There’s been a lot of NBA Draft week trade speculation about the two NBA teams geographically farthest apart: The Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat. Most of it has focused on Miami hoping things play out this way: The Trail Blazers can’t trade the No. 3 pick in the Draft for another star, use the pick to select Scoot Henderson/Brandon Miller, and a frustrated Lillard talks with Portland’s brass about it being time to move on. That’s the dream in Miami.
Portland’s dream is to trade for Bam Adebayo to put next to Lillard, reports Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.
According to one source with knowledge of the situation, Portland is preparing what the team believes to be a compelling package for Miami to part with All-Defensive centerpiece Bam Adebayo…
He and Lillard played together for Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and have developed a close friendship, but the Heat have primarily searched to supplement Adebayo in recent transaction cycles, sources said, and have not pondered a future without him starring in the frontcourt.
Joe Cronin and Portland, good luck with that.
Riley on Bam in February: “It’s been a blessing to have him. I go back to Zo and Zo was a franchise face, and then Dwyane along with Udonis, and now I look at Bam the same way because of longevity. I see Bam here, I hope, for his whole career.”https://t.co/wBo5SvXQMs https://t.co/QBQuQ1Ko1E
— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) June 20, 2023
Never say never to any trade in the NBA because we’ve seen some stuff. But this is the definition of the NBA’s silly season. This sounds like a counter, a “you think we want to trade Lillard, well…” reaction.
To be clear, sources NBC Sports has spoken to about the Heat over the past years have Miami looking more at how
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