It all started back in June when Damian Lillard was asked about prospective destinations should he leave Portland. In an interview with Showtime’s Brian Custer, he mentioned both the Miami Heat and , citing his relationships with Bam Adebayo and Mikal Bridges who he referred to as “my dawg.” The two teams, he said, were “capable, have capable rosters.”
But while social media was filled with potential trades, Sean Marks and Joe Cronin didn’t reach out to each other at the time. NetsDaily was told that. in fact, the two sides hadn’t talked to each other since July and that conversation was the ONLY time the two sides had ANY discussions, They were “never involved.