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While the Blazers still refuse to go for broke in the market, despite disappointing playoff results, Damian Lillard could decide him to leave and discover something else. And a big piece of information in the file could interest the Lakers.
Damian Lillard hasn’t played since Dec. 31, 2021 due to an abdominal tear, and in his absence, the Blazers are still afloat. Over the period, they posted a record of 8 wins for 9 defeats, thanks in particular to the explosion of Anfernee Simons. And because they are showing signs of hope, interim GM Joe Cronin refuses to make any big trades. He explained about NBA.com :
We are too competitive to want to embark on a reconstruction. I don’t think we’re desperate enough to destroy everything in the squad. We have too many good players and too many ways out to take a big step back.
Damian Lillard wants to stay in the West, the Lakers on the file?
The Blazers are in an in-between situation that is quite complicated for the leaders to manage, and quite complicated for the fans to live with. They still qualify for the playoffs, so they are not that far from claiming the title, but they have been eliminated in the first round four times over the last five seasons, proof that they cannot find the solutions to rise to the level. of the best NBA teams.
But ultimately, the executives might have no choice but to rebuild if Damian Lillard decides to jump ship to play for the title alongside another superstar. The leader is followed by several franchises, especially in the Eastern Conference, but he would begin to have a more precise idea of the rest of his career. Chad Ford from the site HoopsHype recount :
From what I’ve heard around the league, I don’t believe Damian Lillard is particularly insistent on joining the Sixers at any cost. It is even rather the opposite, since all the sources close to the file with whom I speak tell me that he would prefer to stay in the Western conference, and more particularly on the rating.
If Damian Lillard were to be traded, he says to himself behind the scenes that he would very much like to stay in the Western Conference, and more particularly on the Pacific Rim. Under these conditions, we can think that he would think of getting closer to his native California, which could do the business of the Lakers! But do they have the assets to convince the Blazers? That’s another question.
Contrary to what has been said for several months, Damian Lillard would not be focused only on Philadelphia and Joel Embolite, he would rather stay on the west coast of the United States. Information that may appeal to fans of the Lakers, Clippers, and even Warriors.
