Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.
Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trail Blazers and a three-month saga surrounding his wish to be moved elsewhere in hopes of winning an NBA title.
Lillard led all rookies with a 19-point scoring average in the 2012-2013 NBA season. He also averaged 6.1 assists and 3.1 rebounds, playing in all 82 games this season. He also broke Stephen Curry's rookie record for 3-pointers in a season, finishing with 185. He wanted to go to Miami and made that clear. Portland decided not to accommodate that request, and instead, it's the Bucks who now have an incredibly strong 1-2 punch of Lillard and Antetokounmpo heading into the new season.
The trade continues the Bucks' dramatic offseason makeover in response to their surprising first-round playoff loss to Miami. When Lillard's request was made public by the Blazers, general manager Joe Cronin said he would do"what's best for the team" while grudgingly seeking to facilitate his wishes. One of the assistants on Griffin's staff in Milwaukee is Terry Stotts, who was Lillard's head coach in Portland from 2012-21.
He became just the seventh player in NBA history to score more than 70 points in a game when he finished with 71 against the Houston Rockets on Feb. 26. The other names on that list are Wilt Chamberlain , Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, David Robinson, Elgin Baylor and Donovan Mitchell.
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