NBA: Things are progressing for Lillard at the Miami Heat

In a few days, training camp will begin for all NBA franchises. For the moment, no one really knows who Damian Lillard will participate with. The leader of the Blazers wants to leave Portland and according to a league insider, the last few days have been prolific in terms of discussions. The 33-year-old’s trade is therefore on the right track.

In 2022/23, Damian Lillard averaged 32.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game with the Blazers and will earn $46.6 million next season. The future Hall of Famer signed a two-year, $121.8 million extension with Portland in July 2022 but does not want to continue his adventure in his long-standing franchise, his advanced age making him aware that he will no longer have many opportunities to win a title NBA.

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Portland takes action

For almost three months, the file Damian Lillard will have caused a lot of talk, although we are perhaps starting to see the end of it. In fact, the Portland Trail Blazers ont « much more discussed with the teams » regarding trade with Lillard, according to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski d’ESPN : « I feel like the Blazers have talked to teams a lot more in the last few days, say 10-14, than they probably had at least a month ago, Wojnarowski said. A lot of that is because the league is back to work now and training camp is starting to approach. And this is the next real deadline of this process. »

A third team in the deal?

« But I think Portland, what they tried to do is see how they could put in place multi-team agreements that would give them the advantages that they would want, the journalist continues. Draft picks, young players. There may be a team whose best asset is a veteran player the Blazers aren’t interested in, but with a third team that might want that veteran. » Wojnarowski did not specifically mention the Heatbut they have long been considered the most likely landing point for Lillard after his agent said Miami was his client’s preferred destination. In addition, the veteran in question could indeed be the Floridians’ fullback, Tyler Herro.