Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic is having a field day trolling reporters who were pumping up the Damian Lillard trade talks.
After Lillard himself denied the speculations that he has decided to ask for a trade, Nurkic took it again to Twitter to fire back at those who made the false reports. His latest tweet seems to be directed at Henry Abbott of True Hoops, using a Mr. Bean meme to mock the journalist.
— Jusuf Nurkić (@bosnianbeast27) July 16, 2021
For those not in the know, Jusuf Nurkic also ripped Abbott earlier in the day after the reporter posted a tweet claiming that Damian Lillard would be demanding a trade in the coming days. The Bosnian Beast called “cap” on the news and even poked fun at Abbott's name.
Y’all really about to believe a guy with a name Henry abboott 🤖. 🤣🤣🤣. 🧢 🧢 https://t.co/Z3VWcA7gTr
— Jusuf Nurkić (@bosnianbeast27) July 16, 2021
For what it's worth, Lillard expressed his desire to be with the Blazers for life–something that he has repeatedly said in the past. However, he also emphasized his goal to win a championship and called the Portland front office to do something to truly build a legitimate championship contender.
“What I can say is my intention in my heart has always been set on being in a Trail Blazers uniform for my entire career. Over time, you want to win it all. I want to win it all in a Trail Blazers uniform, but we all have to be making strides towards that,” Lillard said during Friday's press conference, per Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype.