A few weeks from play-offsBlazers discuss possibility of resting Damian Lillard until end of season in case of future mixed results. A little far from the play-in, Portland might focus on the 2023 Draft.
The regular season is almost at its end, and with it, an intense fight for the last places in play-offs. One of the competitors for this place, Portland, might soon give up fighting for the post-season. Here, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports announced in the #ThisLeague Uncut Podcast que Damian Lillard might be out of the season in 5 or 6 games.
Blazers Could Shut Down Damian Lillard If They Don’t Gain Ground Over Next 5-6 Games https://t.co/ZHi0ym7dEP
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Needless to recall the mixed season on the Oregon side. This year, the Blazers struggle: 13th of the West, they wiped their 39 em defeat of the season, easily defeated by Boston 112 – 126. Lillard41 points, will have tried as best as possible to stop the green domination… in vain. With this new defeat – the fifth in a row –Portland is 3 games away from play-in. With the few fixtures remaining, the hopes of postseason of Rip City have never been lower.
SO ? Maybe the Portland staff are looking at a different picture than the regular season one: the one from Draft. Right now, the Blazers would be the sixth pick in the Draft by record, and 9% chances of accessing the Grail: the first pick of a cuvée in which there is Victor The animal. A player capable of changing the identity of Portland, satisfying the frustration of its current superstar, and finally giving a concrete project to the City of the Rose. In this perspective, the shut down de Damian Lillard is an obvious choice: not only to avoid injuries, but above all because the sevenfold All Star might win games for the Blazers, dropping them in first-pick chances.
Source : Yahoo Sports, Tankathon
