3 questions about the Damian Lillard trade
Want to read every issue of Good Morning It’s Basketball, your favorite basketball writer’s favorite basketball newsletter? $5 per month or $50 per year and it’s yours. Good morning. Let’s basketball. Concert of Angels; El Greco; 1608 Damian Lillard was traded! To the Milwaukee Bucks! The deal:
The Blazers are reportedly working to flip Holiday to a contender … but appear to be keeping Ayton for now. Other pertinent fact: Lillard has already declared that he’s eager to play for the Bucks. A report from Marc Spears after the trade indicates that Dame’s agent Aaron Goodwin recently reached out to the Bucks and Nets, in the middle of the dead negotiations with Miami, to say Lillard would be open to playing for their teams. The inexorable march of time mixed with impatience apparently broken down the “Heat or bust” stance. We’ll have some reaction links in the appropriate section down below. For now, my three questions about this trade and its impact... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Good Morning It's Basketball to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.A subscription gets you:
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