Yeah but only because of his contract. Can’t fault him for it
Rpcouv
I agree. It happened at the right time. The Blazers needed to start the rebuild, Dame wanted to try and get a ring in the twilight of his prime and the Bucks were in the spot they needed to take a home run swing. The trade has and was always going to be a win for the Blazers for what we got. It just looks like right now it might not have been a win for the Bucks when I think we expected it to be a win-win scenario.
Frosti11icus
In hindsight we should’ve traded far before last year unfortunately. The return was good, but he would’ve gotten even more 2, 3, or 4 years ago.
1nsider
Some say sooner was more value – but it was maybe the first time you could without getting tarred and feathered.
I think the timing was as good as possible IF you trade him at all.
Bottrop-Per
No, when Cronin first took over, that was the right time to extract the most value. Lillard was younger, we hadn’t offered him the two-year max extension yet, and there were probably more teams interested in trading for him. Plus, we could have focused on getting the most value out of CJ, Powell, and RoCo, instead of trying to shed cap space and secure a trade exception to fully absorb Jerami’s contract in the offseason. This ending to the Lillard era would also have been much more honest than forcing him to ask out.
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Yeah but only because of his contract. Can’t fault him for it
I agree. It happened at the right time. The Blazers needed to start the rebuild, Dame wanted to try and get a ring in the twilight of his prime and the Bucks were in the spot they needed to take a home run swing. The trade has and was always going to be a win for the Blazers for what we got. It just looks like right now it might not have been a win for the Bucks when I think we expected it to be a win-win scenario.
In hindsight we should’ve traded far before last year unfortunately. The return was good, but he would’ve gotten even more 2, 3, or 4 years ago.
Some say sooner was more value – but it was maybe the first time you could without getting tarred and feathered.
I think the timing was as good as possible IF you trade him at all.
No, when Cronin first took over, that was the right time to extract the most value. Lillard was younger, we hadn’t offered him the two-year max extension yet, and there were probably more teams interested in trading for him. Plus, we could have focused on getting the most value out of CJ, Powell, and RoCo, instead of trying to shed cap space and secure a trade exception to fully absorb Jerami’s contract in the offseason.
This ending to the Lillard era would also have been much more honest than forcing him to ask out.