Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard is surrounded by trade rumors that suggest he’d like to go to the Los Angeles Lakers or New York Knicks. At the Blazers’ introductory press conference for newly signed guards Seth Curry and Nik Stauskas, President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey downplayed the rumors. We’ve gathered highlights from the press conference:
On Lillard-to-Lakers trade rumors:
As much as I love LeBron, the NBA isn’t his personal game at Rucker [Park]. So he doesn’t get to pick his teammates.