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>“I don’t think that the league’s statement changes the market [for Lillard]. I do think that the league’s statement potentially speeds it up a little bit in terms of “Okay, we [Miami] might need to get this going and get a real offer on the table. We might not be able to fleece the Portland Trail Blazers in the way that we hoped when Goodwin was pressuring the rest of the league,”
by lopea182
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We’ve no idea on what offer has been tabled and they won’t take whatever our max offer is anyway. A bit redundant
Here’s what I think:
The league wants this to be done before they finalize and release the schedule for 23-24 season, which usually happens around mid-August. Doesn’t mean the Blazers have to do it by then, but there’s that.
The league sending out the memo to all 30 teams basically saying “Lillard will comply and play for your team if he gets traded there” can only speed up the market, IMO. After this memo, all teams can now theoretically bid for Dame without being worried about possibility of Dame sitting out. If the market STILL stays the same and Miami still remains as the only bidder in the market, Portland might be more willing to trade Dame to Miami, or at least get engaged in conversations which they haven’t been willing to.
My prediction is Dame gets traded in August. Tim Reynolds pretty much predicted the same and said he expects the deal to be done before FIBA world cup starts in August 25th.