For the last several months, there has been enough informed speculation from informed NBA reporters about Damian Lillard potentially being a trade target for the Los Angeles Lakers to think it was interesting, if not the most likely possibility just yet.
Things got more interesting when Lillard fired off some cryptic tweets about the Lakers, which was when all the smoke seemed to indicate there was some fire to this speculation, even if it was still a bit out there.
Those tweets weren’t even the first time Lillard has expressed interest in the Lakers, or said he wouldn’t mind going there, either:
So while all that was hardly evidence of Lillard desiring to go to the Lakers, when combined with the always-plugged in Ramona Shelburne of ESPN saying she has heard that from people, it’s enough to make all these rumors seem somewhat legit.