Portland drafted Scoot Henderson as the general quantity three choose on Wednesday and all eyes at the moment are on Damian Lillard.
Dame made it very clear he doesn’t wish to stick round if the group goes right into a rebuild or wait two or three years for younger expertise to develop.
By choosing Scoot and never buying and selling him, the Blazers have put Lillard’s future below a cloud.
“As of right now, all signs point to Scoot Henderson being there,” NBA Insider Shams Charania said. “I’m told several teams, including the New Orleans Pelicans, reached out and Portland showed no interest in moving him.”
As for Lillard, he’s set to present Portland extra time to construct a contending group and can take the subsequent week to mull it throughout, Shams says.
“I’m told the timeline for when the future will land with Damian Lillard likely extends now between tonight and the start of free agency and into free agency,” stated Charania.
On Henderson’s half, he’s very eager to play with Dame and stated as a lot after he went quantity three.
“Yeah, I’m hoping to get to play with Dame, for sure,” Henderson stated. “Special talent, special guard. One of my favorites to watch, especially film-wise. Just to pick out how he moves off the court, as well. Yeah, it would be cool to play with him.”
Lillard has dominated the headlines for weeks, particularly after he stated if he needed to choose any group to go to he would choose Miami.
All the hypothesis of Dame leaving could also be in vein although, as a result of apparently Lillard and Scoot have been in touch.
Scoot stated he texted Dame after he was drafted, so possibly Dame will stick round in any case.
Lillard will probably be 33 in July and signed a two-year $122 million extension in 2022 that takes him as much as the 25-26 season with the Trail Blazers.
Unless he asks for a commerce after all.
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