Pretty absurd to compare a soon-to-be 33 year old Dame, on a massive contract and whose value will depreciate year over year, to Mike Tomlin
malnatia23
Respectfully, have never heard of this dude.
However, loved his style and yeah like fr it doesn’t make sense from a high-level
Guess his show is on Roku? lol random af
helloedboys
Wack as hell lol
BrklynDragon
Rich loves dame, and rightfully so.
greyjay
Agreed. Anyone who wants Dame to leave is not a Blazer fan. If this is you, leave. Go back to whatever team you liked before you transplanted here. Take your Laker-vibes with you.
BigBallsMalone
Preach!
malnatia23
wtf? I feel insane. Probably have heard him in that case! but obviously never heard or remembered his name
… carry on lmao
DanDan85
Who else was confused in the beginning with the lack of context about Mike Tomlin and the comparison of Damian Lillard haha.
gomugomunorocket42
These guys bit on the Dame troll too haha
Interesting-Bear4092
Yeah, so you’re not trading Dame, you’re trading the pick to whoever really wants Miller or maybe Scoot.
Just2_Stare_at_Stars
No, on the contrary, there is no logic in that video whatsoever, just emotional pleading in the style of “but he’s Lillard.”
Blunderhill511
First off, I don’t want to trade Dame and think it’s a bad play. However, I feel a lot of the trade talk amongst blazer fans started because he said he didn’t want to stay for a rebuild, so people were considering what that might look like. Maybe now we can get a package that would keep him, but it’s only natural for fans to speculate on such major uncertainty. Am I crazy for thinking this?
Imrindar
Since 1947, there have been 85 seasons of American professional basketball between the BBA, ABA, and NBA. Out of those 85 seasons, players under 6’4″ have been the leading scorer on a championship team only eleven times. Those eleven championship teams have been lead by only seven different players.
In the last 30 years, only two players under 6’4″ have been the leading scorer on a championship team; Steph Curry, and Tony Parker. Steph Curry is a multi-generational talent and perhaps the best pure shooter the NBA has ever seen. Tony Parker’s team was incredibly balanced, and while he was the leading scorer, the team was also anchored by Tim Duncan.
Small players simply do not lead teams to championships very often. Further, defense is extremely important to winning championships. Only five teams have ever won a championship with a defense outside of the top ten. The best defensive rankings of Lillard led teams has been eighth and tenth. The next best Lillard led defensive ranking is 16th, and ranges all the way down to 30th.
We have a chance to rebuild this team around a 6’6″ Shaedon Sharpe who has been praised as an unbelievable prospect by one of the best college coaches in the game, was drafted by a PhD player evaluation guru, and we’ve already seen glimpses of what he can do at 19 years old. We now have a top three selection in what’s being hailed as the deepest draft in years.
It would be absolute insanity to trade this opportunity away to try to appease Lillard, who is statistically incredibly unlikely to bring this team a championship as its best player. We’re perfectly poised to rebuild this team with a great young core, and Lillard is better used as an asset to further that rebuild than he is as a player on this team.
MookieV
The path forward is finding a way to keep the pick AND Lillard. Henderson as a backup to Lillard? 😮💨
throwawayjoeyboots
Rich Eisen has the boomer take on every situation.
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Keep Dame, Keep the 3!
Pretty absurd to compare a soon-to-be 33 year old Dame, on a massive contract and whose value will depreciate year over year, to Mike Tomlin
Respectfully, have never heard of this dude.
However, loved his style and yeah like fr it doesn’t make sense from a high-level
Guess his show is on Roku? lol random af
Wack as hell lol
Rich loves dame, and rightfully so.
Agreed. Anyone who wants Dame to leave is not a Blazer fan. If this is you, leave. Go back to whatever team you liked before you transplanted here. Take your Laker-vibes with you.
Preach!
wtf? I feel insane. Probably have heard him in that case! but obviously never heard or remembered his name
… carry on lmao
Who else was confused in the beginning with the lack of context about Mike Tomlin and the comparison of Damian Lillard haha.
These guys bit on the Dame troll too haha
Yeah, so you’re not trading Dame, you’re trading the pick to whoever really wants Miller or maybe Scoot.
No, on the contrary, there is no logic in that video whatsoever, just emotional pleading in the style of “but he’s Lillard.”
First off, I don’t want to trade Dame and think it’s a bad play. However, I feel a lot of the trade talk amongst blazer fans started because he said he didn’t want to stay for a rebuild, so people were considering what that might look like. Maybe now we can get a package that would keep him, but it’s only natural for fans to speculate on such major uncertainty. Am I crazy for thinking this?
Since 1947, there have been 85 seasons of American professional basketball between the BBA, ABA, and NBA. Out of those 85 seasons, players under 6’4″ have been the leading scorer on a championship team only eleven times. Those eleven championship teams have been lead by only seven different players.
In the last 30 years, only two players under 6’4″ have been the leading scorer on a championship team; Steph Curry, and Tony Parker. Steph Curry is a multi-generational talent and perhaps the best pure shooter the NBA has ever seen. Tony Parker’s team was incredibly balanced, and while he was the leading scorer, the team was also anchored by Tim Duncan.
Small players simply do not lead teams to championships very often. Further, defense is extremely important to winning championships. Only five teams have ever won a championship with a defense outside of the top ten. The best defensive rankings of Lillard led teams has been eighth and tenth. The next best Lillard led defensive ranking is 16th, and ranges all the way down to 30th.
We have a chance to rebuild this team around a 6’6″ Shaedon Sharpe who has been praised as an unbelievable prospect by one of the best college coaches in the game, was drafted by a PhD player evaluation guru, and we’ve already seen glimpses of what he can do at 19 years old. We now have a top three selection in what’s being hailed as the deepest draft in years.
It would be absolute insanity to trade this opportunity away to try to appease Lillard, who is statistically incredibly unlikely to bring this team a championship as its best player. We’re perfectly poised to rebuild this team with a great young core, and Lillard is better used as an asset to further that rebuild than he is as a player on this team.
The path forward is finding a way to keep the pick AND Lillard. Henderson as a backup to Lillard? 😮💨
Rich Eisen has the boomer take on every situation.