While Damian Lillard has no plans to leave the Portland Trail Blazers, if the Miami Heat want to find their man, they will need help from a third team.
While Damian Lillard has no plans to leave the Portland Trail Blazers, if the Miami Heat want to find their man, they will need help from a third team.
The Damian Lillard trade saga continues, as the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat have yet to finalize a deal for the seven-time NBA All-Star.
However, with limited trade assets on their team, NBA writer Mark Medina believes the Heat will have to entice another team if they want to make a trade.
There’s been a new update on Damian Lillard’s future.
According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, who appeared on The Rally, the 33-year-old is only interested in training camp for the Portland Trail Blazers or Miami Heat.
Charania further suggested that if he were “traded to a team like Toronto”, his trade request would still stand, which would spell bad news for teams who perhaps think they have a chance eligible for All-Star participation.
-guard, although he has publicly admitted his desire to play in South Beach.
However, Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian reported that these claims were only partially true, saying that Lillard had “backtracked” on this strong stance.
He then suggested that if the Trail Blazers found a better trade deal elsewhere, he would remain professional and “do his job,” but ultimately he would be dissatisfied and may still be looking for ways to make that happen.
Miami.
With the limited trade assets on the Miami Heat roster to offer the Trail Blazers, if the Heat have any chance of landing the No.
1 target, they may have no choice but to find a backup under Third NBA form.
team.
Medina believes the Miami Heat have no choice but to entice a third team to help facilitate a Damian Lillard trade because they simply don’t have enough trade assets to entice Portland to complete a deal .
When asked if the Miami Heat are a possible player and trade asset for Lillard, the reporter told GIVEMESPORT:
Since entering the league in 2012, Damian Lillard has spent 11 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers.
According to Champs or Chumps, despite making the playoffs eight times in his career, the Blazers only won a total of four series, and the team never really looked like championship contenders.
With the 33-year-old only having a few prime seasons left, it’s no surprise that he would want to join a team that are genuine title challengers in hopes of competing for the first NBA championship ring.
my fairy.
However, if he stays with the Trail Blazers, he won’t be any closer to achieving that goal as they are in the early stages of a roster rebuild and don’t even look close.
become a playoff contender in its current state.
A potential deal with Damian Lillard could also have ramifications for the other remaining free agents, with a report from NBA insider Marc Stein suggesting Kelly Oubre Jr.
could land the Heat, but only if the South Beach team is successful in his acquisition mission.
33 year old man.
With trade talks for the Weber State alum stalled for some time and training camp quickly approaching, talks between Portland and Miami are now expected to continue as both sides are seek to reach an agreement, which will ultimately bring about the end of this trade saga.
largely dominated the season.
It remains to be seen whether these discussions involve a third NBA team.
Only as these negotiations continue will the possibility of landing in Miami begin to inch closer and closer to reality for Damian Lillard.