Discussing Damian Lillard Trade Possibilities & Suns’ Free Agency Moves | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the news that Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers, how he fits on different teams and who he could turn into a title contender. Plus, the crew talk about how the Phoenix Suns have filled out their roster with minimum contracts and if the Denver Nuggets need to be doing more.
0:00 Intro
1:30 Possible Dame Trade Options
26:45 Could Dame in Utah make sense?
41:15 Suns’ offseason successes
49:00 Has the Nuggets offseason been bad?
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42 Comments
Lillard's been playing games for years, and it continues once again.
Bontemps must really hate Dallas always trying to trade Luka. Smh
It’s hilarious how no other GM has been asked if they owe the superstar anything when they go anywhere other than Miami. Didn’t happen with AD, Durant, Irving, Harden, etc but as soon as Dame the most loyal out of all those guys wants to go to Miami it becomes a problem. He wants to be in Miami which is also the best fit. Jimmy is not a #1 guy even if he elevates himself to one in playoffs. Dame can be the first option with Jimmy at his more natural 2nd option and Bam as 3rd is an amazing fit! Every NBA player in the NBA who averages 20 ppg has value except 23 y/o marketable Tyler Herro has none 🤣 the disdain for Miami is unreal.
As a Nuggets fan, and I am sure Lakers and Suns fans would agree, I do not want to see Dame on that Utah team. That team would have the potential of being pretty scary in a 7 game series.
To make dame to philly in my opinion I believe Portland/heat will need to involve a third team.. portland needs another sizable wing or big. The heat best option is to find a trade partner that is interested in herro.
Y’all tripping. Maxey def on Desmond Banes level and with Harden leaving will prob surpass him this season
Good podcast, really informative.
Don’t mention utah again.. Portland and dame will work together on the best for both sides.. idk why he would mention them.. if that was the case he better off staying in Portland
These talking heads only have value in those expensive broadcast studios. It's hilarious seeing how amateur they are in the YouTube space lol
Dame to OKC?
Praying he ends up in Philly.
Pelicans can offer Brandon Ingram and MULTIPLE future 1st round picks for Dame (2024, 2025, 2026 etc)
Put all those draft picks around Brandon Ingram and Scoot Henderson
If Portland is serious about rebuilding,.. The Pelicans are one of the best options that nobodys talking about.
**(Yes, I said Brandon Ingram because he's more reliable than Zion)
Got to defend Christian Braun here. He played well except in the Lakers series, where he did not get a lot of minutes. The Lakers play bigger than most lineups and Braun just didn't match up as well. He also did make a few bonehead plays on defense in that series, but he is a rookie And he was solid against the Wolves, Suns, and Heat.
That being said the Nuggets had a 8 man rotation in the playoffs, and lost 2 of the 3 bench guys Green and Brown to FA. So Christian will have some big shoes to fill if the bench is going to be even somewhat productive. I think we will have another year of insane on/off numbers for Jokic.
Sign and trade Jeremi Grant and Damian Lillard for Cameron Johnson, Ben Simmons, Noah Clownley, Dariq Whitehead and Phoenix's 2025, 2027 and lottery protected 2029 1st…Portland does this to get out of 5 years of Grant for only two years of Simmons. Brooklyn gets a Superstar to pair with Bridges
Why don't the clippers go after Dame i mean they got a tradable deal to able to get him
Dame to Minnesota for KAT
Lol people speak on the dame situation like if he not trying to leave Portland to win a championship he not just leaving just to leave so he’s going to the team of his destination if not he just gonna stay in Portland it’s as simple as that
McMahon doesn't know much about how Slovenians view Serbians.
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Y’all don’t want to see him go to Miami lol. 🤡 now he’s old lol. He said where he wants to go.
WOW YALL FIRED JALEN ROSE TO KEEP A FAT TY BOY WHO CAREER IS ONLY AROUND CAUSE HE STALKED LBJ SINCE HE WAS A CHILD
If the Blazers are going to trade Liklard to the Sixers, they should’ve done it 2 seasons ago when they had something on the table… all the good trades have been done. The GM made no moves. The best thing the Blazers could do is tell him to play out the season and just make phone calls all season. But the GM is garbage so who knows what he can do? Suprised they didn’t even try to get PG13 or atleast throw the rumor out there to get Dame excited or sparks flying
Dame is 6'3 and is 32* . These guys are particularly bad . Windy is alright , but the other two are horrible 😆 🤣. Giving bad takes.
Y’all are wrong Tyrese is on the level of the next generational talents that have recently got paid and with the Sixers limited draft picks in the future it would be foolish for the Sixers to trade him. His trajectory says he’ll be an AllStar this year into the further!
Realistically the spurs have the best options for Dame… over 15 first round draft picks, young talented players, & expiring veteran contracts.
Damian Lillard in eleven years in Portland has won nothing.
Dame Time is Losing Time.
Don’t sleep on the Raps
Dame is going to san antonio
Jalen Brown for Dame…
Philly better off keeping maxey if he is the cost of dame
Gotta get those No 1 picks off the Nets. The Phoenix ones could be anything when Beal and KD are done.
Brian windhorst doesn’t get it. I guess he’s on tv too much
Prisoner for life in Portland. ⛓️
Remember when the dude in the blue hat said lebron was done to old slowing down lmao 🗑️
Tyrese Maxie is something that Portland can get excited about while giving Scoot a fair chance to slowly get his footing as a winner, crowd pleaser, team leader, face of the corporate brand, charity and community functions, social life, and personal brand and fulfillment 🤔🎉🏀😎
so portlant won’t take miamis offer but they’ll take phillys whos not offering maxey or tobias 😂😭😂 makes sense
6ers already say they not moving maxey for dame
How does trading Herro ipen up for Dame when trading him you have to bring back the same salary. He has to be traded to Portland for Dame or part of a 3 team trade.
He's a 6'2 point guard and teams already have a point guard are stupid rationale.
Why is no one talking about Boston as a suitor ? We easily have the best trade assets & a need for a primary ball handler
Herro is gonna be Spur or a Net…
Embid is not a dog. There is a reason he asked to be traded to Miami after holding out for so long. He wants to compete for a ring. Why leave Portland just to team up with Embid who is not a dog and has always underachieved? Alpha players like Dame see that.