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

[poopbox]

You are insane.

If the spurs offered half of this for Lillard I would stop supporting this team.

[tonight...you]

There was still the Gobert and Mitc trades after DJM, which at that point I think all other GMs looked around and said "yo this is crazy"

Wright definitely got a massive return in right before the door shut

Didn't the Gobert and Mitc trades happen before DJM?

[scott]

Didn't the Gobert and Mitc trades happen before DJM?

DJM - June 30, 2022
Rudy - July 6, 2022
Dono - Sept 1, 2022

[cutewizard]

Wemby is enif lol

[Ariel]

Didn't the Gobert and Mitc trades happen before DJM?

Dejounte was first, I remember feeling pissed when I heart the return for Gobert, so it was later. And Mitc was the last of the three, it took a while.

[KobesAchilles]

Can we just get a real ing point guard. I’m gonna be pretty pissed watching Wemby have easy at rim opportunities wasted away by lack of shot creators

Goodness Spurstalk trying to convince themselves that Jones is gonna be good for Wemby. Dude would have an extra 4-6 points a game from Chris Paul alone on our team

[TDMVPDPOY]

get a pass first pg...dont want another ballhog pg or a wanker of a running this team

[Tyronn Lue]

Can we just get a real ing point guard. I’m gonna be pretty pissed watching Wemby have easy at rim opportunities wasted away by lack of shot creators

Goodness Spurstalk trying to convince themselves that Jones is gonna be good for Wemby. Dude would have an extra 4-6 points a game from Chris Paul alone on our team

Need Jimmy Butler. He loves to pass in clutch moments.

[scott]

Interesting discussion on the Lowe podcast about teams who "do right" by their players and whether any team has ever actually reaped the benefits of having a reputation of being player friendly. The general consensus was no, and that even teams who have a reputation of being cut-throat with players (Boston was used as an example) haven't had that reputation stand in the way of FA attraction or team building.

Interesting discussion. Of course, one could make an argument that a team in a desirable place (LA, Miami, etc) can afford to be cut throat if they wanted, whereas a team like San Antonio or Portland doesn't need one more thing working against them.

[baseline bum]

Interesting discussion on the Lowe podcast about teams who "do right" by their players and whether any team has ever actually reaped the benefits of having a reputation of being player friendly. The general consensus was no, and that even teams who have a reputation of being cut-throat with players (Boston was used as an example) haven't had that reputation stand in the way of FA attraction or team building.

Interesting discussion. Of course, one could make an argument that a team in a desirable place (LA, Miami, etc) can afford to be cut throat if they wanted, whereas a team like San Antonio or Portland doesn't need one more thing working against them.

Gotta disagree there. You don't remember how Anthony Davis wanted no part of a trade to Boston because he was pissed how they did Isaiah Thomas?

[scott]

Gotta disagree there. You don't remember how Anthony Davis wanted no part of a trade to Boston because he was pissed how they did Isaiah Thomas?

They brought up this specific example as the only one they could think of where maybe it impacted things, but really chalked it up to Davis only wanting to go to LA anyway. Interesting topic.

[baseline bum]

They brought up this specific example as the only one they could think of where maybe it impacted things, but really chalked it up to Davis only wanting to go to LA anyway. Interesting topic.

Boston was an interesting fit basketball wise for Davis but Davis' dad specifically told him to stay away from Boston because of how they did Isaiah.

[Uriel]

Interesting discussion on the Lowe podcast about teams who "do right" by their players and whether any team has ever actually reaped the benefits of having a reputation of being player friendly. The general consensus was no, and that even teams who have a reputation of being cut-throat with players (Boston was used as an example) haven't had that reputation stand in the way of FA attraction or team building.

Interesting discussion. Of course, one could make an argument that a team in a desirable place (LA, Miami, etc) can afford to be cut throat if they wanted, whereas a team like San Antonio or Portland doesn't need one more thing working against them.

The Spurs are always mentioned by players as a great franchise and a desirable place to land in (in part because they do have a history of "doing right" by their players, but come free agency period, marquee players rarely actually go here.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Dejounte was first, I remember feeling pissed when I heart the return for Gobert, so it was later. And Mitc was the last of the three, it took a while.

It's clear Minny got fleeced.