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    Davante Adams' trade request is somehow the final straw for Damian Lillard's Raiders fandom

    By Robert Zeglinski,

    15 hours ago
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    As a Bay Area native, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Damian Lillard has been a long-time Las Vegas Raiders fan. And, to put it lightly, he’s endured so much. A blowout loss in Super Bowl 37. From JaMarcus Russell to Derek Carr, so many quarterbacks who either failed or just petered out. Trading Khalil Mack in his prime. A move from classic Oakland to Nevada. Oh, and you know, all the last-place seasons over the years.

    Yet, somehow, the Raiders potentially trading Davante Adams would be the last straw in Lillard’s fandom. Talk about a patient fan.

    In what I imagine is a common feeling right now among any remaining Raiders fans, Lillard claimed that the franchise trading an All-Pro caliber receiver would have him finally give up on his favorite football team:

    Listen, man, I don’t begrudge any Raiders fan who feels like this. They have put their fans through the wringer for decades. Trading Adams might be the right long-term move for Las Vegas, but that wouldn’t necessarily take away the immediate sting of losing someone who made fans’ experience with the team worth watching. Because, you know, the prospect of being better in the future with more draft capital isn’t necessarily guaranteed.

    Lillard and probably all Raiders fans have simply had enough.

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    Sf505
    12h ago
    They did just fine without him on Sunday. He’s not even playing right now. He is at half speed at best cause he doesn’t want to be there right now. He’s just taking up room on the field. Let him go wherever he wants to go.
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