i’m exhausted with this dame trade industrial complex. like it fucking sucks. i love dame as a player and what he means for this city and team but this shit is tiring. i know dame is definitely to blame for the rumors every time he says something about a hypothetical trade or leaks to chris haynes but the media outside of portland fucking sucks. they drive the narrative that a player needs to go somewhere else because they look down on the team, its City, or supporters and need shit to write about. Dame could go to Brooklyn or LA wherever and there is no more guaranty that he will win anything but the media favors them when those markets havent won anything recently or ever.

They say if a team doesnt perform well, their stars should leave but… even if they perform well and just dont win the championship, they say the same thing. Its an impossible standard if you are a fan of that team and takes the joy away, because winning a trophy is really hard and not realistic for even really good teams. Its just a way of bullying players and fans from cities or teams that arent historically big. anyways fuck it.

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Hear me out... The more it appears the blazers are willing to trade dame, the more leverage they have no matter what they do.

I started thinking of this last night, that as it looks more like a possibility the blazers could trade him, they actually gain negotiating power with teams.

The best offers in a negotiation come when the other side knows you have different paths your willing to take. It forces them to make their offer appealing enough that you choose it over all other options. They aren't bidding for one path the blazers are projecting, they're bidding against all teams wanting to trade for dame and all teams wanting to trade for the pick, as well as the possibility of keeping both to start the season.

My point is that dame and the blazers put themselves in the best position for now by projecting that all choices are on the table. With all dame has said about loyalty, he needs to make it apparent he's willing to be moved in order to make it more believable it may happen. By having different possible paths, they can increase the teams making bids. The larger the pool of possibilities the more teams will feel the need to be aggressive in making a quality offer.

I suspect dame and the blazers front office know this, and are working hard to create a strong bidding war.

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