Blazers with the ultimate fleece.
Damian Lillard is finalizing a 3 Year $42M Deal to Return to the Trailblazers
Submitted 1 month ago by TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml to nba@lemmy.world
https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/fcbefd9bbb1c4
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rezz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
WTF are they doing? Makes no sense.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
TAG@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Why not give playing time to a young guy who can develop for the future in place of Dame.
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 month 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 month ago
It’s absolutely a sentimental move. It’s Kobe’s last contract.
mintiefresh@piefed.ca 1 month ago
The prodigal son returns.
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Sad it didn’t workout for him in Milwaukee but glad the Bucks and him were both able to move on relatively well!
scytale@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Dude probably knows he’s done, so might as well close out your career at home in front of your most beloved fans.