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2023 NBA free agency: The Blazers’ quest to improve around Damian Lillard remains a serious challenge

For all the speculation surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers — Monday’s meeting between general manager Joe Cronin, Damian Lillard and his agent, Aaron Goodwin, only added to the noise — there’s been little chatter of substantive movement for the Blazers outside of Portland’s well-known intention to re-sign versatile forward Jerami Grant.

The Blazers were resistant to trade the No. 3 overall pick that became Scoot Henderson, league sources told Yahoo Sports, for any return outside of packages that would have netted a select group of second stars to pair with Lillard. Even after dangling the No.