A reported three-team deal ends a three-month saga surrounding Damian Lillard’s wish to be moved elsewhere with hopes of winning an NBA title and concludes his 11-year run with the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard, left, drives past the 76ers' James Harden on March 10, 2023, in Philadelphia.
The Portland Trail Blazers are trading Damian Lillard to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday. The deal ends a three-month saga surrounding Lillard’s wish to be moved elsewhere with hopes of winning an NBA title and concludes his 11-year run with the Blazers.
The seven-time All-Star — a player so elite that he was selected to the NBA’s 75th anniversary team — goes from the Blazers to the Bucks in a three-team deal that sends Jrue Holiday from Milwaukee to Portland, Deandre Ayton from the Phoenix Suns to the Blazers and Jusuf Nurkic from the Blazers to the Suns, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because none of the involved teams had announced the agreement.
It became known on July 1 that Lillard asked the Blazers for a trade, which he was long speculated to be considering given his desire to play for a contender and Portland not seeming to rate much of a chance to vie for a championship with its current roster.He wanted to go to the Miami Heat and made that clear. The Blazers decided not to accommodate that request, and instead it’s the Bucks who now have an incredibly strong 1-2 punch of Lillard and Antetokounmpo heading into the new season.
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