While Damian Lillard hopes to soak up the sun this winter by joining the Miami Heat, a surprising report suggests the 33-year-old point guard could potentially find himself in a snowier environment. Indeed, sources have reportedly told Kyle Neubeck of the PHLY Sixers that the Chicago Bulls would be the surprise franchise ready to enter the conversation with Lillard, before the start of the 2023/24 NBA season.
We have known this for several weeks now, Damian Lillard wants to continue his career NBA au Heat. After eleven years spent in the colors of Portland, the leader has no desire to play for any team other than that of South Beach and would even be ready to immediately request a new trade if he were to be sent elsewhere. However, a franchise does not lose hope. It remains to be seen if Dame can succeed in leading a team he doesn’t want to the title.
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The Bulls are all about the Lillard file
According to the insider Kyle Neubecka competitor of Miami within the Eastern Conference would have gotten involved in the matter: “ The team that I heard – I made a few calls, I talked to a few people – that was sort of the wild card in this thing, the team that could get in on the action, that are the Chicago Bulls. I know on the Bulls, throughout the offseason, Zach LaVine’s name was thrown around in the rumor mill a little bit. The Bulls have publicly dismissed the rumor, Neubeck continues. The suggestion has been made that if, or when, they trade LaVine, they would want a star-level counterpart, young players, picks, something to give them hope as they begin to rethink their roster. What I’ve heard over the last few days is that it sounds like they’re trying to trade LaVine in a multi-team deal to see if they can get in on the act for Dame. »
Good or bad idea for Chicago?
On the one hand, no one can deny that the idea of seeing Damian Lillard in Chicago is intoxicating. While the money owed to him is migraine-inducing, there’s no doubt that he’s a true superstar-level talent and for fans of the Illinois franchise, that would be incredible news. However, when we dig a little deeper, important questions arise. First of all, the Chicago Bulls do they really have what it takes to achieve this? The idea presented by Neubeck is that Chicago could consider moving LaVine as part of a three-team deal, so they have at least some help returning assets to Portland. But LaVine isn’t the only thing Chicago should give up. There is no doubt that their young talent should be involved as well as some future first rounders. Finally, can we really say that a nucleus composed of DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic et Damian Lillard is a serious contender for the title? Not sure. With this in mind, is it really worth sacrificing so many assets?
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