Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal are 2 dudes id want in my army if i was at war, their loyalty is something VERY rare in life itself, not just the NBA. Edit; it only took them 10+ years of losing each, to switch teams.
@@jaslenelove7008 agreed id also thro russ in there believe it or not. he always is going to give you 110% and leave it all out there. he is veery good in facing elimination games
Absolutely, Dame deserves to play with all stars and win a ring someday. As much as I wish it was with the blazers, I'm not a delusional fan and would completely understand if he forced a trade.
If tomorrow dame said he’s leaving I wouldn’t even be mad. I’m a blazers fan but let’s be honest he’s one of few players that no one can hate if he decided to chase a ring.
@@kylewilmath6201 he’s given us so much. I would be sad but can totally understand. What’s sad is most players go on to have decent careers after they leave Portland. Aldridge, Rasheed, Randolph, etc. not everyone but too many to name.
My Bulls did EXACTLY what the Blazers have failed to do for Dame his entire career in Portland. And the Bulls only did it in 18 months. That's how you show your star that you are serious about winning and want him to stay
Don’t kid yourself bruh. The Bulls may end up having a great season, but as of today they have not done anything significant to prove that these signings willl directly correlate to more wins and a deep playoff run. You never know how 12 teammates (or even 5 starters) will gel until the games are played. Before last season Portland’s front office was almost universally praised for the “amazing off-season acquisitions” they made! Next thing you know, a key up and comer (Z. Collins) goes down with a season ending injury, then second year player Nassir Little misses time, followed by CJ missing 20+ games, followed by Nurkic missing another huge chunk of yet another season. Then Derrick Jones wasn’t able to figure out how to consistently contribute as a starter. Then came the realization that 2 of their main Bench players (Melo and Kanter) Were historically horrendous on defense making them almost unplayable together for large stretches of any game. So all of those amazing off season signings made to help Portland get over the hump failed to live up to the hype/expectations. Hopefully Chicago has better luck this year than what Portland had last year.
@@lydendubois4924 that goes without saying 🤦🏿♂️. I'm just making the point that the front office did something and changed the team despite only being here 18 months. Of course they have to gel. I'm just happy the ON PAPER we look solid
As a Blazer fan, last season was the biggest disappointment of my life. It was such an easy opportunity to advance in the playoffs, yet we lost to an injured Nuggets team. This season I still have hope for a good playoff run but I think we all know the championship is out of the question.
Ngl Dame having Jordan at the 2 sounds immaculate, they would hace won a chip already if that was the case. Dame killing them from the 3 and Jordan from the layup, middie and dunks.
Awesome content. Glad i discovered this channel early. Dame is definitely gone if the 1st half of the season goes badly. He got married, had twins and won a gold medal in the olympics. Having a taste of success is more infectious than not having any at all.
When he came out of college there were questions about him getting others involved and him being a ball hog. He was the 2nd leading scorer in the nation. It’s still hard to conceive that he fell out of the top 5.
it made sense when charlotte drafted kemba a year before, washington drafted john wall 2 years ago and cleveland drafted kyrie a year before. only teams that didnt have a young promising PG were New orleans (took AD) and Sacramento (drafted mitchell robinson 5th overall... yikes)
I definitely agree, that the Blazers Organisation has wasted several opportunities to really get the full potential out of the generational talent that is Damian Lillard. However, looking at the teams they fell to, I‘m seriously asking myself if the Blazers had made it to a single Finals if they had made better trades and managed the team better? After all, they ran into the 2014 Spurs, the 2015 to 2019 Warriors (3 times), and the LeBron-AD Lakers, some all time great teams, all of which would go on to become NBA champions. The loss to the AD-led Pels is really a missed opportunity. However, the other series weren’t even close. It‘s not like they were one or two smart trades away from beating a 73-9 Warriors team; that very team with KD added to them, the all time great Spurs, or even LeBron and AD. I still would love to see Dame on another team, that really gets the best out of him, and have him finally contend for a chip!
2019 Dame had a shot against the Warriors without KD. Portland had 3 consecutive 17 point leads in the second half and blew all 3 games, and Dame showed up small down the stretch in all of those games too
@@camctrail golden state was missing kd there is no way they would beat golden state, I don’t think Portland wasted dame they made the conference finals in the west and was a top 3 seed twice that’s really impressive idk why people are saying his career was wasted it isn’t like with AD
I have to disagree if you really watched all of the games the blazers were ahead at the start of the 4thQ every game but it doesn’t matter if you can’t get any help even with a superstar
All your points are true and hard to argue against, but unexpected things can happen. dame should have 1 championship. I don’t know how they would’ve beat the warriors or spurs or lakers, but there’s always a chance
@@oscar_le_grouch i haven’t heard him pronounce any names wrong yet but who cares , just because you pronounce someone’s name wrong that makes you any less of a fan? That logic sounds idiotic
You’re the best nba TH-cam channel low key bruh give it some time you’ll be right there with jimmy and then I gotta say I enjoy your takes there consistent and accurate all we really need. Much love and thanks
I think dame is unique among players that winning a ring isn't his priority. He's made is home year round in Portland, had his wedding there with multiple teammates, and now his kids are starting school there. To him going from a poor kid in Oakland to a multimillionaire who can raise a family in a city that loves him is more valuable than a championship
@@alexescutia4805 those horrible contracts Neil olshey gave out crippled us. Meyers Leonard, mo Harkless, aminu and ESPECIALLY Allen Crabbe and Evan Turner
Exactly and he’s made it clear that’s why he stays in Portland! Thank you for understanding this and not being one of the bandwagon dame fans thinking he’s gonna jump ship to their team whenever he gets a chance lol
I like your in depth remembrance,& analysis. You are right that Portland's inaction was criminal for Lillard. As Nugget fan,I like how you mentioned the key moments in those 2 series needed for context...Nurkic injured,the 4 OT game,& Jamal Murray being hurt-well done.
In 2014 they had a squad but the spurs were on fire. Their best chance at a chip was when KD was hurt in 2019. They sold 4 15point leads against them and got swept.
This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen, it popped up on my timeline and dame is my favorite player so I clicked on it. After just 10 seconds I had to stop the video and subscribe and turn on post notifications. I knew immediately that this was a channel I wanted to keep updated on
For real, Lilliard is one of the top ten players in the NBA today. Sad that he’s in a small market. They couldntt get him the talent to produce a championship. The best teams always had 3. The Spurs with Duncan, Parker and Ginobilli. The Lakers with Ac green, Kareem and Magic. The bulls with Jordan, Pippen and Rodman. You have to have talented players around you to win a ring. If the Blazers get on board with this ASAP, they’ll be good. If not, Lillard needs to find another fit if he wants to get a ring. I respect how loyal he’s been, but man, at some point maybe you need to jump ship.
I'm not sure if he is a top 10 player anymore. You can easily say that Embiid, Joker, Giannis, KD, Steph, Luka, Lebron, and Kawhi are better than him, and can argue Ja, Tatum, DBook, PG, AD, and Zion.
Lillard is not top 10 1. Giannis 2. Luka 3. Jokic 4. Steph 5. Tatum 6. LeBron 7. KD 8. SGA 9. Ja 10. Booker 11. Davis 12. Zion 13. Trae 14. Mitchell 15. Dame is somewhere around here with guys like Butler, Beal, Bam, Harden, KAT, Wiggins, Edwards, Fox, Kawhi?, PG, etc.
@@imdbtruthEmbiid is top 10. Most likely top 5. He is beyond Hakeem footwork WITH extra mass and dominance. He does cry and complain but dont forget how ridiculous he can play.
This is why no matter what you have to sign with a team that is willing to say “we will do whatever possible to get you a championship” and not “he’s getting us tickets, that’s good enough”
Bro, as a Trailblazer die hard fan, you summed that up perfectly. Either you’re a fan too, or your research is spot on. Very well done 👍 Of course, hope Dame stays 🙏
Great video, keep them up. This is exactly why I don't want dame to Boston. His story sound familiar? It is the same story as Kemba, even features Batum as well. Only difference is Dame has made it to the playoffs continually. At this point Dame's body is what's going to fail him and that's just sad for everything he's given to the Blazers. Them and Hornets are both in the second tier of my worst franchises list, this is why.
Dame love & loyalty to Portland is what Kobe and Dirk were for their cities when they played. Portland is all he's known since joining the league but maybe the love runs deeper than that court. Having a relationship and building with a team for almost 10 years is tough to walk away from. I'm a Mavs fan through and through but Dame definitely need the right guys on that court with him.
It's pretty simple in the end they tried to make the Dame and CJ experiment work for far too long when it's clear it couldn't win when it mattered. That back court gives up too many points on defense as neither of them are that defensively minded and Stots didn't seem to care too much about that end of the court. So sadly it rarely mattered much if Dame went off for 50 on any night because they would give up half that on the other end just as easily. Sadly I think the time has passed for CJ to be the sort of attractive trade asset for a move that could really change things up for them. I'm not convinced that Chauncey is going to change much as head coach. He can preach about defense all they like but as long as Dame continues to show that he cares less about that end (somewhat understandably given the load he carries on offense) then it's going to be hard to get the rest of the team to buy in. Not that they have a bunch of elite defenders around him anyway. Nurkic doesn't help either a lack of defense at a position where you really need it and then he doesn't overwhelm on the other end to try make up for it. Worst of all Dame couldn't even just speak his mind this off season when given the opportunity. Preaching loyalty then getting caught out not living up to that and doing what everyone with a brain expected and half asking out. Then he just quietly backtracks on that too. So here we are, he gets what he deserves
Agreed, the problem is the old owner died and the new owner does not really care about basketball. The team will probably get sold, but I hope it can stay in Portland.
@@urmanascrewed there’s rumours about the owners are waiting until dames contract is over so they can relocate to Seattle. I’m not sure it’s 100 percent.
Nurkic getting injured really hurt Portland also Rodney hood plus a couple others. I think they didn't changed their roster much because they had faith in themselves if healthy
You sound dumb asf …. Go look at his stats the last 15 games lol he scored 70 points and 2 60 point games and a couple 50 point games while averaging over 40 points for the rest
Title of your video puts all the blame on Blazers front office, but things are never that black and white. Humble opinion: 1. Front office blame: Blazers are a small market team, they can't get big names (like Lakers or Heat) so if they want to stay competitive they need to overpay guys if they show any sign of productivity (like Crabbe, Turner, Lenard,...), and then they get in to the problems with salary cap (we see same things happen in Nuggets now, or Thunder couple of years ago,...). Almost all players (if they can) leave as soon as possible, for beaches and flashes of paparazzi and contracts with big name sponsors. They would probably change Stotts years ago (and McCollum too) but can't because Dame is good with them. 2. Coach blame. Stotts was always limited as a coach. His offensive schemes are out of date, and his defensive schemes are non existent. Blazers defense was waaaaay below average for most of the seasons, and barely average on a few seasons. And he didn't do anything to make his team a better team, they survived mostly of of talent of couple of guys. Not nearly good enough for some true results. And he was untouchable because Dame like him and wanted him there. 3. Players blame: The main duo (Lillard and McCollum) never did anything to put their team on another level and be competitive with other top teams in the West. They play their game as they want and the storyline is "my way or the highway", and others need to get with the program. They are pretty lazy (and undersized) on defense and have to many "solo act" minutes in every game. You can go through season with that kind of play (Rockets are the example) but when defense gets tight in the playoffs they fall easily. You can add bad luck to it all with injuries in last couple of years (or even go that far to remember Oden and Roy), but even if they were all healthy, the results probably wouldn't be any better. Just my humble opinion, of course. Good video as always, thanks for making it.
I partially agree with you but if Milwauckee won the championship, that means there are some possibilities for Portland to provide a better roster for Lilliard. Big club names are not as powerful as before. 7 years of failure, it's not normal. In europe, after 6 months fans call out the club owners straight up to fix problems. Great managers improve their teams no matter if the team is good or weak, look at Steve Kerr for example, he created one of the strongest bench in the league with players who were average else where. No excuses. Bring players to Lilliard or Beal or let them go.
I HATE the ongoing false premise of loyalty in PRO sports. There is NO SUCH THING. Lillard is a superstar player, and the Blazers pay him for it -- that's the whole relationship right there. E.g., if Lillard were to suffer a career-ending injury, the Blazers would move on, and if Lillard ever wanted to move to another team in free agency, he'd be more than welcomed to do so.
As a Blazer fan it's really hard to stay objective about them. It's really easy to make excuses when it's your team. But when you just watch this video it's hard to deny that we totally wasted an MVP-candidate's prime. These players don't come around very often.
Good analysis, very thorough especially about the history of the Blazers’ trades and free agent signings during the Lillard era. But I want to mention a couple of things. - The off-season isn’t.over yet. The Blazers traded for and signed Powell with the intention of trading McCollum, and I’m sure that a trade for Ben Simmons is still being discussed. Whether or not it happens is really up to Philly’s GM, so we’ll see, but I can’t imagine him sitting on Ben forever. - The Blazers were near the top of the league in scoring last year and got rid of defensive liabilities Melo and Kanter, replacing them with much better defenders in Nance and Zeller. Add to that a new coach who specialized in defense during his playing career. I think the Blazers will surprise a lot of people this upcoming season, either with or without a trade for Simmons.
I'm here after they traded norman powell for nobodies... As a warriors/blazers fan I'm extremely frustrated, I was hopping the organization would make some big changes to get another all star to pair with Lillard yet they trade norman powell, who is really solid for nothing basically, unless they trying to clear some cap spacee who knows, only time will tell.
Sure, Denver w/o Jamal Murray is less potent but that's where the beauty of depth comes in. Nuggets still had MPJ, Gordon and Rivers and a soldiers bench, that squad is still better than what Portland had
No HE wasted his prime. He had several chances to go elsewhere & chose to stay w an “almost good” team. Funny part is, they’ve been “almost good” for 10 years now 😂.
Damian Lillard is one of the best players in the league. But he needs to move on. I understand that he's loyal to the blazers but he will end like Iverson if he stays in Portland.
Damien lillard just doesn’t have a championship mentality. When I see Will Purdue, I see championship toughness. When I see Kenny Smith, I see championship toughness. When I see Robert Horry, I see championship toughness. These three guys share that special quality that all champions have, that special toughness, and that’s why they have rings. Damien Lillard will never join this elite club.
Portland were too sentimental, mishandled assets and overpay in trades. CJ and Nurkic packaged with picks could have brought back better two way players and you’d still have Trent Afernee etc coming up.
Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal are 2 dudes id want in my army if i was at war, their loyalty is something VERY rare in life itself, not just the NBA.
Edit; it only took them 10+ years of losing each, to switch teams.
But i'd be nervous cause they fail too much.
@@crazyrawi1435 because both players don’t have much support.
The difference is Beal is 27 and Dame is 32
Throw Giannis in there.
@@jaslenelove7008 agreed id also thro russ in there believe it or not. he always is going to give you 110% and leave it all out there. he is veery good in facing elimination games
This is a team abusing of a star player's loyalty. Even the blazers fans would get it if Dame simply decided to leave on his next oportunity.
Absolutely, Dame deserves to play with all stars and win a ring someday. As much as I wish it was with the blazers, I'm not a delusional fan and would completely understand if he forced a trade.
As a diehard Blazers fan, 100%. He's done his time, hes one of the most electric players to watch. Dame deserves a ring
If???
As a Blazers fan, this is super frustrating! I would totally understand if he left. The front office needs to get it together!
nope. dame shouldve had teletubby terrence the terrible fired after yr 3.
Portland dank is to dank good for ur FO to make good judgements lol. Can’t blame a blazed out GM munching on Voodoos
@@Colonel.B.Sanders keep sniffin.🥴🥴🥴
If tomorrow dame said he’s leaving I wouldn’t even be mad. I’m a blazers fan but let’s be honest he’s one of few players that no one can hate if he decided to chase a ring.
@@kylewilmath6201 he’s given us so much. I would be sad but can totally understand. What’s sad is most players go on to have decent careers after they leave Portland. Aldridge, Rasheed, Randolph, etc. not everyone but too many to name.
Lillard and cj ‘s poor D gave up back to back 30 points to Monte Morris, who averaged 10 pts in regular season.
to be fair monte actually one of the best bench players in the league
Lmao
They act like dame is lebron
I keep telling people dame cant be the best player on a championship team
@@allenm5057 he could but he needs a more defensive lineup around him and better depth off the bench
This video has aged even better now.
i periodically rewatch this video .. i remember when he dropped it. i could feel it coming. ⏸️
Now this video is more funnier now.😂
What about now…. #not
My Bulls did EXACTLY what the Blazers have failed to do for Dame his entire career in Portland. And the Bulls only did it in 18 months. That's how you show your star that you are serious about winning and want him to stay
My antilopes did that too in only 11 months we walked through the prairie and saw stars
Don’t kid yourself bruh. The Bulls may end up having a great season, but as of today they have not done anything significant to prove that these signings willl directly correlate to more wins and a deep playoff run. You never know how 12 teammates (or even 5 starters) will gel until the games are played. Before last season Portland’s front office was almost universally praised for the “amazing off-season acquisitions” they made! Next thing you know, a key up and comer (Z. Collins) goes down with a season ending injury, then second year player Nassir Little misses time, followed by CJ missing 20+ games, followed by Nurkic missing another huge chunk of yet another season. Then Derrick Jones wasn’t able to figure out how to consistently contribute as a starter. Then came the realization that 2 of their main Bench players (Melo and Kanter) Were historically horrendous on defense making them almost unplayable together for large stretches of any game.
So all of those amazing off season signings made to help Portland get over the hump failed to live up to the hype/expectations. Hopefully Chicago has better luck this year than what Portland had last year.
Kinda hard when your in a small market like Portland. That’s a lot different from being in a large market like Chicago with a historic past
Also don’t kid yourself. You guys haven’t done shit yet. Unlike Portland who has gone to the playoffs the last 8 years
@@lydendubois4924 that goes without saying 🤦🏿♂️. I'm just making the point that the front office did something and changed the team despite only being here 18 months. Of course they have to gel. I'm just happy the ON PAPER we look solid
As a Blazer fan, last season was the biggest disappointment of my life. It was such an easy opportunity to advance in the playoffs, yet we lost to an injured Nuggets team. This season I still have hope for a good playoff run but I think we all know the championship is out of the question.
Its either the front office stops being dumbasses or Dame leaves Portland.
Still would’ve lost to Phoenix tbh.
Neil Olshey problem is not doing nothing or doing less! Either Neil leaves or dame leaves!
Oh boy
As a Blazers fan too, 2022-2023 was horrible too
Throwback to when a player said in the bubble “pick up dame at half court I don’t care if Michael Jordan is open you pick dame up at half court”
Ngl Dame having Jordan at the 2 sounds immaculate, they would hace won a chip already if that was the case. Dame killing them from the 3 and Jordan from the layup, middie and dunks.
@@kristijanEX your acting like you just came up with a amazing idea , obviously if you put mj with another superstar there gunna win lmao
@@kristijanEX Obviously having MJ on your team makes you a contender
@@og2tone9o15 🤣🤣🤣
@@og2tone9o15 😭 bro thought he solved world hunger
Awesome content. Glad i discovered this channel early. Dame is definitely gone if the 1st half of the season goes badly. He got married, had twins and won a gold medal in the olympics. Having a taste of success is more infectious than not having any at all.
@@Palm99-99 they haven’t made a finals in 29 years. They made in 92 and got smoked by the Bulls.
@@DTS_I 4-2 isn’t “smoked.” You make it sound like they got swept or something
My boy staying he still a HOF player with/without a ring!!!
Bro idk how y'all keep getting the idea he leaving Portland. He said again just 2 days ago that he's not leaving even if times get tough. 🤡
@@gregbors8364 mj averaged 36,6,7 right on clydes head what ru talking about
We need this redone immediately!
Mf dropped 39 in his debut 😂😂
Crazy how everyone turned on Dame these days
When he came out of college there were questions about him getting others involved and him being a ball hog. He was the 2nd leading scorer in the nation. It’s still hard to conceive that he fell out of the top 5.
If that draft was redone, Dame would have been taken 2nd.
it made sense when charlotte drafted kemba a year before, washington drafted john wall 2 years ago and cleveland drafted kyrie a year before. only teams that didnt have a young promising PG were New orleans (took AD) and Sacramento (drafted mitchell robinson 5th overall... yikes)
@@willfulton9276 *thomas robinson i dont even know who the fuck that is
@@kai-to3js Fun fact: Within 2 years, King's 5th pick Thomas Robinson would be Dame's teammate in Portland!
I definitely agree, that the Blazers Organisation has wasted several opportunities to really get the full potential out of the generational talent that is Damian Lillard.
However, looking at the teams they fell to, I‘m seriously asking myself if the Blazers had made it to a single Finals if they had made better trades and managed the team better?
After all, they ran into the 2014 Spurs, the 2015 to 2019 Warriors (3 times), and the LeBron-AD Lakers, some all time great teams, all of which would go on to become NBA champions.
The loss to the AD-led Pels is really a missed opportunity.
However, the other series weren’t even close. It‘s not like they were one or two smart trades away from beating a 73-9 Warriors team; that very team with KD added to them, the all time great Spurs, or even LeBron and AD.
I still would love to see Dame on another team, that really gets the best out of him, and have him finally contend for a chip!
2019 Dame had a shot against the Warriors without KD. Portland had 3 consecutive 17 point leads in the second half and blew all 3 games, and Dame showed up small down the stretch in all of those games too
Tbf if they were better in the regular season with different seedlings they probably wouldn’t have matched up with all those great teams
@@camctrail golden state was missing kd there is no way they would beat golden state, I don’t think Portland wasted dame they made the conference finals in the west and was a top 3 seed twice that’s really impressive idk why people are saying his career was wasted it isn’t like with AD
I have to disagree if you really watched all of the games the blazers were ahead at the start of the 4thQ every game but it doesn’t matter if you can’t get any help even with a superstar
All your points are true and hard to argue against, but unexpected things can happen. dame should have 1 championship. I don’t know how they would’ve beat the warriors or spurs or lakers, but there’s always a chance
Sad thing is I think Lillard possibly has realized that he won't win in Portland and yet doesn't care
Just like Bradley Beal, he just want's the money.
@@zacharyyamashita8554 Loyalty confuses chuds
It’s called faith
@@lopoa126 LoYaLtYYYYYY kjjj is just for the easy money
@@lopoa126 Loyalty means nothing when the team can just decide to trade you without your input. CJ McCollum was just a loyal but the team traded him
Yo this is seriously like the best basketball content channel on youtube dude needs a mil subs for his work and effort no cap
Faxts he becoming my favorite basketball TH-cam channel
He just regurgitating everything people have said before and y’all think he’s Tyler the Creator. Quit boosting, get real.
@@oscar_le_grouch i haven’t heard him pronounce any names wrong yet but who cares , just because you pronounce someone’s name wrong that makes you any less of a fan? That logic sounds idiotic
@@oscar_le_grouch If his channel is not good why are you here?
@@jed3386 If his channel is not good why are you here?
You’re the best nba TH-cam channel low key bruh give it some time you’ll be right there with jimmy and then I gotta say I enjoy your takes there consistent and accurate all we really need. Much love and thanks
I think dame is unique among players that winning a ring isn't his priority. He's made is home year round in Portland, had his wedding there with multiple teammates, and now his kids are starting school there. To him going from a poor kid in Oakland to a multimillionaire who can raise a family in a city that loves him is more valuable than a championship
Yeah man, such a rare player like that in the league.
Such a shame their front office has screwed him over because of his loyalty
@@alexescutia4805 those horrible contracts Neil olshey gave out crippled us. Meyers Leonard, mo Harkless, aminu and ESPECIALLY Allen Crabbe and Evan Turner
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Exactly and he’s made it clear that’s why he stays in Portland! Thank you for understanding this and not being one of the bandwagon dame fans thinking he’s gonna jump ship to their team whenever he gets a chance lol
I like your in depth remembrance,& analysis. You are right that Portland's inaction was criminal for Lillard. As Nugget fan,I like how you mentioned the key moments in those 2 series needed for context...Nurkic injured,the 4 OT game,& Jamal Murray being hurt-well done.
This dude just keeps on making BANGERS.
In 2014 they had a squad but the spurs were on fire. Their best chance at a chip was when KD was hurt in 2019. They sold 4 15point leads against them and got swept.
This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen, it popped up on my timeline and dame is my favorite player so I clicked on it. After just 10 seconds I had to stop the video and subscribe and turn on post notifications. I knew immediately that this was a channel I wanted to keep updated on
For real, Lilliard is one of the top ten players in the NBA today. Sad that he’s in a small market. They couldntt get him the talent to produce a championship. The best teams always had 3. The Spurs with Duncan, Parker and Ginobilli. The Lakers with Ac green, Kareem and Magic. The bulls with Jordan, Pippen and Rodman. You have to have talented players around you to win a ring. If the Blazers get on board with this ASAP, they’ll be good. If not, Lillard needs to find another fit if he wants to get a ring. I respect how loyal he’s been, but man, at some point maybe you need to jump ship.
I'm not sure if he is a top 10 player anymore. You can easily say that Embiid, Joker, Giannis, KD, Steph, Luka, Lebron, and Kawhi are better than him, and can argue Ja, Tatum, DBook, PG, AD, and Zion.
Lillard is not top 10
1. Giannis
2. Luka
3. Jokic
4. Steph
5. Tatum
6. LeBron
7. KD
8. SGA
9. Ja
10. Booker
11. Davis
12. Zion
13. Trae
14. Mitchell
15. Dame is somewhere around here with guys like Butler, Beal, Bam, Harden, KAT, Wiggins, Edwards, Fox, Kawhi?, PG, etc.
@@imdbtruthEmbiid is top 10. Most likely top 5. He is beyond Hakeem footwork WITH extra mass and dominance. He does cry and complain but dont forget how ridiculous he can play.
@eetu54 You're right... I don't know how I could've left him off the list. Just a terrible but unintentional oversight on my part.
@@eetu54 Updated Top 10
1. Jokic
2. Giannis
3. Luka
4. Steph
5. Embiid
6. Booker
7. SGA
8. Durant
9. Tatum
10. Davis
My day is instantly made better when Dylan uploads 🔥
2018 wasn’t on Dame, if you’re averaging 18ppg in a playoff series but still the highest scorer on your team then you definitely need a new team.
Damian Lillard serves as an example of the dangers of loyalty and how one should always make sure that the courtesy you show is reciprocated.
Same with AI
True especially when what your loyal to is something that has a track record of mistreating people and botching entire careers
Doubled them subscribers since last time I saw , you deserve it with these videos
haven't been this hyped for a video in a while keep up the good shit
This is why no matter what you have to sign with a team that is willing to say “we will do whatever possible to get you a championship” and not “he’s getting us tickets, that’s good enough”
Bro your channel is going to blow up so underrated
Bro, as a Trailblazer die hard fan, you summed that up perfectly. Either you’re a fan too, or your research is spot on. Very well done 👍 Of course, hope Dame stays 🙏
This channel is so good, great work bro
Great content, here before you blow up my guy
We can all agree to respect Damian loyalty
This was an amazing video, Good Job!
Great video, keep them up. This is exactly why I don't want dame to Boston. His story sound familiar? It is the same story as Kemba, even features Batum as well. Only difference is Dame has made it to the playoffs continually. At this point Dame's body is what's going to fail him and that's just sad for everything he's given to the Blazers. Them and Hornets are both in the second tier of my worst franchises list, this is why.
Dame love & loyalty to Portland is what Kobe and Dirk were for their cities when they played. Portland is all he's known since joining the league but maybe the love runs deeper than that court. Having a relationship and building with a team for almost 10 years is tough to walk away from. I'm a Mavs fan through and through but Dame definitely need the right guys on that court with him.
The difference is Lakers and Mavs continually built strong playoff teams and contenders around Kobe and Dirk
@Barry Lird I feel you 👍🏾
Here after he FINALLY made a trade request
It's pretty simple in the end they tried to make the Dame and CJ experiment work for far too long when it's clear it couldn't win when it mattered. That back court gives up too many points on defense as neither of them are that defensively minded and Stots didn't seem to care too much about that end of the court. So sadly it rarely mattered much if Dame went off for 50 on any night because they would give up half that on the other end just as easily.
Sadly I think the time has passed for CJ to be the sort of attractive trade asset for a move that could really change things up for them. I'm not convinced that Chauncey is going to change much as head coach. He can preach about defense all they like but as long as Dame continues to show that he cares less about that end (somewhat understandably given the load he carries on offense) then it's going to be hard to get the rest of the team to buy in. Not that they have a bunch of elite defenders around him anyway. Nurkic doesn't help either a lack of defense at a position where you really need it and then he doesn't overwhelm on the other end to try make up for it.
Worst of all Dame couldn't even just speak his mind this off season when given the opportunity. Preaching loyalty then getting caught out not living up to that and doing what everyone with a brain expected and half asking out. Then he just quietly backtracks on that too. So here we are, he gets what he deserves
Underrated channel!
The players who leave and win get criticized. The ones who stay and don't, get called foolish for sticking around. You cant win really.
yeah pretty accurate
Blazers needa hire a whole new front office
Agreed, the problem is the old owner died and the new owner does not really care about basketball. The team will probably get sold, but I hope it can stay in Portland.
@@urmanascrewed there’s rumours about the owners are waiting until dames contract is over so they can relocate to Seattle. I’m not sure it’s 100 percent.
@@-TurboSI think the team will be up for sale in a couple years
Blazers waste Dame and CJ's Prime the same way The Jazz waste Pistols career in the 70s
Dude you are literally one of the best basketball channels on TH-cam, I really can't comprehend how on earth you have this low subscribers
Great video! Dame is one of my. We favorite players!
Nurkic getting injured really hurt Portland also Rodney hood plus a couple others. I think they didn't changed their roster much because they had faith in themselves if healthy
You gon blow up bro keep grinding these videos fire
I’m appreciating the hell out of these videos
Same.
“18 ppg at 35% shooting is disgusting” the man was getting double teamed every play lay off 😂😂
so he is not that good
You sound dumb asf …. Go look at his stats the last 15 games lol he scored 70 points and 2 60 point games and a couple 50 point games while averaging over 40 points for the rest
Hating on the 2nd best point guard In the league makes you look sad hope life gets better for you buddy
@@stephensnyder46632nd?
Title of your video puts all the blame on Blazers front office, but things are never that black and white.
Humble opinion:
1. Front office blame: Blazers are a small market team, they can't get big names (like Lakers or Heat) so if they want to stay competitive they need to overpay guys if they show any sign of productivity (like Crabbe, Turner, Lenard,...), and then they get in to the problems with salary cap (we see same things happen in Nuggets now, or Thunder couple of years ago,...). Almost all players (if they can) leave as soon as possible, for beaches and flashes of paparazzi and contracts with big name sponsors. They would probably change Stotts years ago (and McCollum too) but can't because Dame is good with them.
2. Coach blame. Stotts was always limited as a coach. His offensive schemes are out of date, and his defensive schemes are non existent. Blazers defense was waaaaay below average for most of the seasons, and barely average on a few seasons. And he didn't do anything to make his team a better team, they survived mostly of of talent of couple of guys. Not nearly good enough for some true results. And he was untouchable because Dame like him and wanted him there.
3. Players blame: The main duo (Lillard and McCollum) never did anything to put their team on another level and be competitive with other top teams in the West. They play their game as they want and the storyline is "my way or the highway", and others need to get with the program. They are pretty lazy (and undersized) on defense and have to many "solo act" minutes in every game. You can go through season with that kind of play (Rockets are the example) but when defense gets tight in the playoffs they fall easily.
You can add bad luck to it all with injuries in last couple of years (or even go that far to remember Oden and Roy), but even if they were all healthy, the results probably wouldn't be any better.
Just my humble opinion, of course.
Good video as always, thanks for making it.
that, but Neil Olshey was terrible at decisions too
I partially agree with you but if Milwauckee won the championship, that means there are some possibilities for Portland to provide a better roster for Lilliard. Big club names are not as powerful as before. 7 years of failure, it's not normal. In europe, after 6 months fans call out the club owners straight up to fix problems. Great managers improve their teams no matter if the team is good or weak, look at Steve Kerr for example, he created one of the strongest bench in the league with players who were average else where. No excuses. Bring players to Lilliard or Beal or let them go.
bro you deserve way more subs for the production value you put into these vids, super fire
I genuinely love your videos and think you are going to be huge. Keep grinding
This better than 50% of the nba yt community dont forget me once u hit 1 mil
Another banger. Seeing as he’s not making videos anymore, you’re quickly replacing Motown Noah as NBA TH-cam’s best up and coming channel. Keep it up.
Young goat with another upload🔥
this dude has been carrying us for a decade, we really don't deserve him.
This channel is great keep up the work
You don’t miss bro, never stop
New favorite nba youtube channel!
Dylan ur TH-cam channel is going to blow up u have my sub
I’m rockin with these keep em comin
he requested a trade
CJ just got traded to the Pelicans.The end of an Era between Lillard and CJ Mccollum
Blazer fan here after his trade to the bucks... wish the blazers didn't have such a garbage front office!!!
I HATE the ongoing false premise of loyalty in PRO sports. There is NO SUCH THING. Lillard is a superstar player, and the Blazers pay him for it -- that's the whole relationship right there. E.g., if Lillard were to suffer a career-ending injury, the Blazers would move on, and if Lillard ever wanted to move to another team in free agency, he'd be more than welcomed to do so.
As a Blazer fan it's really hard to stay objective about them. It's really easy to make excuses when it's your team. But when you just watch this video it's hard to deny that we totally wasted an MVP-candidate's prime. These players don't come around very often.
Good analysis, very thorough especially about the history of the Blazers’ trades and free agent signings during the Lillard era. But I want to mention a couple of things.
- The off-season isn’t.over yet. The Blazers traded for and signed Powell with the intention of trading McCollum, and I’m sure that a trade for Ben Simmons is still being discussed. Whether or not it happens is really up to Philly’s GM, so we’ll see, but I can’t imagine him sitting on Ben forever.
- The Blazers were near the top of the league in scoring last year and got rid of defensive liabilities Melo and Kanter, replacing them with much better defenders in Nance and Zeller. Add to that a new coach who specialized in defense during his playing career. I think the Blazers will surprise a lot of people this upcoming season, either with or without a trade for Simmons.
@@ethanjoshua2857 You’re right, Portland should move to the Eastern Conference lol
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
Awesome video bro!
14/15 Trailblazers were awesome. Too bad they lost 4 starters that summer, but it gave McCullom space to shine.
I'm here after they traded norman powell for nobodies... As a warriors/blazers fan I'm extremely frustrated,
I was hopping the organization would make some big changes to get another all star to pair with Lillard
yet they trade norman powell, who is really solid for nothing basically, unless they trying to clear some cap spacee
who knows, only time will tell.
Now they traded CJ for Josh Hart
@@rocketonthebeat9441 and they traded Nickeil Alexander Walker for Joe Ingles🤦♂️
The blazers really just put out McCollum and Lillard every year and expect it to get better
You deserve more subs man, great content and analysis in exposing NBA storylines
How the hell do you have so many views and so few subscribers????? It’ll come soon bro!
This channel is underrated
this showed up in my home feed right after they traded Powell/Covington lmao
I was trying to look for comments referencing about the dumb trade! God dame is just setting himself on fire
your videos are pretty good
Feel like this man gonna get 1 million subs one day if this level of content keeps coming
The first 0:30 seconds of the video is The greatest beginning I’ve seen
22:58 this aged Bad
best basketball channel
This was a phenomenal video. Well done my guy, keep it up!
love these vids!
My guy dylan dropping bombs
Sure, Denver w/o Jamal Murray is less potent but that's where the beauty of depth comes in. Nuggets still had MPJ, Gordon and Rivers and a soldiers bench, that squad is still better than what Portland had
MPJ played like shut to
The Nuggets got swept in the next round.
Porland just give 2 more year for 122m .
That just crazy someone getting over 60m for 1 season
Anyone here after the bucks trade?
No HE wasted his prime. He had several chances to go elsewhere & chose to stay w an “almost good” team. Funny part is, they’ve been “almost good” for 10 years now 😂.
lets go bruh i been worried that you stopped making videos
In retrospect, Damian might just end up being remembered as an nba legend, who unfortunately ran into Steph Curry and the Warriors.
Well documented video!
If the T-Wolvs would have traded for dame instead of Rudy the T-Wolvs would have been top 4. Dame Ant and KAT. That's a nasty big 3
as a fan of j aubrey this video reminded me of his style of content creation, especially the intro and I really love it
Just like a young LeBron James, we're watching a goat in the making
Idk about that
Lol he’s like 32 now.
It’s a little late for that
@@jhank0cean think he’s talking about dylandoesbasketball
I'm talking about Dylan
Sure but lebron is still good lillard career is almost over sadly
Great content, nice closing line. Just subscribed.
Damian Lillard is one of the best players in the league. But he needs to move on. I understand that he's loyal to the blazers but he will end like Iverson if he stays in Portland.
Iverson played for 4 teams
@@MakingMovesMajor but he spend the best time of his career on sixers
Damien lillard just doesn’t have a championship mentality.
When I see Will Purdue, I see championship toughness.
When I see Kenny Smith, I see championship toughness.
When I see Robert Horry, I see championship toughness.
These three guys share that special quality that all champions have, that special toughness, and that’s why they have rings. Damien Lillard will never join this elite club.
Portland were too sentimental, mishandled assets and overpay in trades.
CJ and Nurkic packaged with picks could have brought back better two way players and you’d still have Trent Afernee etc coming up.
alternative and correct title. *how damian lillard wasted damian lillard’s prime”
I don't care about dame, just here to admire how good Dylan is
nice vid, keep up the great work, u did a nice job on explaining 😁😁
Lillard and Aldridge were a mighty duo. Unfortunately, the Spurs & Warriors had deeper rosters.
my biggest fear is walking away from a challenge without truly giving myself a chance