Damian Lillard has a decision to make about his future with the Portland Trail Blazers. The latest disappointment in the playoffs has made him question the franchise’s ability to compete for the NBA ring, and disagreement with the signing of Chauncey Billups as coach may cause the player to make a final resolution and ask for the transfer to the franchise of Oregon.
Faced with the well-known discontent of Lillard, several franchises are already preparing their offensives in the NBA market to try to get the star through a transfer. The rumors in recent days, as they are used to in the American league, have skyrocketed.
The first interested team, according to various information, are the Dallas mavericks, who would seek to get rid of Kristaps Porzingis with the move, which I’d match Lillard and Doncic and it would make the Mavs one of the best outside duo teams in the competition.
Other suitors to add to the list are lThe New York Knicks, a very desirable market and a team with a young core capable of complementing Lillard’s talent. Obviously, they should give up one of their future players in the move, for example RJ Barret.
As in all sheds, Los angeles lakers They are also involved in the fight for Dame, a player who could turn the lethal Los Angeles duo into a new ‘big-three’ to complete the last courses of LeBron James at the highest level.
According to Bleacher Report’s Eric Pincus, a package with Talen Horton-Tucker, Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could attract the Blazers if they must hit the exit button on their relationship with Lillard.
Others who are in the battle are the Golden state warriors, one of the teams that could offer a better package to the Blazers thanks to the first rounds of the Draft they have this year.
The latest information from ESPN journalist Brian Windhorst, after all the noise over Lillard’s discontent, indicates that the player is not yet very seriously considering leaving Portland.