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[QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 4774660, member: 2458"]
I really rock with Dame and always have….but part of the reason for that was he had made comments about how he didn’t care about “ringzzzz culture” and was willing to just hoop his ass off for his team and whatever happens, happens.  If he doesn’t win it all, then so be it.   He did what he could for HIS team.

If he changed his mind on that and decided after 10+ years he sees it differently, fair enough.   But if you just signed a monster deal to lock in that money, you gotta accept giving up power on where you go.   If you wanted that power, sacrificed that money and stability and don’t sign.   You can sign where you want?

If Portland changed their mind on being ok with paying a guy that money on a non contender, fair enough.   It’s a business, and if they’d rather get something for their superstar while they can and start over and try again……they ain’t exactly the Lakers or Celtics, or the NY or Miami(!) or Chicago or whatever market, so you do what you gotta go.

I was always fully willing to go all in on Dame in Portland.   I loved that they were a perennial playoff team and even made a WCF, and I loved that he was just carrying that franchise as far as he could….I was all in forever on that deal, with no criticisms.   I hope that stupid idiot meme “ringzzzzz” fans had nothing to do with this.
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