[lakerboy]

He has requested to be moved obviously.

[KiDBaZkiT]

Goat cannot fukking wait. He’s getting the lube and tissue prepared as we speak.

[goduke]

I hope he goes to the warriors so we can see some of my favorite SBR people get really mad

[lakerboy]

I hope he goes to the warriors so we can see some of my favorite SBR people get really mad

Lol. Will be bring his losing culture?

[goduke]

Lol. Will be bring his losing culture?

They fixed Durant they can fix Lilliard

[teacher10]

Lakerboy - where do you think he'll end up?

I'm hoping the Knicks but I don't want them to give up the farm especially RJ Barrett similar to when they traded for Carmelo Anthony

[lakerboy]

They fixed Durant they can fix Lilliard

Durant was in a final before he arrived. I don't think he will go there.

Teacher I think the sixers will make a strong push.

[stevek173]

Via SportsLine oddsmakers: If not with Portland, which team is Damian Lillard playing for to start 2021-22 NBA season?

• Knicks +250
• 76ers +250
• Heat +300
• Warriors +400
• Lakers +500
• Clippers +600
• Mavericks +700
• Celtics +900
• Raptors +1000

BRING HIM TO PHILLY!!!!

[champlain]

The nets should trade Kyrie for Lillard. I’ll add Joe Harris to sweeten the deal for the blazers.

[TheMoneyShot]

Lillard's only chance to win a championship is a defensive minded team... let him go on offense... but surround him with defensive talent. And if he can't win a championship... it's on him... should of been a 2-way player... and he simply can't do it.

[goduke]

Durant was in a final before he arrived. I don't think he will go there.

Teacher I think the sixers will make a strong push.

He’s going to go somewhere where he can win a title. Knicks aren’t close to that, I think he won’t be interested in philly, he hates Paul George so he won’t join the clippers, he’s not going to the lakers because of lebron, he won’t join Celtics because they would have to give up brown.
That leaves Mavericks, heat and warriors. I’m telling you I think the warriors have enough draft picks to give Portland and as soon as Klay is healthy they won’t want to wait to build back to a contender.
Looking at this list I think it’s warriors way in the front with maybe the mavs as a dark horse. We will see but I may have to put a little money on this now that I looked it over

[KiDBaZkiT]

If he wants to win he will go with Big D and Luka. All those other teams have no youth within their best players.

[lakerboy]

Looks like he is willing to work on it with Portland. If he stays he will be respected.

[lonegambler23]

mavs good fit

[Mr KLC]

[sosawestbrook]

Damian will play for the Clippers next season

[goduke]

Damian will play for the Clippers next season

How? He literally hates Paul George. There’s no way he’s going there

[IBetYou]

Funny how he was speaking of his contempt for players that bolted. Said I'm not built that way. Turns out he is built that way. Not many players have the character to stick with the same team and endure the losing year after year.

Philly makes the most sense. Simmons for Lillard is a fair swap, all things considered.

[sosawestbrook]

How? He literally hates Paul George. There’s no way he’s going there

[beerman2619]

Funny how he was speaking of his contempt for players that bolted. Said I'm not built that way. Turns out he is built that way. Not many players have the character to stick with the same team and endure the losing year after year.

Philly makes the most sense. Simmons for Lillard is a fair swap, all things considered.

Lillard for Simmons is a fair swap wtf i live near Portland and Blazers fans will burn what's left of Portland if that trade happens. Simmons couldn't even play in the 4th quarter of playoff games because his offense is so bad. CJ Mccollum for Ben Simmons fair swap, not Damian Lillard one of the best players in the game.

[IBetYou]

Lillard for Simmons is a fair swap wtf i live near Portland and Blazers fans will burn what's left of Portland if that trade happens. Simmons couldn't even play in the 4th quarter of playoff games because his offense is so bad. CJ Mccollum for Ben Simmons fair swap, not Damian Lillard one of the best players in the game.

All things considered. Simmons has potential. It doesn't take a great imagination to see him being the best player in the NBA some day.

[goduke]

All things considered. Simmons has potential. It doesn't take a great imagination to see him being the best player in the NBA some day.

If he’s the best player in the nba I will leave this forum for good. There is absolutely no shot he will be that.

[jjgold]

Cannot win with him

Cannot do much but take bad shots

Not a team player

[ENFUEGOMIAMI]

My $$ is on the heat with all the young talent they have

[stevenash]

If he wants to win he will go with Big D and Luka. All those other teams have no youth within their best players.

Would love to see Dame in Dallas.

Let him run the point, Start Richardson as the off guard.

Move Luka to the front court with Zingis. Plus Dallas is going to need back court help, Hardaway Jr. is walking as an unrestricted free agent.
Cuban can't afford Hardaway Jr anyway, 28 million for a once solid Hardaway (injury prone now and it's killing his defense) would kill their budget. Hardaway was that flex guy SG/SF that's going to have to be replaced if you are going to start J- Rich at the two guard.

And the Mavs are letting Niccolo Melli walk which is no big deal really but you need an off the bench pivot dude that can give you ten minutes in a pinch.

They still have rock bottom bargain players in Finney-Smith, he's going to be leaned on harder, and Jaylen Brunson looks like he'll be that flex guard off the bench too.

They have Maxi locked up, and Stein too.
So, the 2022 Mavs bench will be Brunson at guard, Maxi, Finney Smith, and Stein as the forward/center.


Thing is after this season Finney-Smith and Brunson ain't going to be cheap any longer.
Podcasters I listen to say the Mavs may have to move Trey Burke and Powell in a trade because they don't have many draft choices.



Porzingis is the perfect third man behind Lillard and Luka, and Lillard would take the spot light off Luka.

Lillard's only chance to win a championship is a defensive minded team... let him go on offense... but surround him with defensive talent. And if he can't win a championship... it's on him... should of been a 2-way player... and he simply can't do it.

That rules out Dallas
The Mavs have no idea what the phrase "team defense means"

I already knew their defense was a liability but just for shits and giggles I pulled up the defensive team metrics from this past season.
Because that's the kind of nerdy geek that I am.

Yeah, just what I thought. Real bad team defense.

You know the Mavs played 72 regular season game this past season.
66 times (in 72 games) opposing offenses have scored 90 plus points on them, almost all of those 66 were over 100 points allowed.
They gave up that 147 point game earlier this year to GSW.
That's a disgrace.
Just as disgraceful is the Mavs gave up 130 or more points in seven different games.

Average Mavs score was 112-110
Over the Mavs defensive team rating was over 110 (20th out of 30)

Regarding Lillard, here in the Northeast the scuttlebutt is Dinwiddie wants out of Brooklyn (can you not blame him) he wants to play at home in Cali, and Lillard could be a Net. (but don't they have Kyrie under lock and key)

Also the rumor is Brooklyn wants Bouchard from the Raptors.

And yeah, that idiot Dolan wants Lillard read bad too.
You know he's owned the Knicks (and Madison Square Garden since 1999)

In 22 years he still hasn't learned a thing on how basketball works.
If it wasn't for his old mans Cablevison money he'd be a middle manager pencil pushing puppet in some factory.
MSG is a cash cow, it makes money all by itself, am autistic child can be a figure head of that giant and take the credit for it.

Any way, in the past 22 years he's owned the Knicks he's 734 and 1028 (bot quite 42 %)
22 seasons, eight dead last finishes, just one division title in 22 years.

15 times in 22 seasons never made the playoffs in a league where virtually every teams makes the playoffs.

Of the seven times his team made the playoffs just once did the reach the Conference finals and that was in 2000.
(His first year of ownership) That was a very entertaining Conference Finals. I was working in NYC that summer.
Pacers v. Knicks and every sports bar was packed like sardines in the Village in NYC.
And it was loud.
We hated Indiana.
We hated everything about the Pacers.
We hated Travis Best, we hated Jalen Rose, we hated Harrington.
The only Pacer that got a free pass was Mark Jackson, that's only because he's one of our very own NYC boys.

But you know who we really hated?
Reggie Miller.
Eight million New Yorkers hated Reggie Miller.
So did Spike Lee, so did Sprewell, but than again Sprewell hated everybody.
Allan Houston hasted him too, and Charlie Ward, and the big man Patrick Ewing as well.
Grandpapa Larry Johnson couldn't stomach Reggie Miller also.

The best part of that series was when Joey Crawford and Hue Hollins were ready to throw out Reggie Miller and Spike Lee from the arena.

The good old NYC days I tell ya.



The year before Dolan and his Cablevision bought MSG the Knicks went to the NBA finals only to get schooled by the Spurs.
The year later his Cablevision money bought out the whole shooting match.

Seven playoff appearances in 22 years.
Only once was a Conference Finals.
Five out of those seven NYK were bounced out in the first round.

Eight seasons of dead last finishes.
14 different head coaches.

Season	Team	W	L	W/L%	Finish		ORtg	Rel ORtg	DRtg	Rel DRtg		Playoffs	Coaches	Top WS
2020-21	New York Knicks*	41	31	0.569	3rd of 5		110.6	-1.7	108.2	-4.1		Lost E. Conf. 1st Rnd.	T. Thibodeau (41-31)	J. Randle (7.8)
2019-20	New York Knicks	21	45	0.318	5th of 5		106.5	-4.1	113	2.4			D. Fizdale (4-18), M. Miller (17-27)	M. Robinson (6.8)
2018-19	New York Knicks	17	65	0.207	5th of 5		104.5	-5.9	113.7	3.3			D. Fizdale (17-65)	M. Robinson (6.1)
2017-18	New York Knicks	29	53	0.354	4th of 5		107.1	-1.5	110.7	2.1			J. Hornacek (29-53)	E. Kanter (7.6)
2016-17	New York Knicks	31	51	0.378	3rd of 5		107.7	-1.1	111.5	2.7			J. Hornacek (31-51)	C. Anthony (4.7)
2015-16	New York Knicks	32	50	0.39	3rd of 5		104.6	-1.8	107.6	1.2			D. Fisher (23-31), K. Rambis (9-19)	C. Anthony (6.4)
2014-15	New York Knicks	17	65	0.207	5th of 5		99.9	-5.7	110	4.4			D. Fisher (17-65)	C. Anthony (2.9)
2013-14	New York Knicks	37	45	0.451	3rd of 5		108.3	1.6	109.1	2.4			M. Woodson (37-45)	C. Anthony (10.7)
2012-13	New York Knicks*	54	28	0.659	1st of 5		111.1	5.2	106.3	0.4		Lost E. Conf. Semis	M. Woodson (54-28)	C. Anthony (9.5)
2011-12	New York Knicks*	36	30	0.545	2nd of 5		104.4	-0.2	101	-3.6		Lost E. Conf. 1st Rnd.	M. D'Antoni (18-24), M. Woodson (18-6)	T. Chandler (9.5)
2010-11	New York Knicks*	42	40	0.512	2nd of 5		110.9	3.6	110.1	2.8		Lost E. Conf. 1st Rnd.	M. D'Antoni (42-40)	A. Stoudemire (8.0)
2009-10	New York Knicks	29	53	0.354	3rd of 5		107.6	0	111.6	4			M. D'Antoni (29-53)	D. Lee (10.3)
2008-09	New York Knicks	32	50	0.39	5th of 5		108.1	-0.2	110.8	2.5			M. D'Antoni (32-50)	D. Lee (9.0)
2007-08	New York Knicks	23	59	0.28	5th of 5		104.7	-2.8	111.9	4.4			I. Thomas (23-59)	D. Lee (7.4)
2006-07	New York Knicks	33	49	0.402	4th of 5		105.7	-0.8	108.8	2.3			I. Thomas (33-49)	D. Lee (6.9)
2005-06	New York Knicks	23	59	0.28	5th of 5		104	-2.2	111	4.8			L. Brown (23-59)	J. Crawford (4.5)
2004-05	New York Knicks	33	49	0.402	5th of 5		106.2	0.1	108.9	2.8			L. Wilkens (17-22), H. Williams (16-27)	S. Marbury (11.7)
2003-04	New York Knicks*	39	43	0.476	3rd of 7		101.7	-1.2	103.3	0.4		Lost E. Conf. 1st Rnd.	D. Chaney (15-24), H. Williams (1-0), L. Wilkens (23-19)	S. Marbury (5.5)
2002-03	New York Knicks	37	45	0.451	6th of 7		104.7	1.1	106.2	2.6			D. Chaney (37-45)	A. Houston (7.2)
2001-02	New York Knicks	30	52	0.366	7th of 7		101.5	-3	105.9	1.4			J. Van Gundy (10-9), D. Chaney (20-43)	K. Thomas (6.5)
2000-01	New York Knicks*	48	34	0.585	3rd of 7		101.2	-1.8	98.2	-4.8		Lost E. Conf. 1st Rnd.	J. Van Gundy (48-34)	M. Camby (10.3)
1999-00	New York Knicks*	50	32	0.61	2nd of 7		102.5	-1.6	100.9	-3.2		Lost E. Conf. Finals	J. Van Gundy (50-32)	A. Houston (8.6)
		734	1028	0.416

[jjgold]

You guys don’t watch the NBA it’s all about the ball movement


This guy does nothing well but get shots up off the dribble very easy to defend because he dominates the ball

He’s a stat guy they don’t win


I want a guy 17 points a game, 9 assists and seven rebounds and plays good defense

[stevek173]

Coach, you gonna call me or what?

[jjgold]

I don’t have your number you dope

[stevenash]

I don’t have your number you dope

[Hman]

Why the he!! go to the Knicks

May as well just to stay in Portland if considering going there

[jjgold]

Guy acts like he is a stud

never won crap

[stevek173]

Guy acts like he is a stud

never won crap

He IS a stud, u fukkin fat ass crooked toothed biotch

[JMUplayer]

Wtf could the knocks offer?

[IBetYou]

His big statement is the Blazers need to do better. That's helpful isn't it? Did he hold a press conference for that?

[IBetYou]

Not sure what the Blazers are supposed to do. Just get him a championship contending team before the season starts. Easy peasy