The rumors Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is likely to miss the rest of the season just got more real on Saturday as The Athletic's Shams Charania reported the franchise is "leaning toward" shutting the guard down for the regular season's final nine games.
According to his report, the organization is "seriously considering taking precautions as Lillard deals with calf injury and the team is 3.5 games out of play-in tournament race."
This doesn't come as a surprise to most, as even Lillard was blunt about the potential of not playing again this season after a 117-102 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, which was Portland's sixth straight defeat.