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Report: Dame plans to request a trade in coming days

LoPo said:
But that's the exact same argument you could and would use if he signs another deal - "he had no choice but sign it because it was more money than anybody else could offer. But the 5th year is a player option so he really hates Utah...."
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To get out of his last contract he would have had to make himself look absolutely horrible, take a qualifying offer vs his first giant $160 million payday. Getting out before your restricted free agency is unheard of. The supermax, there is plenty of precedent for turning it down, and he can opt out a year later, and has the leverage to demand a trade at that point, and he knows he'll be traded if he turns it down. If he actually signed it (he won't) it would show a willingness to stay, when he didn't have to.

Let me again point you to the 3:38-4:06 mark in this live from the other day in regards to "you gotta get out of Utah". "Bro I don't wanna turn into some like" is the most "I want to leave but won't because I don't want to look bad" vibe you could have.


A positive to Dame to NY would be this. It takes up their cap space for the foreseeable future and they'll have to give up all those assets they have. If Dame ends up in NY, it hurts their chance of getting Donovan.
 
Avery said:
Sure, but POR is either going to want to get an AS-caliber player in return and/or multiple future assets of a good value to rebuild. Dame can ask for a trade as much as he wants, but his leverage is only his discontent.
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If I'm Portland, and Dame really does demand a trade, I go ahead and trade it all. Forget trying to get players to keep a mediocre team going.

McCollum is 30 before the new season and he's got a massive contract.
Covington is 30 and an expiring contract.
Nurkic is an expiring contract.
Powell could leave this summer.

Ben Simmons or Jaylen Brown wouldn't take them anywhere different. If I'm Portland, I consider that Golden State deal. I hate it for the rest of the NBA, but Wiseman plus 2 lottery picks this year plus a couple picks down the road is enticing.

Then trade McCollum to somewhere like Cleveland for Love, Sexton and more picks.
Then trade Covington for another pick.
 
Avery said:
The Supermax is an awful contract.
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If the fixes I’ve seen rumored happen with the next CBA it will improve it. Only count as a normal max against the cap, and also the player cannot be traded the first 2 years of the contract.
 
It's too bad Rudy isn't available for a trade until October. If he was, we could have a legit chance to pull off a 3 team trade should Dame make it clear he wants Utah.

Then we could try to trade Bojan for Myles Turner.
Then trade JC for Kuzma.
Keep Conley.

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Dame
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Joe
 
Seriously though, what about:

Ben Simmons and Clarkson to Portland
Dame to Utah
Conley and Bojan to Philly

This is assuming that Dame makes it public that he wants Utah. Other parts of the deal would be included (picks here and there).
 
LoPo said:
Seriously though, what about:

Ben Simmons and Clarkson to Portland
Dame to Utah
Conley and Bojan to Philly

This is assuming that Dame makes it public that he wants Utah. Other parts of the deal would be included (picks here and there).
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I don’t think that’s possible. We’d have to s&t Conley and I believe you can’t package a s&t player. I don’t see how seperate trades would work. If it was possible, I probably would though.
 
Udidthizz said:
I don’t think that’s possible. We’d have to s&t Conley and I believe you can’t package a s&t player. I don’t see how seperate trades would work. If it was possible, I probably would though.
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Oh, I'm just throwing stuff out there. I don't think we really have a realistic shot. We could get involved as a 3rd team getting something else, but I just don't see us getting Dame in any scenario. He would literally have to come out and say he wants to play for us. I don't see that happening.

And really, I don't see Dame and Don being a great pairing unless we brought Covington with Dame and got more perimeter defending.
 
Udidthizz said:
Nurkic has said something along the lines that if Dame leaves, he will too. Guess we’re trading for Dame & Nurk.
And while we’re at it, I’ll take Roco too.
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Which is why him refuting it seems like he probably got a hold of Dame right when he saw it reported. Nurk has flat out said he won't be back without Dame. I believe Nurk's money is not guaranteed next year and he can be a free agent if he truly wanted. So it seems like Nurk likely got a hold of Lillard the second he saw all this and wanted to know so he could start making his own decisions. Dame must have told him it wasn't true. Also Haynes reported Dame is going to address this report after Team USA practice today at 1:30 our time I believe.
 
LoPo said:
Oh, I'm just throwing stuff out there. I don't think we really have a realistic shot. We could get involved as a 3rd team getting something else, but I just don't see us getting Dame in any scenario. He would literally have to come out and say he wants to play for us. I don't see that happening.

And really, I don't see Dame and Don being a great pairing unless we brought Covington with Dame and got more perimeter defending.
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That’s the great thing about off season/draft season. You get to feel like a kid in a candy store imagining any player you like coming to the Jazz!
I don’t know if it would work, but I’d love to see Don and Dame together. Having two guys who can go off for 50+ on any given night should be quite something.
 
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