The NBA despatched a memo to all 30 groups concerning feedback surrounding the commerce request by Damian Lillard and his agent Aaron Goodwin.
“Latest media studies said that Damian Lillard’s agent, Aaron Goodwin, referred to as a number of NBA groups to warn them towards buying and selling for Lillard as a result of Lillard’s solely desired commerce vacation spot is Miami. Goodwin additionally made public feedback indicating that Lillard wouldn’t totally carry out the providers referred to as for underneath his participant contract if traded to a different crew.
“We interviewed Goodwin and Lillard and likewise spoke with a number of NBA groups to whom Goodwin spoke. Goodwin denied stating or indicating to any crew that Lillard would refuse to play for them. Goodwin and Lillard affirmed to us that Lillard would totally carry out the providers referred to as for underneath his participant contract in any commerce situation. The related groups supplied descriptions of their communications with Goodwin that have been largely, although not solely, according to Goodwin’s statements to us.
“Now we have suggested Goodwin and Lillard that any future feedback, made privately to groups or publicly, suggesting Lillard is not going to totally carry out the providers referred to as for underneath his participant contract within the occasion of a commerce will topic Lillard to self-discipline by the NBA. We even have suggested the Gamers Affiliation that any comparable feedback by gamers or their brokers might be topic to self-discipline going ahead.”
