Among the many high suitors for Damian Lillard there may be one which he would have a extra of an issue being dealt to, in accordance with a Miami Warmth insider.
The Raptors is the place Lillard would reportedly ‘make it ugly’, in accordance with Ethan Skolnick – who heard from a reporter that’s shut with Dame’s agent.
“Toronto is a spot that Dame would make it ugly,” Skolnick stated on 5 on the Flooring. “He didn’t point out Chicago. He didn’t point out some other groups. He talked about Toronto as a spot that Dame would make it ugly. And I do know for a reality, one hundred pc, that this specific reporter has an awesome relationship with Dame’s agent and has for a really very long time.”
Veteran NBA insider Marc Sten shared comparable sentiments about Lillard’s emotions on the Raptors.
“The Toronto Raptors have satisfied quite a few groups across the league that their curiosity in buying and selling for Lillard is real,” Stein stated. “Nevertheless, the uncertainty at this level stems extra from gauging Toronto’s true willingness to push all the best way ahead with its Lillard pursuit when it’s believed that the All-Star guard, behind the scenes, stays so proof against the thought of turning into a Raptor.”
The highest suitors for Lillard because it stands are the Bulls, Raptors and the Warmth.
But it surely doesn’t matter the place Lillard will get traded to.
If it’s not Miami he’ll be asking to be traded there, in accordance with the Miami Herald.
Since their star level guard Fred Van Vleet has gone to Houston, Toronto do have an open spot at level guard.
However buying Dame comes at an enormous threat The Athletic’s Eric Koreen says.
“Maybe the Raptors entrance workplace might persuade itself the Lillard commerce can be the primary transfer in getting it a fair higher star in a yr or two: Antetokounmpo or Joel Embiid,” Koreen says. “The Raptors would have fewer belongings than they do now at that time. Once more, an enormous threat with poor odds of understanding.”
Since coaching camp begins subsequent week, it appeared like a Lillard deal was imminent, although there are nonetheless solely experiences and rumors circulating.
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