The Trail Blazers appear to respect Damian Lillard’s request to be traded specifically to the Heat and are waiting for an offer that would meet their expectations.
According to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, both teams understand that Miami does not have the pieces that Portland wants in return for Lillard. However, the Heat are determined to bring in more teams an construct a mega trade in order to get the superstar.
“So if the Blazers are gonna go totally rebuild, they have to get young pieces and they have to get draft picks and Miami doesn’t have a whole lot of either of those to offer right now,” Krawczynski said on his podcast. “And so the pursuit is on to find some other teams to jump in and allow them to do that.
“But I think it’s going to take some time. I don’t get the sense out here, doesn’t feel like there’s something imminent right now. This might take a little while to put together.”
