2023-06-25 19:12:00
NBA
NBA: Answer in the month for the future of Damian Lillard?
Published on June 25, 2023 at 9:12 p.m.
Since the end of Portland’s season, Damian Lillard has said it time and time again. The leader does not want a reconstruction project around young talents. At 32, the native of Oakland wants to play the leading roles in order to aim for an NBA title. Problem, Scoot Henderson, drafted in 3rd position last Thursday, seems well and truly set to settle seriously at the Blazers.
With the #3 pick, the Blazers had a great asset to set up a trade. But ultimately, the formation of Oregon did not move. And the GM Joe Cronin made the decision to select Scoot Henderson during the NBA Draft. By making this choice, the Blazers have clearly bet on youth and the future. Except for Lillard, it is the present that counts. Rebuild? Very little for him at this stage of his career. He has said publicly that he wants a competitive team with proven veterans to play the leading roles. Hence the recent rumors linking Bam Adebayo and Zion Williamson in Portland.
Portland begins a decisive month
It will be very interesting to see how the situation will develop in Oregon in the coming days, and especially at the start of the Free Agency (from June 30). According to Shams Charania de The Athletic, Dame wants to give his candor some time and see what the Blazers can accomplish over the next two or three weeks before eventually finding a way out. Whether Portland somehow manages to make the workforce more competitive, or competitive enough in the eyes of Lillardthen the latter will undoubtedly remain among the Blazers. On the other hand, if it does not move, we could have the right to a transfer request.
“Keep Lillard and Henderson?” »
For their part, the Blazers absolutely want the 32-year-old leader to continue with them, evidenced by the words of Joe Cronin to the press: “There are two things we want more than anything. First, seeing Damian retire as a Trail Blazer. Second, build a winning team around it. For us, this is an incredible problem to have. We have the best player in Trail Blazers history, who wants to be here and win. And that’s our challenge… Find ways to make this team as competitive as possible, as quickly as possible. Keep Lillard and Henderson? In this League, there is no zero probability, but I would say that my objective is to keep them both, continues the general manager of Portland. I would love for Dame to retire as a Trail Blazer, I have no desire to trade her and I think you can tell how excited I am about Scoot. The danger of losing Damian? I do not feel it. Dame absolutely wants to win and has made it known more than ever, but I don’t see that as a negative point. »
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