After Damian Lillard’s season was shut down in March, the now-33-year-old met with reporters and said, in no uncertain terms, that he’s not interested in a rebuild. This was news for a team positioned to be in the lottery and would later win the No. 3 overall pick. It also sparked wide-spread curiosity in Lillard’s future in Portland, where he had spent the first 11 years of his career. Following two years of missing the playoffs and an apparent youth movement, would Lillard finally reach the point of demanding a trade? If so, where would he go?
Of course, we know what happened next.