When it comes to negotiating a superstar trade, there’s posturing and then there’s being delusional.
Since Damian Lillard’s trade demand at the beginning of the month, Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin has responded as expected. Straight out of the superstar trade playbook: Star requests trade and leaks said trade request to certain reporters, organization leaks that they will take phone calls from any team not on the list of preferred destinations and are willing to wait for the ideal offer. This is posturing, and Cronin is right to do it. He wouldn’t be doing his job if he did anything less.