Mar 22, 2023; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) reacts to a call against the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter at Vivint Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
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(Miami, Florida) — The Heat seem prepared to do whatever it takes to get Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard via trade this offseason.
Well…not quite.
As Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel told NBA TV, Miami essentially has said their entire roster is on the table with the exceptions of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
“They basically have loaded up one of those Pods dumpsters in front of the Trail Blazers and said, ‘Take anyone out of here you want besides Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler.’ Maybe they’ll go back and forth on Caleb Martin a little, but it’s basically sort of, ‘Come and pick and choose; tell us what you want—anything else is yours.’ The Heat are all in on this. This is their moment,” Winderman explained.
The Heat could offer a package of Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson along with multiple first-round picks in order to acquire Damian Lillard – but chances are that won’t move the needle.
Miami is by no means the team that has the best package for Dame, but since he made it pretty explicit that he wants to go there, it may dissuade other teams from making a play for a disgruntled star.
Even though both parties have mutual interest, there are still multiple roadblocks to this deal happening.
