Report: Lillard requests trade

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BREAKING NEWS: Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard has requested a trade this morning, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.

[keevsnick]

Heat? Nets? Phili as part of Harden three team trade? Or another team?

[RPGenerate]

Yikes, and right after they threw the GDP of a developing country at Jerami Grant.

[Who]

Oooh, exciting!

[jpotter33]

Welp, hope he goes to Brooklyn over Miami.

That said, with the pieces that Miami has lost and all the free agents that have signed for the vet minimum, not sure they’ll have enough afterwards to even have a sufficiently deep team.

[Roy H.]

Brogdon + Timelord + Pritchard + four #1s

But my guess is he ends up in Philly

[Who]

Welp, hope he goes to Brooklyn over Miami.

That said, with the pieces that Miami has lost and all the free agents that have signed for the vet minimum, not sure they’ll have enough afterwards to even have a sufficiently deep team.

Brooklyn could be a title threat with Lillard as the main guy alongside two more guns in Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson.

[jpotter33]

But awful timing by Lillard after they signed Grant to that huge deal. Could’ve at least let them know before offering him that, as they clearly wouldn’t have done that it if knowing he was going to request the trade.

[celticinorlando]

Be nice if my Twitter worked

[jpotter33]

Welp, hope he goes to Brooklyn over Miami.

That said, with the pieces that Miami has lost and all the free agents that have signed for the vet minimum, not sure they’ll have enough afterwards to even have a sufficiently deep team.

Brooklyn could be a title threat with Lillard as the main guy alongside two more guns in Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson.

Eh, I don’t think that’ll be enough. I’d be more worried about him in Miami.

[radiohead]

What can Miami even give them assuming they keep Jimmy and Bam?

[celticinorlando]

What exactly does miami have to move? Herro? the guy they just drafted?

[cman88]

I don't think Miami has enough to offer. Nothing that Portland wants.

Philly actually makes more sense. They have maxey, Tobias Harris, plus whatever they'll get back in the harden trade.

My guess is that's where he goes

[RPGenerate]

What can Miami even give them assuming they keep Jimmy and Bam?

Herro and... that's it, basically.

[jpotter33]

Oh, actually just thought about something. With already having Grant on a huge $30+M deal now for five years, they’re REALLY not going to want Herro now at $30M+, too, who they were reportedly already lukewarm on.

Yeah, I’m not sure Miami has enough to get this done. Hopefully Portland gives him a range of teams he finds acceptable but doesn’t fold for a single team and lesser return just because Dame demands it.

Philly would be another potentially dangerous team for him, though if they lose Maxey, Harris, and Harden while doing so that’ll hurt their depth bad.