The Portland Trail Blazers continue to deal with All-Star point guard Damian Lillard wanting a trade to the Miami Heat. What will Lillard’s legacy be if he were to win a championship in South Beach?
Former Heat champion Gary Payton — a 2013 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame — gave his opinion rooted in experience on the potential Lillard move via Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“Everybody should chase a championship,” Payton said. “Why are we playing basketball? That is the whole object of playing basketball.