Trail Blazers interim general manager Joe Cronin has been in trade talks with the 76ers over the last several days. However, Cronin made it known on Friday that the franchise has no plans to include star point guard Damian Lillard in the Ben Simmons trade discussions, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The goal is still for Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Cronin to build the franchise around Lillard, who has explicitly stated that he wants to be in Portland.
"My intentions are to be in Portland and to figure it out," Lillard said on Wednesday about recent trade rumors.