Pardon The Interruption’s Tony Kornheiser and Pablo S. Torre join SportsCenter to ask whether the Portland Trail Blazers owe anything to Damian Lillard as his agent met with the GM Joe Cronin on Thursday to discuss his future.
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No, they don't I don't care if the player won you 6 rings you think about the business first not the player's feelings
DEY DONT OWE HIM BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY GOT A LOT OF PLAYERS THEY CAN CONTINUE BUILDING WITH!! & LILLARD DESERVES TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE HE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN! & WE DESERVE TO SEE HIM IN THE PLAYOFFS DURING MEANINGFUL GAMES!! NOT HOME IN APRIL!!
only thing the Blazers owe Dame is the super max contract he signed…they owe it to themselves & their fans to not give him away for a bag of chips
Stop acting like they gave dame half a billion. He earned that team over a billion and they gave him half.
He didn’t leave because they gave him the super max. They owe that man nothing
It's Dames fault he waited to late to ask for a trade request the market just isn't there and he shouldn't of signed such a big contract if he had any doubt he was wanting out of Portland, just saying 🤗
God, I hope someone just ends their GM’s pathetic existence.
Stop wasting our NBA fan’s time delaying the inevitable.
He will be going to Miami, stop acting like a b** and just do it already.
Yes, Damian Lillard gave "all he got" to the Trail Blazers, but they failed to build the team around him!
They literally wasted his career when he was in his prime!
I just hope that he wins at least one championship before he retires!
They don't owe him anything…..he is the one that wanted to stay there and Portland obey that and kept him all this time. They asked him multiple times…
Duh
Even if the Blazers get the guys they want for Dame those guys are gonna wanna leave eventually because that franchise is a joke.
This is what loyalty gets you. Dame only has himself to blame
I’m a huge Lillard fan but the owner owes the fans not the employees who don’t want to work there anymore.
Whether he goes to miami or not, players will not go to portland, with the way they treat Dame right now
Considering the trailblazers have proven to let Dame down continuously; yes the organization owes Damian Lilliard a deal to atleast one of his top 3 teams. I don’t agree with only ONE destination but if he gives atleast TWO that’s fair
They paid him…. nobody owes anything
Fire malika andrews and keep courtney please.
Fire this weird chinese guy too
My 2:30 of life was wasted because of these two guys.
Lebron James is The Greatest Flopper of all Time. 6x lose and swept 3x in NBA Finals. That's why he had no.6 in his jersey 😂🤣🤣
Portland gave him 100s of millions and he didnt deliver and now they still owe him!? What world is this
Dame is overrated.
He's never been an MVP.
OR even in the TOP 3 consideration.
Tell the NBA to bring back long shorts
Give him what he wants 🤷🏾♂️ ppl forgetting Trail Blazers looking great …seems greedy to me
They don’t owe him anything he chose his contract length and money and wanted to try and be loyal knowing he wasn’t. Pick more teams to go to so they can realistically rebuild
Do you guys know how much the Blazers made off of Damian Lillards name?
They owe him.. He got better as a player over the years and they never put anything around him besides drafting C.J. and The only other true star Portland ever gave him was an old Melo who missed a whole season. So if you ain't build around trade him somewhere so he can actually compete.
Players keep saying its a business and understand you are an asset. Its a two way street, Portland has every right to ask for a proper deal and not get fleeced just cause Dame finally got a severe case of Peer pressure after selling the “I’m good where I am, I don’t need a ring to be complete” line for so many years. You got Miami trying to get a HOF player with their loose change. GTFOH
As someone who lives in Portland. I hope the trailblazers are sold. Sorry organization period. Portland fucked this up for them to even try and spin it is outlandish
You guys forgot to run the Riley Discount Card. The trade balances after Pat gets his discount.