JULY 19: Lillard’s new contract is official, the Trail Blazers announced in a press release.
JULY 17: Star point guard Damian Lillard is finalizing a three-year, $42MM contract to return to the Trail Blazers, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports that the deal is expected to feature a player option for the 2027/28 season and a no-trade clause.
Zach Lowe of The Ringer first stated (Twitter link) that the Blazers and Lillard had mutual interest in a reunion, with Bill Oram of The Oregonian reporting shortly thereafter that the two sides were in “deep discussions” about a contract and that Lillard was “strongly considering” a return to Portland.
Lillard is expected to miss the entire 2025/26 campaign after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in late April during Milwaukee’s first-round playoff series vs. Indiana. The Bucks waived the 35-year-old guard earlier this month and used the stretch provision on his previous contract in order to create the cap space necessary to sign Myles Turner.
It’s a stunning turn of events considering the contentious way in which Portland’s all-time leading scorer exited the franchise after he requested a trade two years ago.
According to Charania, Lillard met with general manager Joe Cronin and head coach Chauncey Billups multiple times in recent weeks to “bond” and hash out a new deal. Lillard’s family and children live in Portland and he considered it to be of the utmost importance to reunite with the organization and city, says Charania.
Lillard drew interest from several teams on the open market and had multiple offers for both the mid-level exception and the veteran’s minimum, sources tell Charania. The Timberwolves were among the teams that checked in on Lillard, tweets Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, though it’s unclear how serious those talks were.
NBA insider Chris Haynes hears (Twitter link) that Cronin and Lillard “made amends” at the nine-time All-Star’s house “weeks ago.” The goal is for Lillard to retire as a Trail Blazer, Haynes adds.
As Marc Stein of The Stein Line observes (via Twitter), despite not playing for the Trail Blazers for the past two seasons, Lillard is eligible for a full no-trade clause because he has at least eight years of NBA service time and spent at least four years with Portland. He spent his first 11 NBA seasons as a Blazer after being selected No. 6 overall back in 2012.
Lillard remained highly productive last season when healthy, averaging 24.9 points, 7.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 58 regular season contests (36.1 minutes per game). Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right calf in March, and suffered the major Achilles injury in his third game back after a remarkably fast recovery from the deep vein thrombosis.
It makes sense. He lives there and can rehab with the team while he’s primarily paid by Milwaukee.
he’s pushing 40 though, he has no long term future in the NBA. He will likely get bought out in year 2 and retire.
@Davey
Your math isn’t mathin’. a) How is being 35 “pushing 40”? Both sides are quite aware of that, and I’m sure being competitive during the next 3 years with him being the primary catalyst isn’t a primary concern for either. No possible way will there be an attempt to buy him out. Like the article did both sides want him to retire as a Blazer. Many will question Lillard’s reunion but this is an obvious situation where a player chose family and comfort over ring chasing and uprooting or being too far apart from his family. I wish him the best.
Davey J is just mad Dame didn’t consider golden state. Every good player on his team is pushing 40.
Dame just turned 35 on July 15. The FankenStein can’t even get his hating right …….
That part makes sense, but they probably won’t be a very good team. Also, what does this mean for the young backcourt. Don’t they also have Jrue? I’m sure more moves are coming, but this doesn’t make much sense when it comes to on-court fit
He’s not playing this year.
Yeah instead he will be a year older and coming off a serious injury when he eventually does come back and takes playing time away from young players.
Way to go Portland! After trading Simons they desperately needed a couple 35 yr olds to obstruct Shaedon Sharpe’s development. Perfect offseason!
Portland legend and when you have nothing else going for you. Let him pump into their young ears that Portland is a place you can hang your hat and raise a family. I see this only working in their favor. The kind of money he signed for he doesn’t have to start either.
It’s the end of a career. He is going home …..
Obviously management values having him back in the fold in whatever role he’ll play.
I can honestly see him randomly coaching summer league for them 6-7 years from now…
He’ll only be making 14 million a year. That’s cheap in the NBA. It will be a bargain
True, though functionally it is more like $21 million/yr given that he is not expected to play at all in the first year of the 3 yr/$42 m deal.
If it makes the fans happy it is probably worth the money. But yes they seem to have a crowded back court once again…or at least they will at some point in 26/27 when dame gets back on the court.
How many 0 Blazer jerseys out there? I want one and im a GSW fan….
Damian Lillard going back to the Portland Trail Blazers is a great move! He’s been the best player in franchise history and deserves to retire with the Portland Trail Blazers.
He tried to go and play with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks and found out the grass ain’t always greener on the other side.
Up the top no doubt and probably top of the pops statically in many areas due to longevity with the Blazers. Clyde Drexler made a couple of Finals in Portland. Walton won a ring and was MVP. Not downplaying Dames importance to Portland though. Lillards bag post divorce is now more than replenished. Would of loved him in Boston but, good for him.
Clyde Drexler > Lillard
Horrible. No rings for Damian Lillard. Not even gonna go for it and sign with a contender.
He’s calling it a career and placing sentimental value on happiness, family, and all that stuff.
I guess it’s a nice move coming off injury and thinking you’re not going to be as effective as before.
But I think he’s wrong. I think he can still be an effective player especially the way he shoots the ball.
The guy works harder than anyone And he’s a dog as we’ve seen so many times in big games.
I thought he might pull a Gary Payton Karl Malone thing and give it a shot at least, but it looks like he’s calling it a day.
Well, a pretty nice career and a tip of the cap for being a player of consequence. He was a mamba for sure. I just wish he wouldn’t give up like this.
I can just hear you guys now. Trashing me for my take.
That’s fine. He’s going home and family and easing into the rocking chair. That’s great.
I’m just disappointed because I think he has a lot to give to a contender still. That’s all.
Much respect to the man. I hope that’s not lost in my comment above.
Why do u care what others think on here think, 95% of these guys in here are one brain cell away from being legally basketball brain dead.
Lol, right !! And you can include me in that a certain percentage of the time too.
Well, just because I don’t want to appear disrespectful to the player.
All these guys who make it to this level deserve my respect as players 100%.
This is true! I’m always right but very few other people are.
Everyone believing or hoping they are in the 5%, including me.
Will you be my best friend to?
His next ball will be at age 36 coming off a major surgery. Nobody knows what he’s going to be at this point. Hell this may even be the most lucrative option he could get on top of going home. I can understand where you’re coming from but it seems premature to say so definitively.
You never know how things will turn out. Three years before OKC won the title its record was 24-58. With some lucky personnel moves, Rip City could be in a similar situation at the back end of Lillard’s deal.
Except that OKC was already years into a rock solid plan for building a contender at that point. They are great at player development, coaching, and culture. Their success wasn’t dumb luck.
Yeah it only took Sam Presti 18 years to win a championship.
The way you guys talk about him and the Thunder. You would have thought they were a dynasty.
Yeah, your take is definitely mostly trash. Great self-awareness!
Idt he has much left to offer. He’s constantly targeted on defense. He’ll be way way past his prime after this injury and if he was so great why was Milwaukee just meh while he’s playing with one of the 5 best players in the association? Classic example of a guy averaging 25 a game but giving up 30 on the other side. All-time great hooper but he’s nothing special anymore, which is fine. He had a great career.
It’s a thoughtful and respectful take, Gary. No Dame fan should be offended because we all hoped he would get a ring before he retired.
I would have preferred to see Dame chase a ring on than sit on the bench for a losing team. Portland is a few years away because the West is so tough, and they’re not sitting Scoot for Dame.
Already writing Portland off contending in the next years? This is already a playoff-contending team, that last year had a great second half of the season, competing for a play-in/playoff spot until the last weeks of the season.
They got better in the Jrue-Simons swap, as Holiday is a proven team-oriented former All Star who was a key starter in 2 NBA championships in the last 4 years, with two different franchises (top two or three player in MIL).
They freed up playing time for Clingan in the Ayton buyout.
They have a rising wing in Sharpe.
They have proven playoff performers in Grant (coming off low years) and Thybulle (same).
They also have an important wild card in Rob Williams.
They have Scoot and young bench players that are still developing.
They are a Zion trade away, to be a bona fide playoff team, with the upside to grow into a contender.
Crowded backcourt: If Scoot is not an All-NBA player, in Portland, by the next 2 years at most, a trade might not be out of the question. Scoot + salary matching + unprotected first= Zion.
Lillard Jrue Sharpe Zion Clingan
or
Jrue Sharpe a Christian Braun type of player (Or 76ers Thybulle) Zion Clingan
Off the bench
Lillard Banton Thybulle Avdija RobWill / Reath
I forgot Deni Avdija! Broke out in the 2nd half of the season!
That’s a contender
Wild card 2: Ben 10
@Julian#15 , you sound like a true Blazers fan, which is awesome.
I will agree with you on this much: you guys have some promising young players. The problem is that your roster construction will hurt, not help their development. Scoot, Sharpe, Avila, Clingan, Hansen,, and Camara all need to play 30+ minutes per game.
If you give Lillard, Holliday, and Grant big minutes, you may get closer to the playoffs, but you’ll delay the development of your young core. They’re still a couple of years away.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
Those are fair points, @aristotle. They would need to choose who to keep, and what they want to do. If they choose to accelerate the rebuild and go all in, they might have the current roster, plus the assets to trade for a big star, to possibly be a tough playoff rival in the West this year, assuming they qualify first and the team development continues ascending.
Doesn’t mean it’s the best thing to do for them; it might, or they also might be better still developing their youngsters with 30+ minutes a game, and less time for the established veterans.
I would like to see a Zion trade to Portland, and a contender this season, but the chances it happens are quite slim I’d say, at least for now
I actually like that he’s gone back to his team. Championships aren’t everything. But I definitely understand your take. No right or wrong here as far as I’m concerned.
That is a horrible take. He’s going back to where his family is and where he was actually happy. It’s really a 2 year deal since year 3 is a player option. If he really wants to chase a ring at that point he will still have the opportunity.
I dunno. He spent years saying asking for a trade doesn’t always work out the way you think it will. That seemed like part of the reason why he was reluctant to do it. Well when he did ask for a trade it went poorly.
Similarly, a lot of players who sign as ring chasers often don’t end up with the ring.
I was not expecting him to sign with Portland, but I can see a lot of reasons why he would.
ah yes, horrible decision to choose family and happiness over a ring no one talks about. how often when you’re talking about the heat team that Payton won a ring with do you bring up his contributions?
It’s OK that you don’t agree with it but I think that window of competing for a championship is very short, especially in your mid 30s.
I think you can put off family and living at home for two more years and try to make it happen.
You can’t go back and do it later. Go for it now. That’s my mindset.
In three years, he can spend 24/7 with his family and then for the rest of his life. He’ll still be under 40 years old lol. Just my opinion.
> that window of competing for a championship is
> very short, especially in your mid 30s.
Thank you. Undeniably true.
But doesn’t it seem that NBA teams (and players) these days don’t want to accept reality? Because old guys with injury histories are getting PAID BIG, and on 3+ year deals to play till they’re 38, even 39-40. This is new.
I’m sorry, but Lillard, KD, Paul George, Kahwi, Holliday, Harden, etc do NOT have 3 good years left. These stories won’t have happy endings. Milwaukee has already paid the price with Dame. Portland just got the bad news about 35 year old Jrue Holliday (Dame’s 35 yr old running mate). Philly wishes they hadn’t made the mistake with Paul George.
Don’t give long-term contracts to old guys and then complain about bad luck.
At least some of those names are still two-way players, in which case you would normally expect the drop-off to be less severe. The problem for them is the injury bug, which is the other half of the equation when it comes to evaluating aging stars.
A guy like Lillard was always going to be an especially bad case. A ton of high usage miles on those tires, already terrible defensively, some recentish injuries, and his game is entirely predicated on his ability to unilaterally generate offense as well as get to the rack.
At the very least, those elevated concerns should be priced into these contracts and they aren’t being price in right now. Part of me gets it: sometimes you don’t have a lot of options, whether via FA or the trade market. But if you aren’t getting some surplus value due to the aforementioned concerns you have to walk. It’s bad math otherwise.
What’s the bad news about Jrue again???
To approve the Boston trade, Jrue had to pass a physical. It didn’t go well. To avoid nullifying the trade, the Celtics had to agree to give Portland back the 2 second round picks they sent out along with Anfernee Simons.
Supposedly, Holliday is healthy enough to play, but the results of the physical create more doubt about the wisdom of trading for a 35 year old with 3 more years on a $35M/yr deal. Holliday had already been showing signs of declin
Yeah that doesn’t bother me. Now if he was expected to miss the start of the season, then that’d be different. Just another shrewd move by Cronin to take advantage of the situation and pull some draft capital back.
He’s in the middle of getting a divorce. That is really hard on kids, so he wants to be close to them. It doesn’t matter what his job is. He probably just wants to be the best dad he can be. Give him a break.
I don’t know why anyone is speculating on his reasons or intentions one way or the other, frankly (not criticizing so much as observing). It’s his life and those exact reasons are no one’s business. I don’t care if it was for his kids or the money or anything else. He’s just another guy trying to make the best decision for himself and/or his family. Right or wrong, it has nothing to do with any of us.
Do you have kids? Because “you can’t go back and do it later” is exactly what we say about being present to see our kids grow up.
Yep, that’s a great point. I guess we try to do both and maybe include our kids in the professional journey as best we can.
I know it’s tough and it tears people apart to leave their families for work. I get it. Good comment.
To be fair, if that were the sole consideration, he could’ve retired a few years ago since he and his kids were already set for life. I’m not saying he should’ve done that or been expected to do that obviously, but there’s usually more than one factor that comes into any decision made. And as it currently stands, even if he will be playing in his home state once again, he will still be spending more time away from them than if he were to simply retire.
You can’t really make a jerk comment like this and start it with “to be fair.”
You’re free to expand upon what exactly makes it a “jerk comment” instead of being cryptic.
I misread your comment – my apologies.
Yeah, that’s what I thought /s. No worries.
Although someone did like your comment so maybe you’re more right than we both realize 😂
I was surprised too by this signing. I guess he didn’t want to title chase and went for the money and a chance to go back home. Props to him for doing what is best for him, but I think that he should have tried to sign with a contender on a 2yr deal to try to get a ring 🤷🏽♂️
He hasnt worked hard in a long time. It has been few yrs since he lost his killer instinct and all he cares about is $$. He needs to give $42m back to Bucks.
You sound like a bitter Bucks fan.
I think his defense is so incredibly bad that he actually can’t be an effective player and he’s lucky to get this.
Right who needs sentimental things like happiness or family.
How much money can Bucks get back from this deal?
None
I’m guessing it could work the same as with other leagues where what another team pays is offset, but, if that’s the case, why would any team pay more than the minimum? In that case, it might be completely separate.
There is no offset. He gets paid in full by both Milwaukee and Portland. So this money is in addition to the money the bucks owe him. It is good to be a star in the NBA.
They get zero back. The waived him.
That’s an absurd overpay for a guy who is likely cooked in this league.
Questions for all:
1. Why do you think Dame will play at all this year?
2. Why do you think, post-injury, Dame will look anything even remotely like an effective rotation piece? Or even a starter? Why do you think an achilles injury is something anyone can bounce back from, let alone a 36 year old Dame? Klay has been hot garbage since he had his injury. A guy on the wrong side of 30 has next to no chance of being a factor. I think Dame will play like 20 games a year all 3 years of this deal, if they don’t buy him out too.
3. Who is more cooked: Dame or PG13 or is it a tie?
Dame is really grifting here. He knows he is cooked in the NBA and grabbed one more bag that he will not earn even 1% of. Gross.
1. Who thinks he’s going play at all this year??? It’s long been a foregone conclusion that he would miss the entire season.
2. Right. No player has ever come back from an Achilles injury to even remotely be a rotational player. KD is in the G league now right??? FFS
3. Your takes are the only thing that’s cooked around here.
Please just stop with your nonsensical posts. Just admit you don’t know what you’re talking about, especially when it comes to Dame.
First team all don’t care about winning: Dame, Beal, Lavine, Markkanen, Gobert
And if signed with Boston, NY, LA you’d all call him a “ring chaser” and on and on.
Stop believing everyone thinks the same Mahmoud. I would not have labeled him a ring chaser at all.
But somehow YOU HAVE determined how Dame thinks and have come to the conclusion that he doesn’t care about winning.
Stop believing that every NBA player thinks the same. You have no idea what each player’s priorities are in their lives.
No chance for a ring in LA or Boston
Gobert just went to the conference finals in consecutive years.
Gobert Has Not expanded his game whatsoever.
I’d have to disagree with Gobert on this list. And maybe Markkanen too depending on what he does on his next contract.
If your list is only for active players, Booker should be on this list based on his recent contract signing. DeRozan. Maybe Harden based off his play lol
Derozen perhaps. Harden sure. Book I can agree with.
Give me a break. He wanted to win when he asked to get traded. It didn’t work, then he split up from his wife, had a scary blood clot, and a catastrophic injury that will cost him an entire year. Dame is not someone who doesn’t care about winning.
Yet went back to Portland???
Yes, to be with his kids. Stop acting like an internet being and start acting like a human being.
I understand the first year is for rehab – but giving him two years after that? He’s going to be borderline unplayable by the third, at 37/38 of age. He was already a turnstile defensively, and that was before an achilles tear.
Nostalgia contracts aren’t building blocks for championships.
I agree with this. WTF is Portland doing? Do you ever plan on contending? I get wanting to bring him back 100%. They’re just paying them about $12 million a year too much.
And the third year a player option… And the no trade clause… It’s like they know they’re gonna suck for three years. Dont get me wrong, his past was hall of Fame, but his future is another thing
The Blazers are not a serious franchise right now. And I think that statement still holds true even if this front office has made a few good moves along the way. This is like operating with the concept of a plan instead of an actual plan.
Ooooh so you were sitting in on the meetings with Dame, Cronin and Billups where they discussed what a return to Portland would look like for all parties once Dame has completed his rehab and can play again???
Do tell…..unless you are privy to those talks, you really have no idea what the plan is to infer that they’re not a serious franchise. You have no clue if the expectations have already been set that Dame would come back in a supporting role as a starter or first off the bench.
No contender was going to sign him anyway.
He wasn’t a winner even in his prime and certainly isn’t going to be one as a gimp.
Well Tatum has been heavily recruiting him but sure…
The guy who is also out for the season? lol
What’s your definition of a winner??? If it’s only winning a championship ring, then 90-95% of the current and past players were never winners in their primes since they never won a championship.
He chose money over winning. It was his choice
He must have a phenomenal agent or Portland’s front office is dumb as hell. Or both I guess. If you want to build a championship contender, always remember: NOSTALGIA IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
They know they won’t be a contender for a few years. This will 100% boost attendance, merchandise, etc. Portland fans have definitely been angry at the team since Dame left. This is restoring faith in the team, FO, and going to bring back some loyalty in the form of cash while they try to figure out their direction in the next 2-3 years
I think he chose going home. To where his kids are. Because he cares about them.
How dare you imply he cares about anything more than basketball
OK, three years $42 million. Well, that changes things quite a bit.
That’s 100% something he should do.
Better than a minimum anywhere else, ring chasing or not.
Good for him, right choice, that’s a lot of money.
Agree, total no brainer decision for dame. He’s making approx $140million the next 2 yrs. Wow!
I thought this was clickbait because I never got any notifications and people were saying it was photoshop
How is Bradley Beal getting bought out more important than Damian lillard returning to the blazers
good for them, both sides.
Oh my God. He came back. He actually came back. Clint Capela’s on the Rockets again, and now this? Oh boy, is this getting exciting.
Luka coming back to the Mavs, bet on it.
If only that were to be true. Considering Nico traded him away for who knows why, I’m not willing to bet on him coming back
Stop hating on him people. He did it for his family. He wants to be close to them. Good for him.
What familiy? He divorced his wife…
Still has kids. He also has strong ties to teh portland area with side businesses and a charity in Portland.
He should have just retired.
players have egos so its hard for them to admit they can’t do it anymore.
Really !!!!!! Why is Clay still around.
And you should just stop posting your obviously biased drivel, but here we are….
Getting another 14 million this year and next next year plus his full salary from Milwaukee this is straight gangster. Family rules over chasing rings for him. Him in the building as another mentor for Scoot and Shay is absolutely priceless.
By the time Lillard plays another game, POR might be a playoff team. Depends on the development of the young C’s and Sharpe, and Holiday being healthy.
POR can justify any froth in the economics here simply based on the prospective marketing of the team for sale. The presence of Lillard won’t increase the value of the team, but the return of a popular local legend can’t hurt attendance or the sense the team’s well being in its current city.
Love seeing this. It’s where his heart is, it’s where he’s always belonged.
A nice thing happened. To find very much fault with something like that …
This doesn’t shock me, just a bit confused. lol
I called this. Still shocked it’s more than 2 years but now he will retire a Blazer
This is actually a pretty smart move by the Blazers as the Paul Allen estate puts the team for sale. Signing Lillard adds a bit of marquee value to an otherwise very young roster. It’s both a bit of a gamble for Joe Cronin as well as ensuring that one of the franchise’s best players in its history remains a part of the legacy.
Good for him
Dame is 35 yrs old, just turned 35 this month. He is rehabbing this year. Rehabbing at home. He is pulling a Sinatra here. He can play the second, third year of his contract. And take it from there. He will be 38 then living at home.
Or maybe his departure wasn’t as contentious as the media made it out to be.
Ridiculous move by Portland and selfish move by lillard. Why not stay a free agent for the year you’re out, save that $14 million a year for this season to make Portland better. Then sign a two year contract when you’re healthy. Portland will be in the bottom of the standings for years to come.
Hes getting 14M now so he doesn’t have to ask for 20M later. It directly benefits the team’s cap sheet in the latter years. 42/3 beats 42/2.
Nevermind that he’s a member of the team, can go to practice / rehab / etc and not just be a fan in the stands.
It feels like the Blazers are just throwing a bunch of stuff at the wall and hoping something sticks while simultaneously being delusional about the young talent they currently possess.
For starters, this team will not be good enough in a year where bringing in Lillard makes sense for anything other than an eventual farewell tour. A few interesting young players, but they will need to have multiple young players who to this point have been negatives on the court take big steps as well as have a widely derided first round pick pan out. Possible, but I wouldn’t say likely.
It’s not like this front office has done enough good work to earn the benefit of the doubt. Some good moves (Camara, Deni), some bad moves (Ayton, Billups, holding onto Grant). This team will probably top out as a low-end playoff team and that’ll be all she wrote.
As for Lillard, no qualms about him taking this deal. His money, his life. Hope he can come back and still be productive.
But, hey, judging by the reactions on places like BlazersEdge, who am I to say it’s the wrong move? If the fans are happy, however long that feeling lasts, then that’s something. And since team’s current core doesn’t seem like it will ever morph into a contender, maybe this is the best course of action for a few years until the next rebuild inevitably begins.
> It feels like the Blazers are just throwing a bunch of
> stuff at the wall and hoping something sticks while
> simultaneously being delusional about the young
> talent they currently possess.
Precisely. Nobody in the league can figure out what the f**k they’re doing.
They announce they want to make the playoffs this season, and then they burn $25M of this year’s payroll by buying out DeAndre Ayton. Then, they commit $50M/yr for the next 3 seasons at 2 injured 35 year old guards (Lillard and Holliday) at the same time they pronounce that Henderson and Sharpe are the future.
If you’re counting, that’s $75M tied up in Ayton, Lillard, and Holliday. Add another $30M for permanently benched Jerami Grant and $12M for Timelord Williams and the Blazers are paying almost $120M for players that don’t fit the rebuild plan they told us they were on a few months ago.
Now do Golden State because everything is on the up and up in San Francisco, lols.
Ok, just for laughs, I’ll do Golden State using aristotle’s comment and almost his exact words….
> It feels like the Warriors are just throwing a bunch of
> stuff at the wall and hoping something sticks while
> simultaneously being delusional about the young
> talent they currently possess.
Precisely. Nobody in the league can figure out what the h**ll they’re doing.
They announce they want to make the playoffs this season, and then they will burn $25M of this year’s payroll by paying Jonathan Kuminga.
Then, they commit $60M/yr each for the next 2 seasons at 2 injured 36 year old guards (Curry and Butler) at the same time they pronounce that Podski and Post are the future.
If you’re counting, that’s $165M tied up in Kuminga, Curry, and Butler.
Add another $20M for permanently benched Moody, Santos, Jackson-Davis and $25M for Greymond and the Warriors are paying almost $190M for players that don’t fit the light years plan they told us they were on a few years ago.
Not pulling the wool over your eyes Gary…..some are still being strung along though. It’s OK to admit reality. Words and actions are very different. My teams a lottery team if they no what’s good for them when JT comes back. And that’s fine, it’s part of the game. I’m not swallowing BS false narratives.
That was sort of comic relief. A parody. I did it for fun.
It was a copy and pasting of Aristotle comment and I just plugged in the Warriors information.
So anything that I wrote wasn’t a reply to you or anything like that. Just trying to be funny.
You told Aristotle “now do Golden State.”
He didn’t so I did lol !!
Those numbers truly put it into perspective. Comical.
Gotta respect Dame for his commitment to Portland.
What Portland is doing makes no sense.
Big overpay. But Lilliard will really bring some big defensive culture to that team. Right?
But he can hit half court shots 20% of the time, so why not give him $42m for 2 years of negative value.
Dude, chill. Who hurt you?
Settle down. It’s only the NBA.
This is BS
Worst off-season ever
Unwatchable
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
Worst off season ever for who exactly???
The grass wasn’t greener
All about culture. Taking care of players. Building alliances with Boston and LA. Building a fan base outside the US. Building a defense first mentality. Building a workhorse foundation. Keep up the good work Cronin.
All you clowns that talk retirement …. can’t follow ball. Players are playing longer now. Dame hasn’t shown any sign of slowing down. You should all search his training and habits. Instead of talking from the planet Uranus. Let the man heal. And we will all see what he will do for next 5 yrs. Why exactly would Dame deserve your HATE ……. I pray all this negativity doesn’t live in your homes ….. 🙏
Bro you must be kidding. I love Dame but he is cooked. This is the franchise trying to make some extra money and save themselves. Portland is up for sale and the city is not doing well. But Dame is a legend in Portland and so he will draw in crowds. Before his injury he couldn’t guard anyone and wasn’t getting to the basket that well. His shooting has remained consistent but coming off of an Achilles surgery he definitely won’t be getting to the rim and I doubt he’ll be shooting that stuff’s Curry range jumper anymore. And to your other point, play don’t play at a high level when they’re older now. We just saw the last couple years where the money was out of control and older players were getting paid high salaries but none of them have won a championship. Lebron doesn’t impact winning. He’s still a good player but he who can’t lead his team to a championship over the last 3 or 4 years. And if it wasn’t for his Mickey mouse bubble championship, it’s literally been over 8 years since he’s led a team to a championship.
Bro you must be kidding, bron is still kicking a$$ at 40 like you said you could do when you was 18. Good is what he was hoopin at 1 years old bro . Like you be looking like now when you playing,ha ha ha. Just kidding bro. But bro, don’t be dissing bron on the bubble ring, cause bro, a ring is a ring, ask big perk.
You just fly over Portland, the city, and take a Birds Eye view of Portland’s progress. Do you even live in the Portland-metro area or are you basing your information on the internet?
I live in Beaverton and work in Portland. Worst city I have every lived in and I lived in 8 different cities including PHX, new York, Baltimore, Phily and many others. So yeah basing my opinion on experience. I would never say something just to say it. I like to have healthy debate. If I am wrong I will owen it.
It must suck to live in Beaverton and commuting to downtown Portland. On my side, in NE PDX commuting to Camas,I live in paradise. Beautiful city. Great weather. Everything I need is within walking / biking distance. Don’t get me wrong, the city has it’s problems, but worst out of that list? You’re doing it wrong….
What are you even talking about? I played 3 years overseas and middle school is closer to me then I am to a NBA starter. That’s how good NBA players are. I’m judging on NBA level. Bron is still pretty good but he is not winning anything. No old player ever will. He will not win a championship unless he is the 3rd best player on a team. And a about Mickey mouse clubhouse championship. I wouldn’t have counted that if any team won to have a 3 and 1/2 long break in the season, that’s basically how long y’all the off season is. The grind of the season with the playoffs. So no a ring is not a ring.
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He making 70$mil this yr from 2 tms and wont play a single minute of bball?