<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Damian-Lillard-Blazers-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Blazers’ Damian Lillard puts reporter in a body bag during vicious Twitter back-and-forth on trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-29T12:20:11-07:00">July 29th, 12:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-29T12:48:33-07:00">July 29th, 12:48pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Damian Lillard continues to deny reports that he’s requested a trade away from the Portland Trail Blazers. The latest rumors coming out however have even gone as far as saying Dame is willing to forgo part of his salary to force his way to a contender.</p><p>Lillard made it very clear <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillard-puts-reporter-on-blast-for-trade-rumors/">in a recent Team USA media session that he never once said that</a> which apparently upset Henry Abbott, the reporter from True Hoops who broke this story. <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueHoop/status/1420819468628942855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1420819468628942855%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1373563action%3Dedit">Just take a look at this back and forth on Twitter</a> between Damian Lillard and Abbott:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For sure. Appreciate that, and you. But realize: I work in a profession where my reputation is as important to my livelihood as health is to an NBA player. Please be very careful about calling me a liar. I take my job very seriously, and do not lie.</p><p>— Henry Abbott (@TrueHoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueHoop/status/1420819468628942855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 29, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Did Abbott to low-key threaten Dame? “Be careful about calling me a liar”. Well, clearly, someone in Damian Lillard’s camp leaked some information that gave the reporter these ideas that he put into the article. However, the Blazers star didn’t like that comment:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Please be careful? <a href="https://t.co/kMmrcKYMcN" target="_blank">https://t.co/kMmrcKYMcN</a></p><p>— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1420822387814064131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 29, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>This is just getting out of hand. Damian Lillard has said time and time again that he’s committed to Portland, yet the rumors continue to swirl this summer. This latest feud between reporter and player is absolutely wild and has left NBA Twitter absolutely buzzing.</p><p>It’s also like 4 AM in Tokyo right now. Dame is wide awake on Twitter just putting this reporter in a bodybag.</p><p>Wild stuff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers’ Damian Lillard puts reporter in a body bag during vicious Twitter back-and-forth on trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Blazers-Damian-Lillard.jpg"></figure><h1>Blazers star Damian Lillard puts reporter on blast for trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-29T10:59:56-07:00">July 29th, 10:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-29T11:36:43-07:00">July 29th, 11:36am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has been in the media constantly over the last couple of months, with trade rumors continuing to swirl around him. The latest rumblings came from Henry Abbott of True Hoops, who even said that Lillard would be willing to forgo paychecks in order to force a trade to a contender.</p><p>Of course, Damian Lillard was asked about that during a Team USA media session on Thursday. <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsNBA/status/1420814268279115777">By no surprise, he put Abbott on blast:</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I have never said that. I laughed when I saw it cuz I've literally never said that. I've been seeing a lot of things being said. I've been as open about the situation as I could possibly be."</p><p>Damian Lillard on rumors that he'd give up 💰💰 to be traded.<a href="https://t.co/Quv7SdZTrY" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Quv7SdZTrY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsNBA/status/1420814268279115777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 29, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>At this point, it just seems like words are just being put in Dame’s mouth. He clarified that he’s never once said anything about giving up part of his salary nor request a trade from<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers/roster"> the Blazers</a>. Lillard and Portland seem to be very transparent and always in contact, which makes one think that all of these rumors are just straight nonsense.</p><p>However, it’s no secret that Damian Lillard needs more pieces around him in order to compete for a title with the Blazers. After all, he is the face of this franchise and one of the brightest superstars in the game. But, it’s not entirely out of the question that Portland would take a huge haul in return for Dame because at this moment in time, they simply aren’t close to being a legitimate contender.</p><p>Nonetheless, this Damian Lillard situation has been the talk of the NBA offseason. It will be interesting to see if something materializes of these trade talks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers star Damian Lillard puts reporter on blast for trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image_2021-07-29_212748.png"></figure><h1>Blazers’ Damian Lillard snatches WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s phone after getting roasted by her</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-29T06:30:04-07:00">July 29th, 6:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-29T06:30:04-07:00">July 29th, 6:30am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Damian Lillard has been hearing trade rumors left and right. The noise has gotten so unbearable for the Portland Trail Blazers frontman that he’s recently taken to Twitter to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillard-1-emoji-response-report-hes-willing-forgo-paychecks-force-trade/">seemingly refute every rumor.</a></p><p>But now it seems he’s even hearing it from his peers for reasons other than a potential blockbuster deal away from Portland. WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson posted a story from the Tokyo Olympics featuring Lillard with a freshly cut dome.</p><p>The Blazers guard even put her IG story up on his own account, with a 5-word reaction to the clowning from the Las Vegas Aces star.</p><blockquote>“Y’all really outta pocket lol”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dame getting roasted by <a href="https://twitter.com/_ajawilson22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@_ajawilson22</a> and the USBWNT 😂 <a href="https://t.co/CHFlVH1fkc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CHFlVH1fkc</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1420135799987728385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 27, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>If it means anything Dame, we here at ClutchPoints respect your fresh cut. The Blazers star was probably in high spirits to take the roasting, given that Team USA had just dominated their Olympic matchup against Iran by a score of 120-66. Lillard led the way for the US with a game-high 21 points, <a href="https://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/men/2020/game/2807/USA-Iran#tab=boxscore">all recorded</a> on three-point field goals. Perhaps the latest trim brought some good juju for Damian Lillard and his squad?</p><p>While the rumors about the Blazers and their longtime franchise player have yet to simmer down, Damian Lillard remains focused on bringing the gold for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. While he can tune out the trade speculation, he’ll just have to bear any follow up roasts from A’ja Wilson the next time they cross paths.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers’ Damian Lillard snatches WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s phone after getting roasted by her

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Damian-Lillard-CJ-McCollum-cook-drastic-plan-to-stop-fake-trade-news.jpg"><figcaption>July 28, 2021</figcaption></figure><h1>Blazers’ Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum cook drastic plan to stop fake trade news</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-28T21:00:11-07:00">July 28th, 9:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-28T21:00:11-07:00">July 28th, 9:00pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers superstar duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum has had enough of all these fake trade news that suggests Dame is on his way out. Lillard has been one of the biggest names being thrown around the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-rumors-damian-lillard-willing-to-use-nuclear-option-to-force-trade-to-title-team/">rumor mill</a> over these past few months and, obviously, it’s been quite taxing for him and his long-time backcourt partner to hear and see all these gossips surrounding them and their franchise.</p><p>On Wednesday, both Lillard and McCollum had an interesting exchange on Twitter where they appear to mock all these laughable rumors that involve their team. When McCollum sarcastically suggested that they do an <a href="https://twitter.com/CJMcCollum/status/1420488441943502860">emergency press release</a> on his podcast after all these latest developments, Dame’s <a href="https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1420582202673229825">response</a> was quite comical:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sign me up… tell all lol <a href="https://t.co/OkFyPCc0Mp" target="_blank">https://t.co/OkFyPCc0Mp</a></p><p>— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1420582202673229825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 29, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The initial <a href="https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/1420337103167135750">tweet</a> came from Lillard who had a simple <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillard-1-emoji-response-report-hes-willing-forgo-paychecks-force-trade/">one-emoji response</a> to the latest news suggesting that he is willing to take a pay cut to chase rings with a championship squad. McCollum immediately came to Lillard’s defense, seemingly mocking the update which, per Dame’s and CJ’s tone on social media, seem to be completely false.</p><p>Lillard, who’s been busy <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-damian-lillard-10-word-message-to-team-usa-that-sparked-big-win-vs-iran/">representing</a> the country in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has always been one to keep things real with everyone, including the media. It’s been a tough few months for Lillard as their team once again bowed out of the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs. This is the fourth time in five seasons that Lillard’s squad has lost their opening series of the post-season.</p><p>Amid all the doubt surrounding Lillard and his future in Portland, it seems as though he’s sticking true to his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-rumors-damian-lillards-ultimatum-on-future-in-portland/">word</a> that he plans to stick it out with the Blazers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers’ Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum cook drastic plan to stop fake trade news

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Damian Lillard’s 10-word message to Team USA that sparked big win vs. Iran in Olympics

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“Sometime it’s not the people who change. It’s the mask that falls off”

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It’s a reason nobody challenging Mary J to a versus …. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jorge Linares told Devin Haney in the locker room face to face “you have power” ... then in the post fight he said “he has no power” lol come on man...

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