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Damian Lillard definitely wasn’t surprised to be moving on from the Portland Trail Blazers shortly before training camp. His ultimate destination in wake of a very public trade request, though? It turns out the seven-time All-Star had not only advanced knowledge, but advanced approval of his trade to the Milwaukee Bucks. As trade talks between […]

Blockbuster deals are the best type of trades, especially when they come out of left field. That’s what happed Wednesday afternoon when the Milwaukee Bucks swooped in out of nowhere to swing a massive trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for seven-time All-Star and All-NBA player Damian Lillard. Shams Charania of The Athletic laid out […]

Damian Lillard’s public trade request didn’t result in his preferred destination. Just because he failed to end up with the Miami Heat, though, hardly means the seven-time All-Star was unprepared to leave the Portland Trail Blazers before training camps tips off ahead of the 2023-24 season next week. Case in point? Lillard, who raps as […]

The Miami Heat may have missed out on trading for Damian Lillard, but there’s an easy response to the Milwaukee Bucks becoming the new favorite in the Eastern Conference. It’s time for Pat Riley and the Heat to pick the phone back up and trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for Jrue Holiday. Jrue Holiday […]

Damian Lillard is joining Giannis Antetokounmpo on the Milwaukee Bucks after a three-team trade involving the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trail Blazers. Stephen A. Smith had a powerful response to Lillard teaming up with Antetokounmpo. Malika Andrews asked Smith to describe the Lillard-Antetokounmpo pairing in one word, via NBA on ESPN. Smith replied, “Lethal.” […]

The Phoenix Suns traded center Deandre Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday as part of a three-team deal that also sent guard Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. Just hours after the trade, Ayton was seen in NBA2K24 with a Blazers jersey on his character. Via ZackTheSunsFan on X: https://twitter.com/zackthesunsfan/status/1707132422138339696 Ayton is a fan […]

Holy crap. That actually happened. The Milwaukee Bucks struck the move of the NBA offseason just days before the start of training camp by swinging a three-team deal with the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns to acquire Damian Lillard. Here are the full trade details according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Full trade, […]

The Phoenix Suns traded for former Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic Wednesday. The Suns gave up their former starting center, Deandre Ayton, who was sent to Portland. After the trade was reported, Nurkic posted messages on X that read goodbye to the Trail Blazers, who he played for in his last seven NBA seasons, […]

Damian Lillard has finally been traded. After an offseason full of speculation and the Miami Heat emerging as Dame’s preferred landing spot, the seven-time All-Star now finds himself heading east to join Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. As soon as he had requested a trade from the Blazers right at the start of free […]

Damian Lillard is teaming up with Giannis Antetokounmpo after a three-team trade sent Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. After all the bluster about the Miami Heat, Lillard is going to the team that lost to the Heat in last season’s playoffs. Making this all the more interesting is a 2022 tweet that showed Dame’s interest […]

The Portland Trail Blazers may have just pulled off arguably the biggest trade in franchise history by dealing Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a massive three-team deal, but the work in Portland isn’t done quite yet. While Jrue Holiday was the main acquisition for the Blazers in the deal, the next move for […]

Point guard Jrue Holiday was part of the return sent from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Portland Trail Blazers in the Damian Lillard trade that was announced on Wednesday. So, for now, Holiday is a Blazer. But for how long? It sure seems that Portland only acquired Holiday for his trade value. The odds are […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have finally traded away longtime franchise staple Damian Lillard. He is now going to the Milwaukee Bucks after a wild turn of events, and Jimmy Butler has since called out Milwaukee for tampering. Nonetheless, Lillard’s time with the Blazers is over with the franchise that drafted him, and all eyes will […]

The Phoenix Suns traded starting center Deandre Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers and received Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, guards Nassir Little and Keon Johnson and Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen. The Suns helped facilitate a three-team deal that sent superstar guard Damian Lillard to the Bucks. Ayton has been mentioned in trade rumors for […]

NBA fans and media members weren’t the only ones taken aback by the news that the Portland Trail Blazers agreed to trade Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday. Several NBA players were also shocked by the Blazers-Bucks trade, and they couldn’t help but comment on the new pairing of Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo. […]

Right before training camps are set to begin, the NBA world has been set ablaze after Damian Lillard was traded on Wednesday afternoon. As part of a three-team deal that also involved the Phoenix Suns, the Portland Trail Blazers agreed to trade Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a package revolving around two-time All-Star guard […]

After months of negotiations, the Portland Trail Blazers have pulled off a massive blockbuster three-way trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, sending out Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson to get Jrue Holiday, DeAndre Ayton, Toumani Camara, a 2029 unprotected first-round pick (via Milwaukee) and the right to swap picks […]

After months of intense rumors and years of speculation, Damian Lillard has finally been traded from the Portland Trail Blazers. The Miami Heat were previously favored to acquire Lillard, but the Toronto Raptors emerged as a contender in recent weeks. The NBA world was left stunned on Wednesday, however, as the Blazers traded Lillard to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have completed a blockbuster trade for superstar Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers, with the Phoenix Suns involved in the deal as well to make it a three-team trade, and understandably, the NBA world is shocked by the news. Especially knowing that Lillard is not ending up with the Miami Heat, […]

The Phoenix Suns finally moved on from starting center Deandre Ayton after two offseasons of trade rumors. Phoenix traded Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a deal that helped facilitate Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard’s trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowksi. In return, the Suns received Trail Blazers […]

Requesting a trade with the Miami Heat as his preferred destination near the start of free agency, Damian Lillard has finally been moved by the Portland Trail Blazers. On September 27, the Blazers agreed to trade Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Lillard goes Milwaukee as part of a 3-team deal […]

In an offseason story that seems to go nowhere but around in circles, Damian Lillard still remains a member of the Portland Trail Blazers despite making his bombshell trade request over two months ago, with the Miami Heat being his preferred destination. But with less than a month left to go until the 2023-24 NBA […]

The Damian Lillard trade front went radio silent for almost three months after his trade request was broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and other reporters. But there’s been new smoke that’s been gaining some steam in recent days regarding a potential Lillard trade. The latest has come from ESPN and Andscape reporter Marc Spears. Spears […]

The Toronto Raptors are apparently now in the driver’s seat of the Damian Lillard sweepstakes and have emerged as frontrunners to land the Portland Trail Blazers star. In this saga that has dragged on for months, the Miami Heat have always been at the forefront of any Lillard trade discussions. However, talks have stalled and […]

The Phoenix Suns will have their media day Monday at Footprint Center. The team is expected to have maybe its best team in franchise history on the floor with superstars Kevin Durant and Devin Booker and three-time All-Star Bradley Beal, who has averaged 22.1 points for his career. Ahead of that, there have been rumors […]

It seems as if the NBA World has been transported back in time and is currently embroiled in an Old West standoff between the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat, with Damian Lillard vulnerably left in the danger zone. A trade between both sides has seemed inevitable since the star point guard requested one at […]

With less than a month until the NBA regular season tips off, Damian Lillard remains a Portland Trail Blazers player amid a summer of trade speculation. The latest reports indicate that a deal could happen within the week, with a new frontrunner emerging in the Toronto Raptors. Stephen A. Smith doesn’t see the point in […]

Boston Celtics fans should not get their hopes up about the team potentially acquiring Damian Lillard via trade from the Portland Trail Blazers. Although the possibility has been mentioned at times, it is unlikely to occur. League sources told Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints that Boston hasn’t offered a “real proposal” yet despite reportedly inquiring about […]

It won’t be long until the 2023-24 NBA season kicks off as September runs out of days. This offseason has been full of rumors and stories revolving around Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers after the seven-time All-Star requested a trade from the team early on in the summer. One of the most talented […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been at the forefront of NBA trade rumors this offseason. Star guard Damian Lillard requested a trade this offseason, and Portland has been working to find a deal. Lillard wants to be traded to the Miami Heat, but the Blazers front office is focused on getting the best return in […]

The Toronto Raptors reportedly enter this week as the favorites to land Damian Lillard in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, two high-ranking NBA team executives said, according to Marc J. Spears of ESPN. The Raptors have had recent conversations with the Trail Blazers about Damian Lillard, but no deal was imminent as of […]

Could the countdown officially be on? There is seemingly more traction than ever before for the Portland Trail Blazers to complete a Damian Lillard trade, so much so that multiple NBA general managers are setting a timetable for his long-awaited departure from Rip City. Blazers fans could be thrust into a brave, new era very […]

The Damian Lillard saga has been a wild one this summer, with him expressing his desire to be traded to the Miami Heat after requesting to be moved from the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers indicating that they will take the best deal, regardless of the destination. The Toronto Raptors have recently been […]

Amid the Damian Lillard trade drama, fans were able to dig deep and find an old social media post from the Portland Trail Blazers star highlighting how much his stance on Superteams have changed. Before Lillard came into the league in 2012, he was also a fan looking in and commenting on various issues in […]

While the Portland Trail Blazers have not traded Damian Lillard yet, the rumor mill has been heating up over the last couple of days. If the Blazers do in fact deal Lillard to the Miami Heat, one name that would surely be in the mix is Miami’s Tyler Herro, who could be on his way […]

There’s still no doubting where Damian Lillard wants to continue his career. As the Portland Trail Blazers engage in trade talks with every team interested in the seven-time All-Star but the Miami Heat, though, two other suitors have emerged as realistic destinations. “At this juncture, Toronto and Chicago have been the two possible destinations for […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard trade talks have been heating up over the last few days. Although no moves have been made yet regarding Lillard after he requested a trade from the Blazers earlier this summer, it seems that the team is exploring all avenues to find a suitable deal for themselves in exchange […]

The Portland Trail Blazers want to move Damian Lillard before training camp opens on October 2nd. As they canvas the league for potential suitors and take calls from teams with a real interest in adding the eight-time All-Star, though, general manager Joe Cronin and the Blazers’ front office are apparently “refusing” to engage the Miami […]

Damian Lillard definitely wants to play for the Miami Heat. Is the feeling mutual? As trade talks for the Portland Trail Blazers’ stranded superstar ramp up in advance of training camp, the Heat’s level of urgency to bring in Lillard has suddenly come into question. Miami is not “desperate at all” to trade for Lillard, […]