Heat, Kings, Knicks, 76ers 'Most Aggressive' In Pursuing Damian Lillard Trade

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:36 pm

The Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers have recently been the "most aggressive suitors" for a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for Damian Lillard.

Lillard has said he expects to remain with the Blazers next season, but he has become clear in his desire for more urgency in their efforts to contend for a title.

Should Portland eventually decide to trade Lillard, executives in the NBA expect the Blazers to receive a return for Lillard comparable to what the Brooklyn Nets sent the Rockets for Harden. Lillard is signed for four more seasons at $176 million total.

Via Kevin O'Connor/The Ringer

sean1913 · Post #2 » by **sean1913** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:12 pm

HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

objectivefan · Post #3 » by **objectivefan** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:29 pm

sean1913 wrote:HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

If I am Portland, that does not get it done

I want as many draft picks as possible

NatiboyB · Post #4 » by **NatiboyB** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:41 pm

So I’m assuming if the kings are involved in talks for dame they must be willing to move fox?

Mak · Post #5 » by **Mak** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:57 pm

What are the Kings doing? Heat have no assets. Knicks though, it seems like a perfect Knicks move.

dubbmotta · Post #6 » by **dubbmotta** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:00 pm

76ers give up Simmons, Maxey and a first...might be the best deal for both teams.

joeschmo · Post #7 » by **joeschmo** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:06 pm

sean1913 wrote:HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

Bam and Herro for Dame, do it

Vegeta10176 · Post #8 » by **Vegeta10176** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:27 pm

objectivefan wrote:
sean1913 wrote:HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

If I am Portland, that does not get it done

I want as many draft picks as possible

Lakers offering Dennis (sign and trade) kuzma and tht is better than this deal.. With that Blazers still would have a chance to reach the playoff..

TimeisIllmatic · Post #9 » by **TimeisIllmatic** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:54 pm

sean1913 wrote:HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

I'm sure Precious would have to be included.

TimeisIllmatic · Post #10 » by **TimeisIllmatic** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:56 pm

dubbmotta wrote:76ers give up Simmons, Maxey and a first...might be the best deal for both teams.

If I am Portland I would definitely push for a little bit more as well such as Thybulle.

rasta_marley · Post #11 » by **rasta_marley** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:12 pm

I hope we trade him, it's time to start looking for the future and dame deserves to try and contend somewhere.

rasta_marley · Post #12 » by **rasta_marley** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:15 pm

Vegeta10176 wrote:
objectivefan wrote:
sean1913 wrote:HEAT: give up herro( he's regressed anyway) ,expiring iggy and Dragic to make the $ work. hurts but Dame, jimmy, bam, Precious, resign robinson, maybe bring back olynk on a deal....i'd watch that team...

If I am Portland, that does not get it done

I want as many draft picks as possible

Lakers offering Dennis (sign and trade) kuzma and tht is better than this deal.. With that Blazers still would have a chance to reach the playoff..

We're not trading him to the Lakers. Also I don't think we should be worried about playoffs it's time for the rebuild.

WestbrookGOATed · Post #13 » by **WestbrookGOATed** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:18 pm

I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

Salty1 · Post #14 » by **Salty1** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:29 pm

Best2EverDoIt wrote:I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

Ok so Kings will have a team built around Lillard, Kyle Anderson, J.V, deadly

dubbmotta · Post #15 » by **dubbmotta** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:10 pm

Best2EverDoIt wrote:I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

The whole point of this is for Dame to compete for a champioinship, Why in the hell would he want to play for the Kings???

Pickled Prunes · Post #16 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:16 pm

dubbmotta wrote:
Best2EverDoIt wrote:I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

The whole point of this is for Dame to compete for a championship, Why in the hell would he want to play for the Kings???

What Dame wants is irrelevant. POR will take the best deal for themselves. I don't remember Kawhi wanting to go to TOR.

But POR could do far better than described above.

Pickled Prunes · Post #17 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:19 pm

rasta_marley wrote:
Vegeta10176 wrote:
objectivefan wrote:

If I am Portland, that does not get it done

I want as many draft picks as possible

Lakers offering Dennis (sign and trade) kuzma and tht is better than this deal.. With that Blazers still would have a chance to reach the playoff..

We're not trading him to the Lakers. Also I don't think we should be worried about playoffs it's time for the rebuild.

POR might trade Dame to LAL if they had anything to offer. Schroeder and Kuzma doesn't get them CJ.

WestbrookGOATed · Post #18 » by **WestbrookGOATed** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:21 pm

Salty1 wrote:
Best2EverDoIt wrote:I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

Ok so Kings will have a team built around Lillard, Kyle Anderson, J.V, deadly

You just mentioned 2 players that play for the Grizzlies, not the Kings :crazy:

all things aside, Portland is going to take the best deal they can get. They aren't going to accommodate Lillard and trade him to a contender and get a bag of chips back. They don't have to trade him at all.

WestbrookGOATed · Post #19 » by **WestbrookGOATed** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:25 pm

Pickled Prunes wrote:
dubbmotta wrote:
Best2EverDoIt wrote:I could see the Kings making this move for sure. They have more assets to give up than any of the other teams listed. Portland isn't trading him for Ben Simmons let's be real. The Kings could send Fox and Bagley and bring Lillard home to Northern Cali/Bay Area, make their team relevant again and probably make the playoffs. For Portland it would jumpstart their rebuild with 2 promising young players, 1 already an established star and 1 that wants out of Sacramento. I think Fox for Lillard straight up would be fair but we know that the Kings front office has no idea how to run a basketball team. They'll probably over pay. They could try to make a move for someone like Towns as well and go all in right now.

The whole point of this is for Dame to compete for a championship, Why in the hell would he want to play for the Kings???

What Dame wants is irrelevant. POR will take the best deal for themselves. I don't remember Kawhi wanting to go to TOR.

But POR could do far better than described above.

What is your definition of far better? Of course there would be picks involved. Hell the Kings might even throw in Haliburton I wouldn't be surprised. Their front office is inept. Other than Boston sending Jaylen Brown to Portland I can't think of many better deals Portland could get. Philly has nothing. Miami has nothing. Knicks have nothing. Who else is gonna give them a young player as good as De'Aaron Fox?

Post #20 » by **dougthonus** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:25 pm

dubbmotta wrote:76ers give up Simmons, Maxey and a first...might be the best deal for both teams.

I think it would take more than that, but of the comments in this thread with packages, it is the only one that is even close.