“I think he’s gonna be on the move. I think he’s gonna end up in the eastern conference.” – @TheFrankIsola mentions Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto and Brooklyn as potential landing spots for Damian Lillard
“I think he’s gonna be on the move. I think he’s gonna end up in the eastern conference.”
– @TheFrankIsola mentions Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto and Brooklyn as potential landing spots for Damian Lillard pic.twitter.com/Dr2htqSRDv
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 24, 2023
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Isola isn’t a reliable source
Not necessary. We got NBA champ veteran FVV already 🔥💪😤
If we where to trade for lillard it would be at the deadline tbh either way I dont see us doing a lillard trade it just screams desperation
if Portland trade Dame it’s to go younger and rebuild. so a trade with us doesn’t make any sense knowing that Scottie is off the table.
When everyone here is like “trade with Portland!!” Cause they want some combination of Simons/Sharpe/Lotto pick, meanwhile Masai is eying Dame lol
Trading for dame would not be a Sharpe decision.
Oh goodie, an excuse for the FO to do fuckall with the roster in the offseason and sign a bunch of minimum guys when they fail to land the big fish in free agency
We can’t trade any picks, basically ends the discussion unless we make a deal with the spurs to remove protections.
this isn’t happening.
I don’t want any more vets. None. I want a fresh start with everyone under 25.
Brooklyn? That’s just the Portland of the eastern conference. Philly would depend on what Harden does, Atlanta is a stretch unless they trade Trae for him even still that’s a play in team. Miami is the top spot followed by Toronto and probably the Knicks.
Ughh I really hope not.
That’s a perfect landing spot for OG or Pascal to pair with Dame. I hope they keep him.
Selfishly I want their younger assets lol.
Getting 1 of Sharpe or Simons and their pick is the return I want. If Dame goes, nothing else out there makes sense as plausible returns for Pascal or OG.
you only trade for dame if he puts you over the top because his contract is going to age horribly pretty soon. philly and miami should consider it and milwaukee too.
Honourary Mention: Raptors (picked up a single disgruntled star one time)
LMAO I love how trading for Kawhi has made Masai a Hypothetical Thanos for superstars.
Better not be us. Not good enough to win with him and what we’d have to give up. We need to rebuild because in a few years we’ll have no choice anyway. Do it now while you can recoup future assets.
Highly doubt we get him or are even in on him but I can imagine him on the Nets. If they can keep most of the players and only give up futures they’d be a scary team to handle.
Dame-Bridges-Johnson-DFS-Claxton
That’d be an elite starting 5 IMO. Can hide Dame on the worst player on D and let him cook with plenty space on O.
Im gonna have to start paying some luxury tax after reading this since this is beyond cap
We. Do. Not. Have. The. DEPTH. Fuck’s sake.
But I definitely do think Portland finally decides to pull the trigger if they land any of the top 4 in the lottery. We’re just not the ideal partner. Had our season gone differently, and the bench showed glimpses of being competent, I would’ve entertained it.
No, he’s only going to take minutes away from our saviour; Dalano Banton
Here we go again, raptors always involved in major moves rumours but opening day we have the same exact roster with some fringe nba guys to close the bench 🤘🏼
Dame and sharpe for Flynn, Banton and thad
Love Dame but trading for him isn’t the right move
LOL we ain’t ready to win. Dame isn’t landing here.
Bro dont this to us
I could see Bulls or Nets interested. But as we have seen in Portland for 11 years, just because you have Dame doesn’t mean you come close to contention. And he is not cheap.
Only if we are getting dame dolla .
Just think of the epic drake x dame raps collab
Raptors fans, at least here, are ridiculous.
How TF are you going to say,
Dame eww, but Ant – gimme that.
Do you *want* the Raptors to even compete? Or do y’all just get off on the tankathon game
I don’t think we have a package for Dame, but it’s weird to say you’d *rather* a worse player just because they’re 24.
it’s isola lol
ITT: fans who are so dead set against winning they would rather watch Pascal and OG win a title with Dame in Portland, than in Toronto.
I’d trade Pascal and Og to the blazers for some combination of Simons, Sharpe and picks, maybe take back some fillers for salary. Don’t want Dame here.
No disrespect but we need to rebuild, he needs to win now.
Me thinks it would have to be Fred + Scottie + some fillers. They will stay competitive ish and have Scotties development to look up to.
We MUST keep OG and hopefully GTJ for us to be competitive though.
OG, Pascal (to a third team), and a ton of picks.
Lineup:
PG Dame Lillard
SG Gary Trent Jr
SF Scottie Barnes
PF Jerami Grant
C Jakob Poeltl
Would need some serious bench building, but it’s at least an interesting team. If Scottie takes a leap in year three then this team is much better than any team Dame has been on in recent years.
Dame is not going to a worse team.
Dame and filler for Scottie, Precious, FVV and the 13th?
We keep our core which instantly takes us to top 4 in the conference with Dame, GTJ, OG, Pascal, Jak.
Filler from Blazers would prob be guys like Little, and we’d def need to bolster the bench but the starting 5 are contender material.