Damian Lillard approached free agent Kelly Oubre Jr. about joining the Portland Trail Blazers at the end of last season, according to The Athletic’s Jason Quick. The report suggests Lillard believed the former Golden State Warriors wing would help complement the current roster
“It wasn’t anything deep other than would he be open to it, and he said he was,” Lillard told The Athletic.”
Quick reports the Blazers tried to lure Oubre Jr. and former Blazer Nicolas Batum to Portland with the team’s highest free agency tool, the $5.