Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard has been in the center of NBA discussions all summer, since an early-July trade request away from the team he’s anchored for more than a decade. In the midst of the storm, Lillard is being cautious about how he talks about the matter. Potential fines are a likely cause, along with a bit of PR common sense.
As Marc Spears reports, when Lillard was interviewed at his Formula Zero Elite Camp, he shut down questions about the Trail Blazers themselves.
When asked about the trade request specifically to the 2023 Eastern Conference champion Heat, Lillard told Andscape: “I can say that there was [a trade request] and I would just prefer not to speak on the Trail Blazers.