LOL Miami is literally the only team that has shown interest,
Because Dame said he didn't want to go anywhere else. Not that difficult for anyone but you to grasp.
Let’s say he is hypothetically traded to a team like Utah, what’s he going to do, not play??? Yeah right… (Today we just saw Harden fined 100K just for threatening not to play… Yikes!) You don’t think maybe there is another reason the Jazz aren’t lighting up the phone lines for him?
Utah, or any other team, isn't going to give up the assets necessary to get a guy who doesn't want to be there. Something else that everyone except you seems to grasp.
Problem is the Pacers will be giving up hard-earned young talent for a starting backcourt that would be set to earn over $100 million not this year, but in 2026-27 mind you. It would leave the team scrambling to fill the rest of the roster with G-League level talent and veteran retreads just to avoid substantial luxury tax penalties. And half of that said starting backcourt would be 36 years old come that time as it’d be…
Your Pacers wouldn't be interested because they're not a contender and adding Dame wouldn't make them one, especially given what they'd have to give up.
Also, they're like every other team in the league not named Miami...Dame doesn't want to play for them.
The reason Silver’s memorandum feels like a wasted effort at the moment is because the phone lines weren’t exactly buzzing with trade proposals in the first place.
Again, because he poisoned the well by saying he doesn't want to go anywhere else. Silvers memo isn't really going to affect Dame because he made his statement before that. It will likely affect what players do going forward.