[Holdahl] “We’re going to be patient, we’re going to do what’s best for our team…. And if it takes months, it takes months.” — Joe Cronin
"We're going to be patient, we're going to do what's best for our team…. And if it takes months, it takes months." — Joe Cronin
— Casey Holdahl (@CHold) July 10, 2023
by NevermoreSEA
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Fuck your Herro package
Makes perfect sense, do what’s best for the team and don’t rush to get something done. Dame is still under contract for the next 4 years.
I could care less for the owners, but in this case I support them.
Thats what i like to hear
Bro really said I got time
i am going to shove a grenade up my ass
Lillard acting like he has a no trade clause with four years left and only one team on a wishlist is almost as funny as the gobert trade.
Yep. Portland has the luxury of not caring when it does a trade. Those draft picks will still be there in January, and Miami will want Dame sooner rather than later.
I think he’s not about to change his stance anytime soon but I feel like at this point if I’m Cronin, I’d sit in a room with Dame and have to respectfully but bluntly ask something along the lines of “so do you truly only desire a trade to Miami and nowhere else is acceptable? To the point that if there’s no deal we like that has you going to Miami, that you are essentially saying you’d rather be here than any other destination?” I think you could probably get somewhere with him just by having an honest conversation to see if this is all about getting out of Portland for a chance to win, or just to strong arm your way to Miami.
Fuck yeah.
Honestly, there’s just no reason for them not to drag this out. Portland has never been a destination city, so it’s not like they have to worry about taking a hit with star free agents. And the plan was to immediately pivot to a Scoot focused rebuild, so if anything if Dame sits out it makes it easier to focus on that.
Miami’s best offer is really nothing for an All-NBA guy, eventually someone is going to make an offer that at least beats it.
I wonder if how Morey handled the Ben Simmons trade request has affected how GMs handle trade requests going forward. Like I could have very easily seen Portland panicking and sending Lillard to Miami right off the bat, but between Lillard and the KD request last year, it seems like teams are more willing to get uncomfortable if it means getting the best return possible
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Get fucked MIA
Will dame still want miami as badly if they are sucking in February because they made no moves and let their players walk… im guessing probably but itll be interesting
Man, I see the reasoning from both sides but what a shit show lmao.
Dame time will have to wait
Hes learning from Morey
Dame has 3 years left on his contract and the Blazers are under the tax line, the Blazers could wait years for the right offer if they wanted to, but realistically until the trade deadline mid-season.
Miami and Dame have played every bit of leverage they’ve got left, but they have to get a fair package together or else the Blazers can just wait and see if Dame changes his mind or if another team wants to trade for him on a rental similar to the Kahwi situation.
The clock is ticking for Miami faster than it is for the Blazers. Miami wants him on the team ASAP but especially before the season starts. The amount of fans I’ve seen think Dame asking to go to Miami was gonna make a Herro+Robinson+two 1sts work has just been crazy. Buckle up because this is gonna take a while.
Ima need six first, two pick swaps and a young player that’s at least an 80 overall on 2k
Today I got time, cuz!
I don’t think there was any ever doubt Dame was gonna get his wish and end up in Miami. The question was and still is—when. Hard to even think about potential trades and a road map for what a deal could look like when Miami-Portland and Dame-Portland are barely in communication if at all.
Miami is the one that wants Dame and Dame is the one that wants Miami. It should be encumbent upon them to find a way to come up with a deal palatable for Dame. Instead it seems some of the media, some fans—especially Miami fans and Miami media, and the Miami brass feel like Portland is obligated to trade Dame for basically whatever Miami puts on the table. In the name of “doing right” for Dame even though Dame intentionally sought to destroy any sliver of perceived leverage the Blazers would have.
This is an ugly business and Cronin has had a front row seat to that reality over the last few weeks…few years really. This is an ugly business.
Cronin has a silver bullet here—time. Dame isn’t going to see his value tank the longer a deal doesn’t get put together with Miami. He’s Dame. He has four years remaining on his contract. There’s absolutely nothing he can do beyond attempting to sabotage the Blazers and basically make them miserable enough to where they relent and take a below market deal with Miami, which seems to be the direction he and his representation has gone down. Cronin seems to be prepared and isn’t going to be bowed by pressure. It’ll be fascinating to see what happens if Dame remains a Blazer by training camp.
Who gives a shit? We are all here to hear about Like Mike Devoe.
All summer to see if this narrative changes
Not sure why Damian made his stance on the Heat being the only team. It didn’t help him at all
So much cope in the Heat sub right now.
Good idea. Maybe even wait until the trade deadline and trade him to some desperate team looking for one more piece to make a run. Maybe if the Heat suck next season (big possibility), he’ll add more teams to his list lol.
Let’s Go Joe.
As he should. Portland is tanking one way or the other, picks matter the most to them and those stay the same for a whole year. Dame can continue making himself more hated, he has way more to lose than Portland. And he’s in the wrong anyways so I don’t feel bad at all. What a heel turn, glad Portland is making him pay.
We saw this story last year with Durant and Kyrie. They got traded eventually. Same thing probably happens here.
But droppindimes02 said that it was a done deal
This should absolutely be Portland’s stance. They should not get bullied into a trade to Miami. The last thing they need another guard.
Yeah, you’re gonna go full tanking anyways. Let him suffer, he has zero leverage. You know what I want him to sit out and do nothing, let the young guys play and develop
I mean if he doesn’t show up & play for Portland. They get to tank without getting penalized for purposely tanking.
Miami is notorious for underperforming in the regular season, I can see the longer it goes the more Miami will increase their offer
As someone who went through this with Harden, it’s definitely better to just hold out if you are the Blazers.
If we didn’t at all we would’ve ended up with a broken Ben Simmons and 2 FRPs to show for it.
At worst, Dame will just burn more bridges with the fanbase and front office. But all of that doesn’t matter in the long run, not when you have Scoot.
Bro already bald af. Can’t lose anymore hair over the stress
We are in a rebuild anyways and probably won’t win a lot of games so what does it matter if this trade is held up for “months”. People think portland has no leverage because player empowerment and all that but he’s under contract for one. And like I said, we are in a rebuild. There is no hurry here. The heat are the ones that need to win now especially with Jimmy getting older and let’s not forget they lost strus and Vincent.
Heat fans in shambles after trying to explain to everyone that Portland should be happy to take their offer-because its the best one out there and no one else is interested
Good on them. I am indifferent towards the Blazers but I will have a good opinion of them and Cronin if they actually stick to this and wait until they get the trade they want on their terms. I will have respect for them just for refusing to be bullied by Dame and the pity party that casual fans and national nba media is throwing for Dame. Dumbass acting like he has no trade clause with 4 years left on his contract. What’s the fucking point if you can sign a supermax and then act like you’re a free agent whenever you want? Just get rid of 25 of the 30 teams in the league. Run a full time league out of LA, NYC, and Miami.