Dame Lillard "I'm too solid for this weird azz era"

Hope he lands on a legit championship contender. As a fan of the game, it’s a bummer to see pretty good players languish on teams like the Blazers.

 

I thought Dame was too solid for this era? Now he’s also requesting a trade with multiple years left on his deal?

 

He was too solid, but he also referred to that as his "biggest flaw", which he is now correcting!

 

only took a few months for Lillard to switch up and change his tune

might demand a trade with 3 years plus a PO left on his deal, but he’s too solid…

 

Tilman is going to end up pushing Stone into some stupid deal where he gives up every damn pick including this year's top pick + John Wall for Dame.

Lol

 

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What is going on.. Is this partly why Lillard's requesting a trade? Or are we still putting words in his mouth? Is he no longer solid, but a liquid?

 

lol

 

Anyone who followed the Harden saga last offseason saw this Lillard trade request coming last month. Same exact formula to plan his escape.

 

Henry Abbott started covering the NBA around the same time Nurkic learned how to walk. Loved his TrueHoop website.

 

Meh, the question is now is will Portland get more for Dame than we got for Harden? Identical situation.

 

I’ve played through injuries, and I’ve been a part of two rebuilds. I feel like I’ve experienced everything with the Trail Blazers, and I’ve worn that jersey as a badge of honor and with a lot of pride and care. We’re just not good enough. I love this city. I literally have done everything that I can. I mean, this situation is crazy. It’s something that I don’t think can be fixed.




CH: I have to ask you about your situation with the Trail Blazers. With all you’ve done for the franchise on and off the court, do you feel like that same level of commitment has been reciprocated as far as putting you in position to get your first title?

DL: To make it to the NBA, I had to give it everything I had. I was going to do what needed to be done to win games. I didn’t come into the league worrying about what others were doing in the organization. I didn’t come in with that type of mentality. But I've been active in probably 95% of the games in my career. I’ve played through injuries, and I’ve been a part of two rebuilds. I feel like I’ve experienced everything with the Trail Blazers, and I’ve worn that jersey as a badge of honor and with a lot of pride and care. I never felt like my job was to go in and critique what other people were doing in the organization. My job was to make sure the team is functioning and trying to lead them to the best results. I’ve always assumed everybody’s mentality was the same. Even when I'm playing well and we come up short at the end of the season, I go home and the first thing I do is look in the mirror and tell myself we didn't win a championship. Or if I didn't play as well as I should have, I’ve had to look in the mirror and tell myself that my performance was unacceptable and I have to do better. And then you go do better.

I think that's the stage we're at as a team where we all, not just me, not just my teammates, not just our new coaching staff, the front office, everybody in this organization must look in the mirror because we’ve constantly come up short. We have to look in the mirror and say I have to be better because whatever it is we’re doing is not working and it’s not giving us the shot to compete on the level that we want to compete on.

CH: Having known you for years and your position, why is this current juncture such a pivotal moment for you?

DL: There are few reasons: One being I'm not getting any younger. Our environment has always been great. We’re not losing a lot, but we were eliminated by a shorthanded Denver team that I felt we should have beat. I just walked away from that really disappointed. I was like, ‘Man, this just isn't going to work.’ We're not winning the championship, but we’ve got a successful organization. We're not a franchise that’s just out here losing every year and getting divided. We have positive seasons; we just don't end up with a championship. So I feel like at this point, I basically made the decision that if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you've always been. Just like I hold myself accountable for a bad performance or hold myself accountable to make sure that I work my ass off when I’m training, I must be accountable for saying what needs to be said even if it's not popular. And that just comes with age. When I was younger, I felt like maybe I'll be out of place, but I feel like I've earned the right to say we must do better. We must do better if we want to win on that level.

(Lillard will address a report about his future with the team following Team USA practice on Friday.)

 

The Heat is a trap. They don't have enough young players and they don't have any draft picks to trade until 2024 at the earliest.

Dragic, Iguodala, Herro and picks? Ehhhhhhhhhhh

 

It's truly weird and he is not solid enough.

 

Team USA is where recruitment happenz.

 

WTH do the Knicks have to trade? Kind of similar for Miami or teams who have to trade away their core for Lillard to play with nothing in another city ala Kobe to Chicago for their entire core.

Just makes me roll my eyes that GS actually has the best pieces and fit to add another superstar. Ridiculous and will send anther ripple through the league of everyone trying to stack as much as they can to compete with GS and healthy Nets. So LeRecruiter James will follow and somehow help the Lakers get a 3rd superstar and a couple extra former All-Stars in bad situations people think are done but they end up having a lot left in the tank and were just coasting. This NBA is so whack. We'll have the older guard forming together and it will only be a matter of time for the young stars to form superteams probably starting with a Zion trade demand.

Root for CP or Giannis while you can.

 

Edit: JR Bot beat me to it.