>[“Miami’s frustrated w/ how things are moving slowly. Portland’s telling them bring us your best offer. MIA would like to know what Portland wants & MIA isn’t getting that answer. Heat feel like things could be moving quicker if Portland said exactly what they want”](https://twitter.com/dru_star/status/1682336828399972352?s=46&t=hdMYR5VNI3D4hupTVErxeg)
>[“Both teams are heading on vacation. Especially the key people in the front office who play a larger responsibility in trying to make a deal happen…Dame’s agent Aaron Goodwin was hoping Miami & Portland would meet in Vegas during Summer League. That did not happen”](https://twitter.com/dru_star/status/1682341210860429312?s=46&t=hdMYR5VNI3D4hupTVErxeg)
>[“Miami doesn’t have all the assets Blazers want in return for Dame. So Heat want to know what do we have to get out there. What teams do we have to get involved to make this work & so far the communication is just not there. That’s making this frustrating for Miami”](https://twitter.com/dru_star/status/1682353098415562752?s=46&t=hdMYR5VNI3D4hupTVErxeg)
by lopea182
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I think Portland’s been clear, they want everything in Miami that isn’t nailed to the ground save for Bam and Jimmy
(M)What do you want?
(P)Your best offer.
(M)Tell us exactly what do you want!
(P)Your best offer.
(M)We are still waiting..
Love it. Enjoy vacay Joe.
Portland wants their best offer, isn’t that sort of self explanatory?
Lol this is dumb. They can offer what they got any time, they don’t need the blazers to spell it out. Miami knows
Heat can be frustrated, but the Blazers have all the time in the world.
Heat best offer is waiting until September. Why? At that point Orlando Robinson can be traded. Does his talent and potential actually tip the scales? No, but once he’s eligible to be traded, the Blazers no longer have to take back either Duncan Robinson or Kyle Lowry because salary-matching then works out perfectly for everyone else.
Miami’s actual best offer that doesn’t include Butler + Bam:
– Herro + Martin + JJJ + Jovic + Highsmith + Orlando Robinson + 3 firsts + whatever 2nd’s + pick swaps they have
(the 3rd first coming from a relatively easy protection lift)
Edit: I’m not saying this should be the deal, I’m just saying this is, theoretically, the best the Heat could offer. If the Heat are wondering what the Blazers mean by “your best offer” this would be it. Not saying the Heat should do this or not.
I am getting so bored with this lol. This is just another way of saying there is no new news.
Would be funny to see , Dame and Harden playing the entire season on the same team lol
Isn’t more of the pressure on Miami at this point? They put all their eggs into this Damian Lillard basket. If they don’t get him…now what? I still think Boston and Milwaukee are better teams. If I’m Portland, maybe I’ll just wait this out and I asked for bam and see what happens. There’s no real rush for me as the Portland GM.
Lol get fucked Miami
It’s pretty obvious what your best offer is, it’s all the young guys/picks, wake the fuck up
This is nonsensical. Miami is the one who wants to trade for Lillard. It’s on Miami to come up with an offer.
Media continues to carry Miami’s water lol
Miami acting like my HS gf right now is crazy
No news. More updates at 11.
The sense of entitlement from MIA is nauseating. Good Joe, let these assholes stew.
Someone just do something so we don’t need to read anymore of these nothingburger Chris Haynes Tweets
wow the caption, is like the conversation of my ex and me.
It’s like my wife and I negotiating what to eat for dinner.
Miami wants to know what Portland wants? They want your best damn offer. Not that difficult
No lowball offers. I know what I have energy
If it’s just a delay tactic then the whole point is not to say
all this & Dame still gonna have 0 rings at the end of his career.
Make them wait. They will be either be super desperate when they are a 500 team or Dame will agree to go somewhere else.
Boohoo
Jimmy + Bam + whatever picks Miami have left? Where’s the problem, let’s settle this deal once and for all.
[Chris Haynes] “Miami’s frustrated that Portland isn’t bending over and accepting Jovic and a conditional second for Damian Lillard”
Miami is tired of bidding against themselves and tries to get Portland to start the bidding against themselves
It’s pretty obvious that the Heat aren’t offering anything of value and are just gaslighting Portland
You have to MAKE AN OFFER you dipsticks my god
Heat need to stfu. Superstar falls in their lap and their response is “we want him on our schedule!” Like a spoiled toddler
If Miami wants Dame so bad then they should offer Bam. Expecting Portland to be interested in trading their franchise All NBA level player for shitty draft picks, a late first round project, and a 22 year old with a low ceiling is laughable. This is like if the Lakers said Ingram and Lonzo were untouchable, and offered the Pels Josh Hart and Kuzma for AD instead
“the heat are upset that their shitty package wasn’t accepted immediately”
Straight up the Diablo 2 trading experience
Player 1: wat u want
Player 2: wat u got
Repeat in any order until someone gets dropped from game.
Let’s remember here that Chris Haynes is just a mouthpiece for Dame and everything he says is to support and help him get what he wants
Boohoo, Miami and their fans should understand they aren’t owed shit whatsoever.
I’m starting to think Lillard won’t be traded to the heat at all, another team will swoop in and surprise people
(P) We want Bam. (M) Tell us what you want that isn’t Bam.
At that point, are they supposed to provide a list of all the NBA players they would like that Miami should try to grab? There just doesn’t seem to be a deal to be made there unless other teams really over-value Miami assets. If they can’t even come up with a 3 or more team deal, that means the league is kind of in agreement that Miami has bad assets.
Stfu Haynes
> “Dame’s frustrated w/ how things are moving slowly. Portland’s telling them bring us your best offer. Dame would like to know what Portland wants & Dame isn’t getting that answer. Dame feel like things could be moving quicker if Portland said exactly what they want”
FTFY Haynes
After years of terrible negotiating under Olshey, I’m glad the Blazers are playing hardball. As an Oregonian who moved to the Northeast, I can tell you that Oregonians aren’t natural negotiators, and it’s led to them being screwed in the past in multiple ways (not just in basketball).
Haynes BS as usual. Both teams know what Miami has to offer, it’s not worth it. They will get so much more if they wait til the trade deadline.
Portland has leverage to make Miami overpay. Everyone knows he will end up in Miami but they could honestly just keep delaying until they include extra FRP’s. Since they are rebuilding I doubt they even care if Lillard sits out.
Miami should not push for Lillard anymore, let them deal with him. Let’s run it back with our undrafted dawgs.
LOL. What do they want? They want to not trade Lillard. Seriously, why does Miami feel like they deserve Lillard for scraps because they are the only team willing to trade for him right now?
Portland can just, I dunno, hold onto Lillard for years. They don’t need to do anything right now.
How am I not surprised this was posted by a Heat flair. Only a Heat fan could share this Heat FO lip service with a straight face.
they don’t want your shit offer Miami
Portland: What’s your best offer?
Miami: This is it.
Portland: ….
Miami: ….
Portland: I just think it’s funny that…
I now hate Dame, Portland, and MIA all the same now because of this.
Man, Portland is just like my wife.