For the Blazers? Ideally, Dame is going to put up good enough numbers to get fans to come to games but not good enough to really ruin their lottery chances.
Comment on Damian Lillard is finalizing a 3 Year $42M Deal to Return to the Trailblazers
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
WTF are they doing? Makes no sense.
TAG@lemmy.world 1 week ago
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Why not give playing time to a young guy who can develop for the future in place of Dame.
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Yeah it’s a bit of a head scratcher. Like if he comes back the year after and is close to his same output they have him on a discount then.
But they’re paying him all of this next season just to take that chance. And if he doesn’t recover well there’s more downside.
Feels mostly a sentimental move
Lizardking13@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s absolutely a sentimental move. It’s Kobe’s last contract.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They are barely selling tickets. They’ve been unwatchable for a few years since he left. They will sell speculative, future hope with this contract and that always brings to the faithful back.