Portland Trail Blazers have growing belief forward LaMarcus Aldridge will leave team in free agency

I'll give you real, of course you don't have to believe me because I'm a stranger from the internet but, I had a conversation with someone I know who knows LMA and here's the conversation we had after I asked if there was any inside info after THIS TWEET.

I said, do you know anything about this, they responded, "Yes, he's from Dallas and met with Cuban yesterday, he for sure said he wants to leave Portland"

I said, "I'm sure not winning or advancing far in the playoffs has him feeling this way." My friend said, "He said he feels like the staff/coaches don't appreciate him" that "behind the scenes they don't treat him right" this person followed with "who knows how true that is though"....

I said, "It could be true, No one really knows what an organization is like behind closed doors but that doesn't sound like something Paul Allen has built in PDX." This person said, "He said he wants to go somewhere he can be the main/key player and have an organization who respects him, he spoke about how the team doesn't get along either and that after games some wont even fly back on the same plane or stay at the same hotel because they aren't very close and that "they dont want to be around each other". I followed up saying, he is the main player, him and Lillard basically share the face of the franchise, I figured Dallas might be his choice because his familly is there / hes from there. The media seems to believe it could be San Antonio?"

My friend responded "He just built a house in Dallas and his kids are there so my feeling is he'll be in Texas somewhere, I don't know if Dallas has the money to pay him what he wants though, all know is he said he's for sure leaving Portland."

I said, "Spurs give him best chance for a championship, he'd get the nightlife/fame in LA and his family is in Dallas, tough choice, but he does know Portland can give him the best offer...." They responded "Yeah he knows, he says even if they did he's still out because it's not worth it the way they treat him" I said, "LA would surprise me because they are rebuilding, Spurs are win now and Dallas is 'win now-ish'" My friend said, "To me it sounds like him and Cuban are close."

I said, "I was under the impression he lobbied for PDX to draft Lillard, thought he got along with him fine and liked Stotts?" My friend, "Yeah he likes Lillard and one other guy from another country, can't think of his name [Batum] are the only ones he's close with. Not really sure if it's the coaching or other staff that he doesn't like. Something about when his family came to visit Portland for a game the Blazers wouldn't accommodate him with enough tickets for his whole family to come (didnt mention how many people this was) or I don't know, something to make him upset..." I followed up saying, "That doesn't sound like something Paul Allen would stand for or allow to take place, he seems like a good owner. My friend closed by saying, "It was the staff that denied him and I'm sure Paul Allen didn't know at that exact time."

Again, take this conversation for what it's worth, I know there are a lot of contradicting things between what LMA has said and what my friend is claiming he said, my friend could have spoken to LMA in the heat of a moment or something.

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