“If Damian Lillard lands with a team other than the Miami Heat, he won’t report to training camp” per @MarkG_Medina
If Damian Lillard lands with a team other than the Miami Heat, he won't report to training camp, per @MarkG_Medina
"‘He just wouldn’t go,’ a person familiar with Lillard’s thinking told Sportsnaut. ‘He just wouldn’t report.'… ‘I don’t think the other team would trade for him… pic.twitter.com/ETxLoXRUMH
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) July 7, 2023
by CatLikeBee5
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Dame went from too loyal to a fault to going straight up Antonio Brown vibes lol
What a crybaby.
Dame Diva
“He won’t report”
“He will honor his contract”
Which is it?
Either way, he’s going to the Heat one way or the other. It’s just a matter of how effectively the Blazers can get as much out of the Heat using the only leverage they have: time.
The longer this drags out, the worse it is for the Heat and it impacts the Blazers very little.
He’s always been kind of a diva just subtle with it. Now the real Dame is surfacing. I bet CJ is happy he got TF outta there when he did.
Hope someone bites the bullet and calls his bluff. No way this dude going to sit out forreal with all that money on the line and if he does, well enjoy being a washed 36yo looking for a vet min
Right. A 33 year old player with 4 years on his deal is going to sit out. Sure.
Miami can put together an adequate offer but they won’t have to with this posturing. Dangerous precedent for the league for a player to pick one team in a trade demand with 3/4 years left on a deal especially with a new CBA that is trying to increase parity.
I don’t believe this for a second. I also want nothing to do with this fucking guy.
He’s got 200M reasons to play.
He ran from the grind smh
This shit isn’t good for the league.
I hope he rots in Utah
Fuck this guy
I don’t think he’s built for heat culture. I mean Duncan Robinson has more balls than this bitch.
Come on danny. Trade for dame. Then when he holds up further, trade him off for more picks. Just eff up with him and south beach. Lol
On a serious note, dame should fire his agent. Real or not, the press releases would now make him look like a diva worse than melo or westbrook or kd. I get it that he wanted a trade and he does not care about public perception, but he has to weigh his objectives.
This is all talk. He would definitely show up if he went to a contender
Thing is, all he had to do is not sign that extension last year and he’d be a free agent right now. This guy wanted the 60mil per year extension at age 35 and 36 AND to pick which team he wants to play for. The nba should crack down on this bs but silver is soft so dame probably get what get wants.
They’re pulling out all the stops to scare people away. If he wants to straight up retire because he didn’t get his way, so be it.
I hate this new culture of NBA players thinking they determine where they get to play. What a bitch.
What did you expect from the dude who had a piss parade because he didn’t make an all star team years ago he’s always been bitch made but no one cared because he played for the trailblazers and he hit some game winners
This would just be a bad precedent for the league to have a star player with 3 years left on his contract just pick a new team and expect his wish to be granted. Pretty pathetic
This shit shouldn’t be allowed lol
This is the biggest bluff during all these reports. Dame and his camp are pushing everything out to make sure he lands in Miami. Which is fine but if Dame does go to a place like Toronto or Utah, he won’t like it at first but he’ll suit up.
He loves the game too much and will finish out his contract wherever he gets traded to.
Bro wtf is happening to Dame, I sure hope all of this negative cry baby shit isn’t true. I thought Dame was one of the least cry baby old school stars we had left. Also I don’t see how Boston isn’t even a little bit of a draw to Dame