>There remains no shift in Lillard’s mindset and his goal of playing for the Miami Heat in the wake of the league’s initiative to warn Lillard and his agent that any further comments made “suggesting Lillard will not fully perform the services called for under his player contract in the event of a trade” will be subject to discipline, according to sources. It was also a warning to other players and agents.
>The Heat have been working on a trade package of expiring deals, three to four first-round picks and one of the team’s younger players, with Tyler Herro going to a third team. The deal could potentially also involve second-rounders and draft pick swaps, according to sources.
https://theathletic.com/4739016/2023/08/01/damian-lillard-trade-package-heat/?source=nbatw
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The only real sorta update is that Miami’s trying to find a 3rd team to trade Herro to.
“New day, same shit!”
Damian Lillard will never play another game in the NBA
Scheduled tweet
Lillard has multiple years left and Blazers plan to tank this year, so theyre in no rush.
It’s on the Heat to find a better package. They’re the ones actually trying to win games next year.
Apparently a deal not happening already is illegal according to Heat fans.
Update: No Update
Cronin must not be negotiating, I feel entitled to Lillard therefore Cronin should be fined! /s
I was hoping for exactly this, when every single Heat fan considered the deal done weeks ago lmfao.
Why even post this shit? Update that there is no update. Wow great thanks.
Pretty ugly divorce from a guy that at one time seemed locked into Portland for life and the fans see him as franchise GOAT.
Okay fine. Scoot for Siakam it is.
Just to say “We got nothing. We got No New Update. Come back Tomorrow”
the whole time dame just wanted to prove how loyal he truly is to portland by demanding a trade but then coming back.
he just like kobe
He stay.
I am begging for some sort of ban on any Lillard posts that are solely to reiterate that “shit hasn’t happened yet”. We don’t need to hear multiple times every day that nothing has happened yet lol.
Dame will play opening day in a
Blazer uniform. He won’t totally sit out. Probably some DNPs throughout the first half till the trade deadline. It’s going to be awkward.
good fuck this request
The Blazers are really in no hurry. Lillard’s contract with the Blazers ends in 2027.
The Blazers have time on their side, especially now that they’ve drafted Scoot Henderson, who they’ll be able to develop as a great PG. They have a young and talented squad. They’re not aiming for the playoffs, but that’s not their goal, as they want to rebuild.
With that in mind, they want picks and the Heat can’t satisfy them.
Damian and his agent have made it clear that they only want the Heat. As a result, other teams who could have offered attractive packages to the Blazers are blocked.
The situation could remain like this for several months yet, and in the end, it’s Lillard who’s the most embarrassed, since he’s 33 years old, and time is ticking for him!
In other news, nothing new.
The Blazers are in no hurry to trade Lillard and Miami has to make an offer to make them bite
Maybe he should have quietly made his request. Going public with the 1 team thing fucked him. I hope Portland keeps him
I honestly hope they don’t trade him. If you want to request a trade, request one. But don’t start making demands while you’re under contract, that’s a slimeball move.
lol
Hold the fort Portland
He’s expensive, old and a devaluing asset. Can he match a suitor’s playstyle? What they have to give up for such asset worth his price? All this questions gotta be asked by a candidate of the trade. And as the Blazers are gonna ask too much for him, that is likely to not be wortg it.
This doesn’t feel like an article I’d be willing to pay for
A month already damn
I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but I’d like to just say it 😂. The league needs to protect the Portland Trailblazers right now. It is kind of funny that tampering fines are thrown around in free agency, but this situation is okay? I get the situation in Portland isn’t what Dame wants right now and its understandable. However, to proclaim that you will only play for the Miami Heat and having your agent make it clear to other teams that Dame would not be worth acquiring because his desire isn’t to be anywhere but Miami? You have multiple years left of your deal! Miami has arguably the weakest packages to offer out of every team that could be considered a Dame suitor. Portland just has to be fine with it because Dame has had great years there? I legitimately think that if Dame is traded to the Heat, he should be fined and suspended. I know that may seem extreme, but I just genuinely think this is a dangerous precedent. Yes, it has been done before. But I think this situation is even building off of previous occurrences.
P.S., someone please update me if I’m just ignorant and the league has done something about this.
This reminds me of the time my wife and I went to Lillard Toyota in McMinnville to shop around for a new truck. We heard he was possibly going to be there for an event so we brought our son too who is a huge Dame fan on the off chance he could get a picture with him. So we arrive and they had a stage set up with some lights and a PA system for what looked like would be used in someone’s backyard for a high school band, a popcorn machine that was barely working and a case of Dasani water on a table. There was a sign that said you could purchase either or for 12$ each, so we got our son popcorn and water for 24$ and looked at some vehicles while we waited for Dame. After about 20 minutes or so of looking around, the lights dimmed and a beat came on over the PA, another 20 minutes passed and a few of the dealerships employees came out and asked if we were ready to meet Portland’s all-star. 20 minutes later Keljin Blevins walked out on the stage and started saying “yuh” over and over… he was visibly drunk and had a cancun tank top on. Some more time passed and many “yuh’s” later Dame finally came out with a mic, wearing a Miami heat jersey with the letter 0 on it and started spitting on the small crowd that gathered. Not lyrics, literally spit on the people in the front row, one of those being my son. Dame lifted his shirt and exposed a new tattoo he got across his chest of Jimmy Buckets and himself embracing each other with a kiss and asked us if we were gay for Miami too. Anyways, my wife and I walked away with a new 2023 Tundra, financed it for 2.9%
Lillard is the “man putting stick into bike treads” meme.
Wants out of Portland.
Deliberately kills trade value.
Now Blazers would rather just keep unhappy Dame over accepting Miami’s hot garbage offer.
Now stuck in Portland.
Way to go dude.
Joe Cronin is one stubborn SOB, you gotta respect it
You know what, guys? I think the Heat subreddit’s unshakeable faith in Pat Riley’s supernatural power to bend other GMs to his will *may be* slightly misplaced.
Regardless of my team affiliation I’m not sure a better package will ever emerge. I don’t think there’s a contender with a better package than Miami and I don’t think a team w the assets like Utah, New Orleans, or OKC have any interest in ponying up the assets to accelerate their timeline unnecessarily. This is a game of chicken