The Portland Path Blazers have ramped up their efforts to discover a commerce of Damian Lillard this week as coaching camp approaches. Whereas they’re reportedly motivated to discover a decision of the Lillard commerce request, they reportedly have not engaged along with his most popular vacation spot of the Miami Warmth.
“These talks have intensified this week with Damian Lillard, however there isn’t any commerce imminent,” mentioned Adrian Wojnarowski. “We talked about this all through that the summer time that this is able to decide up as soon as we acquired previous Labor Day and the opening of coaching camp loomed. That is precisely what has occurred.
“You might have Portland making an attempt to not solely speak to groups who’ve an curiosity in Lillard, however a lot of groups who want to get in on a much bigger deal. Can they decide up a pair draft picks to tackle some cash? Is there a necessity that they’ve that they will get in a three- or four-team commerce.
“Portland is exhausting all of these conversations this week. They’re definitely behaving like a workforce that desires to get a deal completed, is making an attempt to get a deal completed earlier than camp.
“To date the one component that has not been a part of these talks is the Miami Warmth, however we all know in commerce talks and conversations, that may change in a single second with one name.”