I’ve been a part of two rebuilds. I feel like I’ve experienced everything with the Trail Blazers, and I’ve worn that jersey as a badge of honor and with a lot of pride and care. I never felt like my job was to go in and critique what other people were doing in the organization. My job was to make sure the team is functioning and trying to lead them to the best results. I’ve always assumed everybody’s mentality was the same. Even when I'm playing well and we come up short at the end of the season, I go home and the first thing I do is look in the mirror and tell myself we didn't win a championship. Or if I didn't play as well as I should have, I’ve had to look in the mirror and tell myself that my performance was unacceptable and I have to do better. And then you go do better.
I think that's the stage we're at as a team where we all, not just me, not just my teammates, not just our new coaching staff, the front office, everybody in this organization must look in the mirror because we’ve constantly come up short. We have to look in the mirror and say I have to be better because whatever it is we’re doing is not working and it’s not giving us the shot to compete on the level that we want to compete on.
CH: Having known you for years and your position, why is this current juncture such a pivotal moment for you?
DL: There are few reasons: One being I'm not getting any younger. Our environment has always been great. We’re not losing a lot, but we were eliminated by a shorthanded Denver team that I felt we should have beat. I just walked away from that really disappointed. I was like, ‘Man, this just isn't going to work.’ We're not winning the championship, but we’ve got a successful organization. We're not a franchise that’s just out here losing every year and getting divided. We have positive seasons; we just don't end up with a championship. So I feel like at this point, I basically made the decision that if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you've always been. Just like I hold myself accountable for a bad performance or hold myself accountable to make sure that I work my ass off when I’m training, I must be accountable for saying what needs to be said even if it's not popular. And that just comes with age. When I was younger, I felt like maybe I'll be out of place, but I feel like I've earned the right to say we must do better. We must do better if we want to win on that level.
(Lillard will address a report about his future with the team following Team USA practice on Friday.)
CH: Have you been watching much of the NBA Finals?
DL: I haven’t really watched the games except for a quarter here and there. I literally watched the last eight minutes the other night when I saw you at Aria. It’s like you almost get jealous. Like, damn, I’m enjoying my experience with Team USA, but I'd rather be one of the teams still playing.
DL: To make it to the NBA, I had to give it everything I had. I was going to do what needed to be done to win games. I didn’t come into the league worrying about what others were doing in the organization. I didn’t come in with that type of mentality. But I've been active in probably 95% of the games in my career. I’ve played through injuries, and I’ve been a part of two rebuilds. I feel like I’ve experienced everything with the Trail Blazers, and I’ve worn that jersey as a badge of honor and with a lot of pride and care. I never felt like my job was to go in and critique what other people were doing in the organization. My job was to make sure the team is functioning and trying to lead them to the best results. I’ve always assumed everybody’s mentality was the same. Even when I'm playing well and we come up short at the end of the season, I go home and the first thing I do is look in the mirror and tell myself we didn't win a championship. Or if I didn't play as well as I should have, I’ve had to look in the mirror and tell myself that my performance was unacceptable and I have to do better. And then you go do better.
I think that's the stage we're at as a team where we all, not just me, not just my teammates, not just our new coaching staff, the front office, everybody in this organization must look in the mirror because we’ve constantly come up short. We have to look in the mirror and say I have to be better because whatever it is we’re doing is not working and it’s not giving us the shot to compete on the level that we want to compete on.
CH: Having known you for years and your position, why is this current juncture such a pivotal moment for you?
DL: There are few reasons: One being I'm not getting any younger. Our environment has always been great. We’re not losing a lot, but we were eliminated by a shorthanded Denver team that I felt we should have beat. I just walked away from that really disappointed. I was like, ‘Man, this just isn't going to work.’ We're not winning the championship, but we’ve got a successful organization. We're not a franchise that’s just out here losing every year and getting divided. We have positive seasons; we just don't end up with a championship. So I feel like at this point, I basically made the decision that if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you've always been. Just like I hold myself accountable for a bad performance or hold myself accountable to make sure that I work my ass off when I’m training, I must be accountable for saying what needs to be said even if it's not popular. And that just comes with age. When I was younger, I felt like maybe I'll be out of place, but I feel like I've earned the right to say we must do better. We must do better if we want to win on that level.
(Lillard will address a report about his future with the team following Team USA practice on Friday.)
CH: Have you been watching much of the NBA Finals?
DL: I haven’t really watched the games except for a quarter here and there. I literally watched the last eight minutes the other night when I saw you at Aria. It’s like you almost get jealous. Like, damn, I’m enjoying my experience with Team USA, but I'd rather be one of the teams still playing.
Money matches up
Herro is young, verified clutch and a household name. Remember that song by that Jack guy? It's Poppin?
Oladipo averaged 23 points back in Indiana.
Portland will get better if you add them together