06-27-2021, 06:48 PM
(06-27-2021, 06:44 PM)F Gump Wrote: Again --- any discussion of possibilities is only about what Dame wants. Everything else is incredibly minor by comparison.
It starts ONLY if Dame wants out and says, "Trade me." So "where does Dame want to be" is the driver of the whole thing from Day One. It's not an afterthought.
From there, "where do you want to go" continues to be the key. That's today's NBA. If the Mavs are on his list, then their only real competition is whoever else is on the list. If anyone. (And teams not on that list, they just don't matter.)
Then each team on that list can't strip their roster to get him. So the available assets they can offer Portland is going to be limited by that factor. I emphasize that because some want to START with an asset comparison, but it's going to be really relatively minor to the result.
I'm not saying Dame is going to push his way out, nor that he will pick Dallas as an option if he does. But being who he wants to play for, that's infinitely more important than what's on the asset list, if you want to get him.
I disagree with none of this. Seems like common knowledge.