Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard expects Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins to start when the team plays in Orlando, he told Portland media members on a Zoom call Wednesday. Lillard believes that Carmelo Anthony will slide over to starting small forward to fill in for Trevor Ariza as well.
Dame says he "absolutely" expects both Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins to start when the season resumes.
— Sean Highkin (@highkin) July 1, 2020
KGW’s Orlando Sanchez shared a video of Lillard saying that he is “way more confident” after seeing Nurkic and Collins prepare for play to resume:
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