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Damian Lillard Plans to Stay a Trail Blazer: ‘I Want to Be Here’

Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has no plans of leaving Portland, he admitted in an interview with CNBC.

Lillard is currently under a four-year, $176,265,152 contract with the Trail Blazers, according to Spotrac, but rumors sparked that the six-time All-Star might want to seek a trade. Lillard dismissed those rumors back in December, and now once again, the guard is saying how he plans to stay.

“I have no plans of not being a Portland Trail Blazer,” Lillard said. “I want to be here, and I think they want me here.