But the Damian Lillard situation can’t be looked at in black-and-white. His value is not just his ability on the floor, which is still considerable. He did average 32.2 points and 7.3 assists last year, while shooting 46.3% from the field and 37.1% from the 3-point line. That is, respectively, Lillard’s age and the number of games he has missed in the past two seasons. But if Dame had not said, ‘Miami or nothing,’ where else was Portland really going to go for a deal?

Source: Forbes September 06, 2023 12:27 UTC