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36 Comments
They don't want dame to go but they don't want to build around him
Let's be real, the NBA wants Lillard to play with LeBron in LA.
So james harden gets to request a trade and pick his team every season but if dame does it one time it’s a problem
Those teams just low key madd they ain't getting him
wanna kno how the league let harden kd and kyrie off but put the foot down on dame
This is how loyalty is rewarded
Lol what happened to loyalty 😂🤡😂🤡
Harden did it his last 2 teams
So the NBA ignoring the Beal trade😂
The NBA is disgraceful if they deny Lillard his wish after all he has been in his career.
I think after the whole Morant saga Adam Silver just looks incredibly weak to all the sponsors and investors so it's more of a timing thing than anything else. Players asking out looks bad for the whole league; let's not pretend that this is good. We all know it will continue to happen, however, this is mostly to keep the drama off the media as certain individuals in media have immense power over players and organizations public image and thus can significantly affect their reputation and business. Media does not serve the league or players so the very fact that those narratives(which may or may not be heavily 'influenced' by one party) have started to affect league-wide basketball operations is highly problematic for teams, players and business partners.
TL;DR: imo timing is just right. Adam Silver looks weak and thus media has more control over the brand than the commissioner which is bad for NBA, players and business partners.
Difference is that other players listed places they preferred to be traded to. Lillard said that he wants to go to Miami and that no other team should offer deals when he doesn’t even have leverage. Doesn’t even have a no trade clause.
Why is Lillard running away from the grind?
They are getting the script ready.
He should threaten to retire. Im aure he has some guaranteed money.
Players need more power in the NBA to work for who they want to work for. In the end it's a business yes but players are just employees and historically they have had no power, and been pushed around by teams. Waived, traded, without notice, treated like LIVESTOCK.
As employees in regular joe-blow jobs, we have the opportunity to leave our organisation if we want to, and go work for another organisation. Give NBA players the same rights. Majority of these guys work really, really hard. Obviously you don't want a situation where players walk out or refuse to play. But, franchises need to create working environments where players want to stay.
Give all players the right to ask for trades at any time, just as franchises have the right to trade players at any time. The players are doing all the work. Now give them the power !
I feel like they will trade him to a worst team on purpose.
I'm telling y'all the best place for dame is spurs. The spurs have to make a move.
Enough is enough
And this is why the nba is trash! Give the players too much power and this is what happens. Bring back the old days
This is dame being too kind to Portland. He finally said I want Miami and blazers don't wanna get fleeced. Just trade him for w/e and move. Rebuild and let dame go. Like what does Portland want lol?
Can't you just retire early….take the paycut/consequences for not finishing your contract out, then the next year, come out of retirement and join a new team? Granted you would be losing out on money that way, but still. Other than Lossing some money, it seems like it'd be the perfectly loop hole for joining a new team lol. At least if that is really your main goal. If your main goal is to get paid what you think you are worth, dip out on your contract early, and go to whatever team you want to go to, then it's a whole other story. NBA no longer wants players to have their cake and eat it to, so to speak lol.
Without Lillard, who cares about Portland? That's why… 🙂
TEAMS CAN TRADE PLAYERS IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES AND WANT RESPECT.
IMO Lillard and Grant to the Jazz makes most sense, I think it would make them instant contenders with Lauri Markkanen. Besides they could offer a package which should set up Portland for contention in the next 3-5 years.
Because of the announcement from LBJ to Miami years ago! They’re stepping players from controlling the narrative
The miami heat does not have the assets to trade for damian lillard that’s it
Idk man to me there's no reason to take away a players freedom to… speak to people in public about a decision? And to get punished for that? Who cares what your opinion on the matter is, the reality is any person anywhere around the world should be able to publicly make a decision and express their viewpoints on something. That is how problems actually are brought into awareness and solved. Maybe if this franchise was not a complete failure to build something good in the modern NBA, and the NBA focused more on boosting the smaller franchises and punishing bad ownership, then this situation would not even be a thing in the first place.
It actually makes no sense why this year they should’ve started doing this after kd
I'm getting kinda bored Smoove we need another let's play series
Adam Silver taking a page from David Stern playbook and vetoing trade😂
David Silver forgot that slavery was abolished! Fucking disgrace!!!
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Lol Lillard is becoming more and more lame
Cris is showing us his 2k game 😂😂😂
Maybe coz he's one of the few remaining players who could be used as an image for "loyalty"