They should just rename their account Heat central tbh. Also, funny how we didn’t hear these reports when any of the other stars asked out…
hypnosmurf
Who cares. That reputation will disappear when Jody sells the team in a couple of years.
3my0
I keep seeing and hearing this but have a different take. If I’m scoot/sharpe and I see the blazers not maximize their chance to get as many assets to improve their future for me, then I’m upset. You don’t wanna play for a doormat organization.
saw-sync
“yo did you hear about portland? i was thinking about playing there but portland didn’t take herro and robinson, so i changed my mind”
IamNegan1117
Why are they waisting their time monitoring the situation? They were never going to choose Portland as a free agency destination in the first place.
Sa-Tiva
Dont care. Im sure those players monitoring the situation were totally planning on coming to Portland huh. Wonder what took them so long lmao.
X_SkeletonCandy
Oh yeah all those needle movers that wanted to come here are lining up to see how we treat Dame.
JarenAnd
Oh no! How are we ever gonna sign the top tier free agents that will never come here anyways? The horror.
WKCLC
damn, there goes any chance portland has of signing an all star.
ian2121
This is the dumbest ass shit. All the teams that are the most savage with their personnel moves are the big free agent destinations. Players care about winning and money, not team building exercises and company picnics.
terrordactylz
I’m sure organizations who want more parity in the league are monitoring how Dame treats his contractual obligations on his way out
gheudh
Bc players will “remember” how the blazers “treated” Dame (who makes 60 mil a year at age 36)
rhab17
It was just a matter of time until we started seeing this angle.
bestcoastaccountant
Oh yeah, because the list of players dying to come here was already so long…
bruggibuster
How did Pat Riley treat Wade? Does anyone remember that? Wade had to leave Miami because Riley stiffed him.
user72887
Players = Jusuf Nurkić
McGnack
This is just an aggregator that puts clickbait headlines on other people’s tweets or posts. In this case from Ahn Fire Digital, which itself just publishes rumors sources from other tweets or rumors.
They are all just farming clicks on the situation
BaconAndSyrupYum
I had this sentiment too. But, it does matter for players Blazers draft too. Haynes & Stein had a good point that Scoot, Sharpe, and others on team will watch that. So, while we usually don’t get Free Agents. It matters whether we, as fans, think so or not.
natural_lawg
Really? I thought players just lived under some of the heaviest of rocks. /s
notBornIn_eighties
Lol, this seems like someone read this delusional take on reddit and decided it will be a good tweet that will somehow force the FO to trade Dame to their favorite team.
Dr_Edge_ATX
Ahh yes the great reporting from ahn fire digital . . .
I hate NBACentral so much. The internet is seriously so shitty these days. There’s no professionalism or standards in anything.
Carnifex2
This story might’ve made more sense if it came out before FA opened lmao
JoeCroninAlt
This is the dumbest article I’ve ever seen.
FullAutoLuxPosadism
Olshey already burned all of those bridges.
MrOrangeWhips
WTF is this website? I wouldn’t promote it.
InternetDude_
Ryen Russillo just had a great tweet that amounted to: what all star, two years from now, is going to say “I was leaning towards Lakers or Heat, but the way Portland treated Dame makes me want to go there instead.”
CaucasianCactus
NBACenteal is legit garbage. They post opinion pieces as “Breaking Reports”. This one was by a Miami native. Wow, real hard to find the kernel of truth there
iabeytorm
I’ve never believed a report less
blazersnbeavs
What percentage of NBA players have gotten star treatment to the point they’ve been able to sign a supermax contract and then pick and choose timing and destination for trade? I’d be pissed if I was a player that had been bounced around the league and handled it like a professional while being paid 1/10th of what Lillard is getting.
Intelligent_Self1034
Don’t blame em, watch scoot and Sharpe leave after 4 years to go to a no income tax state or bigger market with better endorsements 😂
Intelligent_Self1034
Everyone saying that’s an empty threat is slow 😂
We’ve lost every superstar we’ve drafted as well from front office incompetence.
Walton, Drexler, Aldridge, and now Damian Lillard.
But keep coping and blame the players and not our shit organization.
Bamm83
The NBA media clearly wants him to go to the Heat. It’s scary how the media can dictate everything nowadays.
couchtomato62
The Stars never came there to play with him. Whoo the pr machine is going
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They should just rename their account Heat central tbh. Also, funny how we didn’t hear these reports when any of the other stars asked out…
Who cares. That reputation will disappear when Jody sells the team in a couple of years.
I keep seeing and hearing this but have a different take. If I’m scoot/sharpe and I see the blazers not maximize their chance to get as many assets to improve their future for me, then I’m upset. You don’t wanna play for a doormat organization.
“yo did you hear about portland? i was thinking about playing there but portland didn’t take herro and robinson, so i changed my mind”
Why are they waisting their time monitoring the situation? They were never going to choose Portland as a free agency destination in the first place.
Dont care. Im sure those players monitoring the situation were totally planning on coming to Portland huh. Wonder what took them so long lmao.
Oh yeah all those needle movers that wanted to come here are lining up to see how we treat Dame.
Oh no! How are we ever gonna sign the top tier free agents that will never come here anyways? The horror.
damn, there goes any chance portland has of signing an all star.
This is the dumbest ass shit. All the teams that are the most savage with their personnel moves are the big free agent destinations. Players care about winning and money, not team building exercises and company picnics.
I’m sure organizations who want more parity in the league are monitoring how Dame treats his contractual obligations on his way out
Bc players will “remember” how the blazers “treated” Dame (who makes 60 mil a year at age 36)
It was just a matter of time until we started seeing this angle.
Oh yeah, because the list of players dying to come here was already so long…
How did Pat Riley treat Wade? Does anyone remember that? Wade had to leave Miami because Riley stiffed him.
Players = Jusuf Nurkić
This is just an aggregator that puts clickbait headlines on other people’s tweets or posts. In this case from Ahn Fire Digital, which itself just publishes rumors sources from other tweets or rumors.
They are all just farming clicks on the situation
I had this sentiment too. But, it does matter for players Blazers draft too. Haynes & Stein had a good point that Scoot, Sharpe, and others on team will watch that. So, while we usually don’t get Free Agents. It matters whether we, as fans, think so or not.
Really? I thought players just lived under some of the heaviest of rocks. /s
Lol, this seems like someone read this delusional take on reddit and decided it will be a good tweet that will somehow force the FO to trade Dame to their favorite team.
Ahh yes the great reporting from ahn fire digital . . .
I hate NBACentral so much. The internet is seriously so shitty these days. There’s no professionalism or standards in anything.
This story might’ve made more sense if it came out before FA opened lmao
This is the dumbest article I’ve ever seen.
Olshey already burned all of those bridges.
WTF is this website? I wouldn’t promote it.
Ryen Russillo just had a great tweet that amounted to: what all star, two years from now, is going to say “I was leaning towards Lakers or Heat, but the way Portland treated Dame makes me want to go there instead.”
NBACenteal is legit garbage. They post opinion pieces as “Breaking Reports”. This one was by a Miami native. Wow, real hard to find the kernel of truth there
I’ve never believed a report less
What percentage of NBA players have gotten star treatment to the point they’ve been able to sign a supermax contract and then pick and choose timing and destination for trade? I’d be pissed if I was a player that had been bounced around the league and handled it like a professional while being paid 1/10th of what Lillard is getting.
Don’t blame em, watch scoot and Sharpe leave after 4 years to go to a no income tax state or bigger market with better endorsements 😂
Everyone saying that’s an empty threat is slow 😂
We’ve lost every superstar we’ve drafted as well from front office incompetence.
Walton, Drexler, Aldridge, and now Damian Lillard.
But keep coping and blame the players and not our shit organization.
The NBA media clearly wants him to go to the Heat. It’s scary how the media can dictate everything nowadays.
The Stars never came there to play with him. Whoo the pr machine is going