Report: Damian Lillard Requests Trade, Spurs on List of Preferred Teams

[TekXX]

Can someone explain the timeline to me? I missed the memo about this timeline that keeps being brought up like y'all think Wright actually has a plan

[Davidicus]

Woj went on sportscenter saying GMs are saying Portland is looking for best bidder and not necessarily Miami. That without a no trade clause plus he’s on a 4yr deal they need to do what’s best for Portland. Could be a way to up the anty from Miami but still noteworthy

[mo7888]

Woj went on sportscenter saying GMs are saying Portland is looking for best bidder and not necessarily Miami. That without a no trade clause plus he’s on a 4yr deal they need to do what’s best for Portland. Could be a way to up the anty from Miami but still noteworthy

Miami doesn't have any anty to up..

[SequSpur]

I have a deep respect for Damian Lillard ... but the timeline doesn't work. If I'm the Spurs, I don't give up multiple assets for a guy who will be expensive and declining when Wemby, in thoery, begins his ascent.

Spurs don’t have any assets. Do you have cable tv anymore?

[BatManu20]

Damian Lillard is prepared to only play for the Miami Heat and his stance is Heat-or-bust, per Sam_amick


“He wants to compete with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, to grow inside that famed 'Heat culture' system under Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra while becoming the final piece to their championship puzzle.”

[EricB]

Can’t trade for Dame cause this franchise doesn’t try to win anymore.


all they do is evaluate and piss away talent. So no chance of improving the team! Gotta keep signing the garbage cheap players just to meet the floor.

[EricB]

Spurs don’t have any assets. Do you have cable tv anymore?

they have lots of assets, they just chose not to use them, cause they don’t give a about winning anymore.

why when so much of the fanbase runs interference for you by excusing losing and agreeing with it and then on top of it, you’re selling seats!

zero reason to try!

of a gig!

[Mr. Body]

Can't wait until this generation of pissbabies retire and move on.

[Davidicus]

Reposting what I posted in FA thread. If we do somehow trade for Dame I think there’s plenty of positives.

Count me in for wanting Lillard.

Yes our current strategy with Wemby is a very good one, but it's not the only good one.

Dame is CP3-like from a mentoring standpoint, but can actually play at an extremely high level for the next 3-6 years. I understand the "timeline" argument, but just because they won't align in a perfect storm does not mean that's the only route for a positive outcome, that is worth investing in:

Say we establish a smart, disciplined, and high-chemistry team over the next 2-4 years that other FA's want to come play for? What if Dame on the court gives Wemby space to breathe & grow, with opponent defenses not 100% laser focused on shutting him down? Wouldn't Dame surely mentor Sochan, Vassell, Keldon, etc. (whoever's left lol) into the best versions of themselves? Not to mention he plugs a major hole at PG. There are major positives to this 4-year timeline.

As for the money, yes he's got a huge contract but what are we spending that money on over 4 years that's better, in terms of getting Wemby to superstar status (the absolutely primary goal)? When Dame's contract is up, we max Vic's extension and re-sign Dame to a more appropriate contract as a veteran PG who can space the floor (and maybe he can still ball out after 4 years of Spurs load management + our new training facility).

So the goal would be around year 3-5 we've got some more rookies + 1-2 big FA's ready to ball for a championship.

This is all with a big asterisk that we can get Dame without selling the farm. Would take some poker-face negotiations since we aren't knocking on their door.

Second asterisk is I don't know who Dame is as a person, and I don't know Dame + Pop's relationship. I assume healthy on both counts.

[EricB]

Lots of positives in trying to improve the team while not having to give up a ton of assets like they can with Lillard.

but the team needs more than one year of evaluating talent. “We have to see how these guys play” these same we were fed for last year why they had to blow it up.

they get lucky, get the generational talent now again “oh we can’t Ty to win yet, we have to keep evaluating cause we can do that anymore”


I don’t have to accept being fed bull about not wanting to win. You want to just get by sell tickets thanks to Wembenyama and play under the luxuaey tax? At least be ing honest about instead of this bull of “oh we’re too young to try. We can’t possibly ADD and TRY!!!”

Once they made it acceptable to accept losing around here everyone is A Ok with it now.

[TekXX]

Dame, "Heat Culture" what a joke

[exstatic]

At this point,I want us to just sign enough players to fill the roster, and hit the ‘floor’, and tell Portland, Miami, Philadelphia, and the Clippers all to off with their SRP cap rental plans.

[CGD]

Hard pass

[Phenomanul]

Didn't Dame play for Coach Pop as part of Team USA? Or did I imagine it?

[lefty20]

Didn't Dame play for Coach Pop as part of Team USA? Or did I imagine it?

He did, but not very well. Got sonned by Nando and other Euro Guards. Iirc, he was playing with an abdominal issue.

[offset formation]

At this point,I want us to just sign enough players to fill the roster, and hit the ‘floor’, and tell Portland, Miami, Philadelphia, and the Clippers all to off with their SRP cap rental plans.

Make sure BWright gets that memo because he's currently salivating over scooping up every 2nd round pick he can get.

[EricB]

Make sure BWright gets that memo because he's currently salivating over scooping up every 2nd round pick he can get.

so are the fans. “We just want ownership to save as much money as possible!”

loser mentality has growin into the fanbase and it sucks

[Mr. Body]

so are the fans. “We just want ownership to save as much money as possible!”

loser mentality has growin into the fanbase and it sucks

We really missed the chance to pay Dillon Brooks $80 million.

[heyheymymy]

Don't really want Dame in SA

[sfernald]

so are the fans. “We just want ownership to save as much money as possible!”

loser mentality has growin into the fanbase and it sucks

Damn who pissed in your Cheerios today? Spurs have been as successful as any franchise in recent history. Short rebuild and we are back on the way up and people are screaming about it. Let the front office do their magic. The opposite of them is the Houston Rockets org and look at how that is going. That is no way to build a winner. A winner is built the Spurs, the Warriors, the Nuggets way.

[honestfool84]

[honestfool84]

so are the fans. “We just want ownership to save as much money as possible!”

loser mentality has growin into the fanbase and it sucks

Are we not not watching the same Spurs team who in the last 20 years have had the highest winning percentage of ANY team sport?

And we have one horrendous season and land a generational type player as Wemby, and fans are still spoiled.

Geez, take a chill pill man.

[sfernald]

The one thing I’ll say about Lillard and I said this on another forum but it probably fits here to.

Well, he’s a top 10 player in my estimation. That’s the kind of player who can bring you championships. He’s the player that everyone covets. We have one of those already. With two, we might become real le contenders overnight.

In other words, he’s exactly the kind of player we collect all these assets for. His age just makes him the best he can possibly be and more desperate than you can possibly imagine. We need one of those actually. We need someone to lead us who just can’t possibly wait one more second to get a championship.

I think he could be the leader to Wemby that Robinson was to Duncan. Who immediately leads and focuses the team in the right direction simply because of his age and need to win it all now or never. That is the at ude you have to take and Lillard might have the talent and will to show Wemby what is required.

[EricB]

We really missed the chance to pay Dillon Brooks $80 million.

Keep caping for billionaires

[EricB]

Are we not not watching the same Spurs team who in the last 20 years have had the highest winning percentage of ANY team sport?

And we have one horrendous season and land a generational type player as Wemby, and fans are still spoiled.

Geez, take a chill pill man.

the championship teams are in the past. It’s been 9 years since they won a ring

they’ve had teams going on 5 years now,

miss me with this loser ass mentality