For months there’s been ongoing speculation as to the future of Portland Trail Blazers’s star point guard, Damian Lillard. It seems to be a constant ebb and flow of rumors and articles citing “sources”, responded to with cryptic (and sometimes not so cryptic) replies from Lillard himself. The Blazers’ star has maintained that he wants to stay in Portland, and as the franchise has been met with one issue after another, Lillard has remained relatively unfazed.
Today Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN published an article claiming that Lillard is poised to demand a maximum contract extension, and that the choice to extend or release the franchise superstar made life challenging for departed Blazers executive Neil Olshey and will do so for whomever replaces the disgraced former GM.