There are always going to be loud assholes with bad takes on the internet. I don’t think wanting to get a fair return is the same as turning on Dame. He’s gonna be wearing someone else’s jersey when the season starts, but Scoot and Sharpe will still be Blazers and (most of us) will still be Blazers fans. It is not just okay, but actually the correct take, for us to hope Cronin brings back pieces that can help us in the next era. We love Dame, we wish him well, we will even root for his new team to win a chip, but we’re not doing that at the expense of the Blazers’ future.
terrordactylz
Is this the new hardest road?
sean_buttcannon
IM SO SICK OF THIS ALREADY. PLEASE EXPEDITE THIS TRADE JOE. IM TRYNA ENJOY SCOOT AND SHARPE
HerbieAlias
Blazers fan first no matter what, but everybody be prepared: this shit about to get ugly š
YoungAntiSocialite
Of course fans are going to be frustrated with dame pressuring his way to the organization with no assets.
Dame, you went business, so are we. Nothing personal. Donāt get your fee fees hurt.
OldGarlic05
Curious if heāll take the high road if he doesnāt get traded to Miami lol
No-Lingonberry3710
This is definitely feels like a breakup. I canāt say Iām mad at Dame for asking for a trade. He doesnāt have many prime years left and we know how much Dame loves the game, think itās best to give him a chance and himself a chance to actually compete
No_Information3972
This is so dumb, and Chad Doing is once again clueless and stirring the pot. Dame still has plenty of supporters and fans in Portland who totally understand where heās coming from. Yes there is a small group of morons who like to shout from the rooftops, but I feel confident in saying that the majority of Blazer fans get it. So sick of the divisive crap. Dame is still my favorite player of all time, and I hold nothing against him. Blazers are in rebuild mode, and Dame deserves to be on a team with a chance for contention. Simple as that. Unfortunately we have mouthpieces in Portland like Chad, Dwight Jaynes, Fentress, and Jason Quick who like to rile folks up. Dame is an amazing person who has done a great deal for the community here, and he will always be loved.
saylab_the_bigkat
āLoyaltyā, ārunning from the grindā. Best to Dame but if he didnāt preach these things over and over again, there wouldnāt be near as much hate, vitriol, towards him.
iszcross
I would love to meet and tell him to his face what this fan is thinking.
Iliketothrowaway2456
Itās like Durant and others who comment on player movement and loyalty, just to force/try to force their way onto another team.
You have to be careful commenting on others.
And it doesnāt help that he goes on about loyalty and returning to the grind every season. I get wanting out knowing how management botched attempts/decided to go the other way, but you know your fans in Portland are going to take personal offense to it regardless. And get even angrier if you not only want to leave, but openly try to force your way onto another team, reducing what their favourite team can get back Lmaoo
Also seriously, it seems like Paul George is the only NBA player who knows how to ask discreetly for a trade. Did with the pacers (but the pacers leaked it themselves), then with the Thunder š
Iwantalltheham69
Dudes like a chick.
DillGrunty
Chad in Portland is a tool of the highest magnitude. Maybe he should go back to his shitty emails to the Rome show. Hey Chad in Portland, tell me about Ervin Johnson. Such an idiot.
FullAutoLuxPosadism
I mean, based on Jason Quickās report, yeah, he did mislead people and asked for a trade last year but tried to hide behind other people saying it.
UPGRAY3DD
He’s doing the thing where people single out the extreme reaction and then react to it, which is a way to garner sympathy. It happens all the time on Twitter. Pretty evident that most unhappy fans are unhappy due to the specific trade demand to a team with bad assets, but he singles out the Dame-hater minority to respond to instead.
alphashooterz
Born and raised in Oregon and the blazers are my team. With that said I have nothing but love for lillard and I was so happy he was on the blazers, but the organization hasnāt done right by him and Iām surprised he has stayed as long as he has. Iām incredibly sad to see him go but I get it. Iām still a lillard fan and always will be, I own more than one pair of his shoes. I want to see him do great things.
nikon73
I truly, honestly believe that the fine line between total support and turning on him *was demanding to go form a superteam*. That’s the difference. That’s why it’s happening.
TeaBagginton
Chad Doing sucks.
blowdarts69
I really wish Dame liked attention less.
No-Particular8597
The part Iām confused about is this. Does/did Dame prefer that the team makes deals at all costs just to bring in some vets? These are more than likely bad deals that theyāve rejected. Paul George for Scoot? George canāt last a full season anymore and is prolly 4-5 years from being out of the league. Herro does little for me and the prospects of Heat draft picks after acquiring Dame prolly means those are end of the first rd. picks. I donāt really care what happens, stay or go, but being patient for a good deal, the right deal, seems very intelligent to me.
Anim8nFool
I can’t blame him for wanting change, but I can blame him for tanking our ability to get top tier assets.
There’s also that whole “never gonna run from the grind” but trade me to last season’s Finals team thing that might qualify as “misleading” fans. Ever since that loss in the playoffs to Denver he’s been acting selfishly — which is fine, as long as you don’t act like you’ve been 100% committed to the franchise.
You’re now taking yourself out of the running for greatest Blazer ever, in my books.
ohiathere
Dame was vocal about his boundaries and what he wants. The Blazers canāt offer that. Sometimes relationships need to end for both sides to grow.
PSLFredux
I just can’t with Dame. His social game is so fucking cringe.
Dude has such a godlike image of himself it’s nauseating
KD_43
Saying you want to spend your whole career with one team, and saying how loyal you are to the franchise, and saying you want to retire a Blazer.
Then you ask to go to a better team just because your tired of losing… Yes yes you were misleading with your statements
highway_vigilante
To be fair, I would put the fan base at 50/50.
Scalmaa
Lmao hes only had one foot out the door for five years. Glad we donāt have to deal with his melodrama and will he wont he bullshit every summer anymore.
01wax
Imagine being part of any professional organization and sending out a public message like this. Completely unprofessional. This is going to be a bad breakup and itās not the Blazers org fault.
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https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1675585431180832769?t=sBRgMdTN-NsejZUH83LTzw&s=19
dame needs to stay off Twitter lol
There are always going to be loud assholes with bad takes on the internet. I don’t think wanting to get a fair return is the same as turning on Dame. He’s gonna be wearing someone else’s jersey when the season starts, but Scoot and Sharpe will still be Blazers and (most of us) will still be Blazers fans. It is not just okay, but actually the correct take, for us to hope Cronin brings back pieces that can help us in the next era. We love Dame, we wish him well, we will even root for his new team to win a chip, but we’re not doing that at the expense of the Blazers’ future.
Is this the new hardest road?
IM SO SICK OF THIS ALREADY. PLEASE EXPEDITE THIS TRADE JOE. IM TRYNA ENJOY SCOOT AND SHARPE
Blazers fan first no matter what, but everybody be prepared: this shit about to get ugly š
Of course fans are going to be frustrated with dame pressuring his way to the organization with no assets.
Dame, you went business, so are we. Nothing personal. Donāt get your fee fees hurt.
Curious if heāll take the high road if he doesnāt get traded to Miami lol
This is definitely feels like a breakup. I canāt say Iām mad at Dame for asking for a trade. He doesnāt have many prime years left and we know how much Dame loves the game, think itās best to give him a chance and himself a chance to actually compete
This is so dumb, and Chad Doing is once again clueless and stirring the pot. Dame still has plenty of supporters and fans in Portland who totally understand where heās coming from. Yes there is a small group of morons who like to shout from the rooftops, but I feel confident in saying that the majority of Blazer fans get it. So sick of the divisive crap. Dame is still my favorite player of all time, and I hold nothing against him. Blazers are in rebuild mode, and Dame deserves to be on a team with a chance for contention. Simple as that. Unfortunately we have mouthpieces in Portland like Chad, Dwight Jaynes, Fentress, and Jason Quick who like to rile folks up. Dame is an amazing person who has done a great deal for the community here, and he will always be loved.
āLoyaltyā, ārunning from the grindā. Best to Dame but if he didnāt preach these things over and over again, there wouldnāt be near as much hate, vitriol, towards him.
I would love to meet and tell him to his face what this fan is thinking.
Itās like Durant and others who comment on player movement and loyalty, just to force/try to force their way onto another team.
You have to be careful commenting on others.
And it doesnāt help that he goes on about loyalty and returning to the grind every season. I get wanting out knowing how management botched attempts/decided to go the other way, but you know your fans in Portland are going to take personal offense to it regardless. And get even angrier if you not only want to leave, but openly try to force your way onto another team, reducing what their favourite team can get back Lmaoo
Also seriously, it seems like Paul George is the only NBA player who knows how to ask discreetly for a trade. Did with the pacers (but the pacers leaked it themselves), then with the Thunder š
Dudes like a chick.
Chad in Portland is a tool of the highest magnitude. Maybe he should go back to his shitty emails to the Rome show. Hey Chad in Portland, tell me about Ervin Johnson. Such an idiot.
I mean, based on Jason Quickās report, yeah, he did mislead people and asked for a trade last year but tried to hide behind other people saying it.
He’s doing the thing where people single out the extreme reaction and then react to it, which is a way to garner sympathy. It happens all the time on Twitter. Pretty evident that most unhappy fans are unhappy due to the specific trade demand to a team with bad assets, but he singles out the Dame-hater minority to respond to instead.
Born and raised in Oregon and the blazers are my team. With that said I have nothing but love for lillard and I was so happy he was on the blazers, but the organization hasnāt done right by him and Iām surprised he has stayed as long as he has. Iām incredibly sad to see him go but I get it. Iām still a lillard fan and always will be, I own more than one pair of his shoes. I want to see him do great things.
I truly, honestly believe that the fine line between total support and turning on him *was demanding to go form a superteam*. That’s the difference. That’s why it’s happening.
Chad Doing sucks.
I really wish Dame liked attention less.
The part Iām confused about is this. Does/did Dame prefer that the team makes deals at all costs just to bring in some vets? These are more than likely bad deals that theyāve rejected. Paul George for Scoot? George canāt last a full season anymore and is prolly 4-5 years from being out of the league. Herro does little for me and the prospects of Heat draft picks after acquiring Dame prolly means those are end of the first rd. picks. I donāt really care what happens, stay or go, but being patient for a good deal, the right deal, seems very intelligent to me.
I can’t blame him for wanting change, but I can blame him for tanking our ability to get top tier assets.
There’s also that whole “never gonna run from the grind” but trade me to last season’s Finals team thing that might qualify as “misleading” fans. Ever since that loss in the playoffs to Denver he’s been acting selfishly — which is fine, as long as you don’t act like you’ve been 100% committed to the franchise.
You’re now taking yourself out of the running for greatest Blazer ever, in my books.
Dame was vocal about his boundaries and what he wants. The Blazers canāt offer that. Sometimes relationships need to end for both sides to grow.
I just can’t with Dame. His social game is so fucking cringe.
Dude has such a godlike image of himself it’s nauseating
Saying you want to spend your whole career with one team, and saying how loyal you are to the franchise, and saying you want to retire a Blazer.
Then you ask to go to a better team just because your tired of losing… Yes yes you were misleading with your statements
To be fair, I would put the fan base at 50/50.
Lmao hes only had one foot out the door for five years. Glad we donāt have to deal with his melodrama and will he wont he bullshit every summer anymore.
Imagine being part of any professional organization and sending out a public message like this. Completely unprofessional. This is going to be a bad breakup and itās not the Blazers org fault.