Charania: Damian Lillard Would Only Report to Training Camps in Portland, Miami
In his latest batch of Dame trade intel, NBA insider Shams Charania is telling buyers other than Miami to beware.
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“Expect Portland and Miami to re-engage before the start of training camps here coming up in the next two-and-a-half weeks. Really at this point, I’m told the only two training camps that Damian Lillard would report to, in theory, [are] Portland and Miami. So if a team like Toronto, for instance, were to trade for a Damian Lillard, I do not believe Lillard would even report. I believe that standing trade request would still be there if he were to be traded to a team like Toronto or anyone else that really wants to take a chance at this situation, and so, I think teams around the league since this trade request in early July, they’ve understood a guy like Damian Lillard, at the age of 33, with $216 million left on his deal over the next four seasons, him joining their program and wanting a trade immediately is incredibly unideal. You look at this situation, the one thing you keep coming back to is Miami and Portland — are they going to be able to get a deal done or not? And the league has really been on pause since early July with a lot of the major moves. Everyone’s been waiting on this and we’re still waiting to see what exactly happens with Damian Lillard, Portland and potentially Miami.”