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“The Heat say they never had a legitimate opportunity to negotiate. Throughout the process, they felt Portland allowed emotions to get in the way of business. Lillard’s camp believed it had become personal.” – @ChrisBHaynes

  • September 29, 2023


“The Heat say they never had a legitimate opportunity to negotiate. Throughout the process, they felt Portland allowed emotions to get in the way of business. Lillard’s camp believed it had become personal.” – @ChrisBHaynes

34 comments

  1. Dame really said if you won’t send me to Miami I’d prefer to not be traded at all man none of ya can be mad at the dude he did everything

  2. Cronin was avoiding Dame in the facility, god he’s such a pussy. Can’t wait for the organization to can his dumb ass when they waste away their young talent again

  3. Props to Lillard on burning whatever credibility that rat Cronin had with any agent/player on his way out, respect

  4. Lillard was willing to continue playing for the Blazers if he wasn’t traded to the Heat and Cronin told him no….this is who Blazers fans praise? LMAOOO

  7. Cronin is an enormous piece of shit. What a horrible guy. Remove basketball and trade talk from the equation and he’s just a shitty human being. Fuck that guy. If I’m Scoot, I’m looking for the first exit out of Portland as soon as I can. Cannot trust that front office if that’s how they treat their biggest star.

  8. I am sorry Pat

    If anyone bought a custom jersey for Dame as a Heat. Wear it for the Bucks game cause that man deserves an applause for actually TRYING to be in Miami

  10. Very interesting to see Cronin/Blazers absolutely ruined their entire reputation for any future franchise players or free agents for a measly return of Jrue Holiday and FRP and 2 swaps 😂👏

  11. Blazer fans meat riding the dude who kicked their arguable franchise GOAT to the curb is hilarious 😭

    We were ready to storm Riley’s office when Wade went to Chicago

  13. The Cronin dick sucking in /r/nba is insane. Still call dame a little bitch and saying he caused what happened to him. What was he supposed to do? He signed an extension thinking they were going to get him help, and yet again showing his loyalty to the franchise, they don’t do that, essentially draft his replacement instead of trading the pick for someone, resign grant on a horrible contract, dame asks out because he’s getting old and has a few years of good basketball in him, the one thing he asks for is his preferred destination, Cronin gets pissy and refuses to do that and dame is the bad guy in all this?

    Even dame is reasonable enough to say if you can’t do it, ill come back, and Cronin still says no. I really don’t see how dame is at fault here at all.

  14. People like Cronin right now because he dealt with this emotionally and everyone got to put up their middle fingers at Dame and the Heat. Very satisfying.

    But I’m pretty confident this means Cronin is not good at his job. Making emotional decisions is not the mark of a top executive. And I don’t think this will go over well with players in general.

  16. it said dame would rather come back then go anywhere but the heat so I can’t blame him, cronin said no to both for him and tried to make an example.

    hope no one goes to portland in FA ever again

  18. Read the whole article. I’ve never hated anyone in my life but I seriously wish nothing but the absolute worst for the rest of cronins career. Dude is a piece of shit

  22. But r/nba said that none of this was related to pettiness on Portlands part. The gaslighting towards the Miami Heat fanbase is fucking hilarious.

  23. I’m also putting some blame on Dame here for being naive enough to trust this organisation by signing an extension. Or perhaps the change in GM’s during his contract was the last straw, who knows. All I know is that this is a poverty franchise

  24. Fuck that poverty franchise. I’m glad they got absolutely fleeced and I can’t wait to watch them lose 60 games.

  25. Very disappointed over the outcome . Worse possible outcome. Closed our championship window. All the reporting on this is that Cronin petty, unprofessional. and borderline emotionally unstable. They guy actually took a worse deal to spite a team and a player. It doesn’t seem like the heat could have anything to change the outcome. Lillard tried to be reasonable and mend fences

  27. I appreciate Dame for being interested in the Heat. that’s all water under the bridge now. Portland fucked themselves to spite the Heat. it’s what poverty franchises do. it is what it is, we move on.

  28. It would have been the best if Dame wins the chip along with Jimmy and Bam, rather than the already champion guys there in Milwaukee.

  30. Lmao portland aint never gonna win a chip anyways who gives a shit, heat bound to win one this decade, gotta keep stacking on good players thats it. lets go heat!

  32. Wonderful. We lost out on a great player because baldy got his feelings hurt and refused to trade Dame to the Heat

  34. How is no one talking about the fact that Cronin and the Blazers told Lillard to sit out the last 10 games so they could tank for a higher pick, arguing that the better the pick, the more likely they could trade it for a quality starter next to Dame, then instead they used the pick to draft Dame’s replacement. Completely irrelevant of basketball, that’s just an insanely shitty way to treat your franchise’s all time great. Blazers fans are really pathetic for defending this garbage

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