Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
Damian Lillard told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes that he wouldn’t participate if the NBA threw the Blazers out for meaningless games. Here’s why more teams could take that same route.
Earlier this morning, Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports that if the Portland Trail Blazers don’t have a legitimate opportunity to make the 2020 NBA Playoffs, he doesn’t plan to play.
“If we come back and they’re just like, ‘We’re adding a few games to finish the regular season,’ and they’re throwing us out there for meaningless games and we don’t have a true opportunity to get into the playoffs, I’m going to be with my team because I’m a part of the team.